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Meechai defends appointment of daughter to NCPO-related post

October 30, 2017

There is nothing unusual about one’s own daughter being appointed by the National Council for Peace and Order as a personal officer to your position on the ruling body, NCPO member Meechai Ruchuphan said on Monday.

Meechai concerned over timeline implications of NLA’s primary-election requirement

June 19, 2017

As it stands, the draft organic bill on political parties could create timeline conflicts and procedural constraints in the run-up to the next general election, Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) chairman Meechai Ruchuphan said on Monday.

Article 44 order on Constitutional Court judges and Audit Commission is essential, Wissanu says

MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017

Government legal experts said on Monday that an Article 44 order on the selection of new Constitutional Court judges and members of the State Audit Commission (SAC) was essential – to get officers in charge while related organic laws are not yet available.

Drafting commission chairman relieved new charter finally promulgated

FRIDAY, APRIL 07, 2017

After almost a year and a half of work making Thailand’s most recent charter a reality, the chairman of the Constitution Drafting Commission, Meechai Ruchuphan, on Friday expressed huge relief that the 2017 charter had been promulgated the day before.

Junta leader’s absolute power remains under new charter, CDC chairman confirms

FRIDAY, APRIL 07, 2017

Constitution Drafting Commission chairman Meechai Ruchuphan on Friday said the interim charter’s Article 44 would remain in force but needs to be more cautiously implemented so that it does not go against the recently promulgated permanent constitution.

Meechai fails to quash talk of parties being dissolved

SATURDAY, JULY 02, 2016

THE CHIEF constitution drafter has not ruled out the possibility of there being a legal requirement for existing political parties to re-register ahead of the next general election.