Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Thailand: UDD to press for charter rewrite

Thailand: UDD to press for charter rewrite
Bangkok Post, December 21, 2011

The red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) will continue its campaign to gather 50,000 signatures to support a petition to amend the constitution immediately after the New Year festival, a spokesman said on Wednsday.

No matter what the Pheu Thai Party-led government’s stance on calls for amendments to the 2007 constitution, the UDD would campaign to drum up support for its bid to amend the charter right after the New Year holiday, d UDD spokesman Worawut Wichaidit said.

UDD chairwoman Thida Thavornseth said the UDD was not sure what Pheu Thai would do next about the charter amendment, having vowed during its election campaign that charter amendment would be a priority if won government.

As for the UDD, she said, its task would never end until the 2007 charter is amended.

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