Thai Parliament Allows Referendum as Protesters Plan a Comeback
- Lawmakers will also consider charter amendments this week
- Protesters to return to the streets on Thursday after hiatus
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Thailand’s parliament has unlocked a process for an overhaul of the constitution, one of the key of demands by a youth-led protest movement that has swept the nation in the past year.
Lawmakers in the Senate and the Lower House voted to endorse a bill that would pave the way for a public poll on rewriting the charter. The ballot followed a Constitutional Court decision in March that ruled a referendum must be held before any overhaul, delaying a process sought by protesters for a more democratic charter.