Thai Leader Submits Constitution Plan That Threatens Turmoil
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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s party submitted its plan to overhaul the constitution written after a 2006 coup that ousted her brother, an effort that has sparked political turmoil in the past.
The Pheu Thai party presented a proposal to parliament to create a Constitution Drafting Assembly, House Speaker Somsak Kiatsuranont told reporters in Bangkok today. The measure will be put on the agenda for lawmakers to discuss within 15 days, Somsak said.