Muslim groups support draft charter
36. Muslim groups support draft charter (16:39 Aug 17, 2007)
(BangkokPost.com) - Eighteen Islamic organisations declared Friday that they will accept a draft constitution at a national referendum.
The organisations presented a letter to Constitution Drafting Assembly member Chirmsak Pinthong at the parliament to declare their standpoint.
They also called on their fellow Muslims to accept the draft charter, saying that the draft gives more freedom to religion and protect unfair treatment from authorities.
Mr Chirmsak, meanwhile, said he is confident that the charter will pass the referendum.
He, however, accepted that there are attempts to distort details in the draft. People in Buri Ram, he said, misunderstood that accepting the charter means the ending of the monarchy.
05:34 Aug 17, 2007
I guess your theory of the new draft Consitution pandering to Muslims doesn't hold up. The weakest support in the South was in Pattani, Yala, and Narithiwat. The strongest support in the South was in Champhon, hardly an extremist Muslim stronghold. ...but of course, feel free to disagree since I don't know anything about Thailand...