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February 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Pheu Thai Party has proposed creation of a 99-member “constitution drafting assembly” tasked with writing a new constitution draft within 180 days. The draft new would then be put to a nationwide referendum.
But critics insist the move may trigger a political crisis in the country as people closely affiliated with the party would dominate the panel.
“The government seems confident about their move. The constitution re-writing push is going to draw equally strong reactions in favor and against,” warned Pansak Ransibrahmanakul, who serves as an advisor to the Thai Senate president.
“It’s not a priority given the political division at an all-time high. The consequences on the country’s stability can turn against them,” he said.
The People’s Alliance for Democracy, known as the Yellow Shirts, has threatened to hold massive street protests in Bangkok if the new constitution gives amnesty to the premier’s ousted brother, Thaksin Shinawatra.
Abhisit Vijjajiva, who leads the opposition Democrat Party, has warned about the government’s hidden agenda to clear Thaksin from serving a two-year jail sentence the former Premier was handed in 2008 for abuse of power.
The government insists that the 2007 constitution is not democratic and should be drafted by people, for people.
Previous constitution change attempts have invariable ended up triggering protests and an eventual overthrow of the party in power.
In 2008, Thaksin Shinawatra’s allies proposed changing the clause that facilitated the dissolution of political parties.
The attempt came after Thaksin had his Thai Rak Thai party dissolved by Thailand’s Constitutional Court in May 2007 for violation of electoral laws. The party’s replacement, the People’s Power Party, was also dissolved by the same body in 2008, less than three months later after the party members were found guilty of electoral fraud.
The reform bill sparked violent street protests by his opponents, the Yellow Shirts, who shut down parts of Bangkok and took control of the capital’s main airports.
The government proposal to change the constitution has already drawn fierce responses from critics and is feared to threaten the slim chances of a national reconciliation.
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