The Bangkok Post:

Pediatrician Juree Ningsanon said that by forcing through an early amendment the government would only cause different groups of people to clash.

If it insisted on the amendment, it should let the public participate in the process through the establishment of another constitution drafting assembly, she suggested.

BP: How do people participate in the process then? Do they vote for the drafters? I think the government needs to engage in some consultation before the amendments are formally approved (in the third reading), but the current process doesn't mean people do not have any level of interaction or involvement. It means, as the Constitution says, that politicians have the final say. People can participate by commenting on it, praising it, or criticising it. For this to happen, they need sufficient time before the finalised version and the final vote as well.

btw, I have another post in the works. Parliament goes into recess on May 19 so PPP will need to have a vote (as in the first reading) on the constitution before then.

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