"The much-awaited meeting amongst six coalition party leaders and Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has been postponed. The premier confirmed this report on Monday morning saying talks on the revision of the constitution with coalition party leaders had been postponed for various reasons.
“Some coalition parties weren’t ready as they didn’t have a party representative to attend the meeting,” Mr Samak explained.
The premier himself said he was busy preparing to welcome Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein who is due on an official visit to Thailand on Tuesday until May 1. “We still need to assess whether every party is ready for the meeting or not before we are able to set a new date for the meeting,” Mr Samak said."
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Samak postpones coalition talks on charter changes
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Posted 29 April 2008 - 11:21 AM
"The People Power party has decided to defer its plan to rewrite the constitution to make sure it can muster enough support from other coalition parties to push for the amendment bill to pass through its first reading in parliament.
The postponement of the much-anticipated meeting of all six party leaders originally set for yesterday comes amid mounting concern by the PPP over the reluctance of other parties to back it.
The PPP needs 316 votes from members of both houses for the bill to pass."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/29Apr2008_news01.php
The postponement of the much-anticipated meeting of all six party leaders originally set for yesterday comes amid mounting concern by the PPP over the reluctance of other parties to back it.
The PPP needs 316 votes from members of both houses for the bill to pass."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/29Apr2008_news01.php
