BANGKOK, Nov 18 — Representatives of the Bhumjaithai and Chartthaipattana parties proposed to the Constitution Drafting Committee that political parties should not be dissolved easily.
Gen Lertrat Ratanavanich, spokesman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, said representatives of the two parties told the panel that a political party should not be disbanded because only one of its executives did wrong. They want to see political parties as strong institutions.
Both parties also proposed that terms of House representatives should not be limited, political parties should have good governance, House representatives should have morality and bureaucracy should be strengthened to help tackle corruption.
The Bhumjaithai and Chartthaipattana parties also recommended that appointed senators have less power than elected senators, problematic members of independent organizations should be subject to impeachment and political parties should be allowed to issue populist policies if they are aimed at reducing inequality and are sincerely implemented.
Gen Lertrat commented that a referendum on the new charter would be unnecessary if the new charter received a warm welcome from the general public in the process of its being drafted in the next 5-6 months.
