BANGKOK, Nov 19 – Thailand’s Chart Pattana Party proposed to the Constitution Drafting Committee at parliament today that it wanted a neutral prime minister to break what it called the current national deadlock, according to committee spokesman Gen Lertrat Ratanavanich.
When the country was trapped in crisis, Chart Pattana proposed that the next charter should allow House representatives to nominate a prime minister candidate who was not a parliamentarian and that three quarters of all representatives could vote for such a neutral prime minister who would hold office for a limited period only to solve the national deadlock, Gen Lertrat said, while explaining the Chart Pattana idea.
“I cannot answer now how this can be written. It may refer to a neutral prime minister but it is not easy to write it. However, regarding the past few political crises, an outside prime minister can be welcomed. The committee listened to the proposal and when the time comes, pros and cons will be considered and it will be decided if the constitution can include this,” Gen Lertrat said.
A representative of the Phalang Chon Party also shared its charter ideas today.
Like other parties, it wants representatives to be party members but it proposed that the charter allow representatives to propose laws without having to seek a supportive resolution from their political party. Phalang Chon also proposed that judicial organisations should be empowered to rule on the disqualification of fraudulent election candidates.
Chart Pattana, Phalang Chon, Bhumjaithai and Chartthaipattana parties do not want entire political parties and their executive boards to be banned for the wrongdoing of a single party executive.
The Constitution Drafting Committee will listen to the charter ideas of the Matubhum Party tomorrow.
