BANGKOK, 11 March 2015 – The Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) will present the drafts of 26 bills to the National Legislative Assembly as required by the new charter.
General Lertrat Ratanavanich, spokesperson for the CDC, said after Tuesday’s meeting of the CDC that the revised draft of the new permanent constitution is expected to be completed by the end of this month. The draft will then be forwarded to the National Reform Council for the latter to offer its reflection. The Election Commission, the Office of the Ombudsman and the National Human Rights Council will be invited to make their observations on the charter draft as well.
Meanwhile, the CDC will be presenting at least 26 draft bills to the National Legislative Assembly, 12 of which will be organic laws and 14 of which will be drafts of other acts. Among the draft bills are the draft of the National Virtue Assembly Act and the draft of the act on members of parliament election and Senate recruitment.
