“Nikorn” loses hope for referendum to amend the constitution in time for February 2025

Nikorn" loses hope for referendum to amend the constitution in time for February 2025 after the committee to amend the referendum law has no signal to set a meeting date. Mr. Nikorn Chamnong, a member of the joint committee to consider the draft referendum bill for the House of Representatives, gave an interview saying that he had lost hope of holding a referendum to amend the constitution during the same period as the local elections in February 2025 because the committee had not yet scheduled a meeting to consider the content of the draft referendum bill that the Senate had amended regarding the criteria for passing a referendum on the constitution with a two-tier majority vote. Although a meeting invitation could be issued on October 24, according to the regulations, the invitation must be sent 3 days in advance. Therefore, if the joint committee meeting were to take place on October 28 and was completed within the same day, it would not be possible to send it to each house for consideration and voting in time for the session, which would close on October 30. Mr. Nikorn also said that regarding the proposal to open a special session of the parliament in November, he viewed that the details were not yet necessary to consider such a matter. Therefore, the consideration of the draft referendum bill that the joint committee had considered would take place in the next session in December. Therefore, it is possible that the consideration of the amendment to the bill could be enacted into law, but it would definitely not be in time for the referendum in February 2025. -319. Source: Thai News Agencyl