Non-elected Senate a reliable buffer: Meechai

This means that senators should serve as a buffer against any parliamentary “grey” moves, and hence prevent any repetition of the state of upheaval experienced prior to the May 2014 coup, he reasoned.

“Elected MPs can also be trusted, but sometimes they have to act in accordance with the directions of their party, which might have a particular ambition. This leads to things going wrong,” he said at a press conference on the charter draft’s completion and submission to the Cabinet Tuesday.