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Det verkar nu som om Juntan vill ta över och tillsätta hela Senaten själva, detta kan man läsa om i Prachatai http://prachatai.org/english/node/5948?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+prachataienglish+%28Prachatai+in+English%29
I förslaget ska alla till dom 250 platserna i Senaten utses av en panel på 8-10 medlemmar och 6 platser reserveras för Försvarsministern, Cheferna för Armen, Flottan och Flygvapnet, landets Polischef och några till.
Före den senaste kuppen 2014 var hela Senaten vald, sen kom Juntan med ett förslag om att 50% av dessa inte borde väljas utan tillsättas av Juntan, nu går Juntan uppenbarligen ännu längre och vill ta över och bemanna hela Senaten.
Appointment of military chiefs into senate, will prevent coup: Deputy junta leader
Submitted by editor2 on Thu, 17/03/2016 - 11:29
Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, Defence Minister and deputy junta leader, defended the junta’s proposal to reserve seats for military chiefs in the Senate, saying that the plan will prevent coup d’état in the future.
Thairath News reported that Gen Prawit Wongsuwan on Wednesday morning, 16 March 2016, at the Ministry of Defence told media that the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)’s proposal to the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) to have and all-appointed senate with six seats reserved for the military and police leaders is only for a five years transition period to ‘full democracy’.
Under the proposal, all of the 250 seats in the Senate are to be either selected or appointed by a panel of 8-10 members before the list of those selected will be sent for royal endorsement. Six seats, however, will be reserved for the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, the top commanders of the Army, Navy and the Air force, the police chief, and others.
Meechai Ruchupan, CDC chairman, said earlier that he will consider about the proposal next week.
The plan has been criticised by many people, such as politicians from both Pheu Thai and the Democrat Parties who decried the proposal as coup d’état in disguise.
However, Gen Prawit said the plan to have the top military and police brass sitting in the Upper House will prevent future coup d’état if it is enacted.
In addition, the Defence Minister urged politicians to be at ease and not to voice concerns about the proposal, saying that there will be an election soon next year.

Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, Defence Minister (file photo)
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