Thai PPP wins backing for charter rewrite
After initial delays and ambiguous stances, Thailand's Chart Thai and Puea Pandin parties have agreed to go along with attempts by coalition leader People Power Party to rewrite the 2007 Constitution.
Chart Thai leader Banharn Silapa-archa said Tuesday his party would join in the amendment of the Constitution despite fears of a political backlash.
Puea Pandin spokesman Chaiyos Chiramethakorn also said his party supported a wholesale rewrite of the Constitution.
Support from both coalition partners is crucial to the People Power-led government's plan to amend the 2007 Constitution.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee said Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej had ordered him to arrange a meeting with the leaders of the coalition partners next week.
Rewriting the Constitution threatens to push the country back into political turmoil because opponents believe the move is aimed at helping the People Power Party, the Chart Thai Party and the Matchima Thipataya Party to avoid being dissolved in high-drama court cases.
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