PUBLISHED : 13 Oct 2024 at 18:15
The Pheu Thai Party is confident the referendum on constitutional amendments will take place early next year as initially planned, despite a difference in opinion on the double-majority requirement in the referendum bill.
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PUBLISHED : 13 Oct 2024 at 18:15
The Pheu Thai Party is confident the referendum on constitutional amendments will take place early next year as initially planned, despite a difference in opinion on the double-majority requirement in the referendum bill.
Pheu Thai secretary-general, Sorawong Thienthong, said on Sunday the party is committed to holding a referendum early in 2025, saying the first step is to ensure the amended bill passes parliament in the next couple of months.
The push to rewrite the constitution has hit a major hurdle, with the Senate moving to reinstate a tougher requirement for referenda to pass — the so-called the double majority rule.
It says that for the result to be binding, at least half of all eligible…