Wissanu: Public can keep trackState agencies must expedite efforts to finish working on legislative bills within the 240-day time frame after the charter is promulgated or their chiefs will lose their jobs, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has warned. Mr Wissanu made the remarks after attending a meeting of ministry permanent secretaries at Government House Wednesday to discuss their duties under the new constitution. Apart from the constitution's 10 organic bills which must be completed by the Constitution Drafting Committee within 240 days before they head to the National Legislative Assembly, some important legislative bills also must be ready by that time, Mr Wissanu said. State agencies which are responsible for drawing up the bills must finish them in time, or the chiefs of those agencies will be removed from their positions as stipulated by the charter, Mr Wissanu said. However, Mr Wissanu said he was confident that state agencies would be able to finish those bills in time because some of the bills are only amendments of existing laws.

Source: Bangkok Post April 06, 2017 00:11 UTC