People's Party submits push to limit Senate's roleThe Democracy Monument in Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok, in July 2024. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)One of the proposals for an amendment to the constitution submitted by the People's Party (PP) seeks to exclude the Senate from the charter amendment process, according to the secretariat of the House of Representatives. According to the House secretariat, the PP has submitted 17 proposals seeking to amend the constitution section by section. The section stipulates that a charter amendment bill requires the support of at least one-third of the new 200-member Senate, or 67 senators. Before it was dissolved and reborn as the PP, the Move Forward Party pushed three charter amendment proposals.

Source: Bangkok Post November 15, 2024 13:05 UTC