Pheu Thai Party has unveiled a draft constitutional amendment maintaining the principle of a Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) with 152 members, initially selected by the public and finally chosen by Parliament. The drafting process is planned to take 300 days. Chusak emphasized the need to seek support from other parties.
On 26 May 2026 at Pheu Thai Party, Chusak Sirinil, party-list MP and deputy party leader, together with Jatuporn Chaisang, party-list MP; Monporn Charoensri, Nakhon Phanom MP; Dr. Cherdchai Tantisirin, former party-list MP; Ekporn Rakkhamsuk, former party-list MP; and Vichote Wanno, legal officer of Pheu Thai, held a press conference on the progress of proposing a constitutional amendment. Chusak stated that Pheu Thai has completed the working group drafting the amendment to Section 256 and is preparing to present it at the party meeting for MPs to co-sign and propose to Parliament. The key point is to create a new constitution closely linked to the people and not contradict Constitutional Court ruling 18/2568.
The party maintains the principle of having a CDA whose members are initially selected by the public in each province, before Parliament narrows 300 candidates down to 100. Additionally, various sectors can nominate 52 individuals with expertise to join the CDA, making a total of 152 members to reflect social diversity of thought.
Chusak stressed that the new constitution draft must not change the state structure or the democratic monarchy system with the King as Head of State. It must guarantee rights and freedoms, equality, human dignity, mechanisms to check state power, anti-corruption measures, rule of law, good governance, and decentralization to local governments.
Regarding the drafting process, Pheu Thai proposes the CDA take 300 days to draft before submitting it to Parliament for final approval. Parliament may propose amendments, but if the CDA insists on the original draft, it requires at least a two-thirds majority to confirm it.
Chusak also noted that proposing the constitutional amendment requires support from at least one-fifth of Parliament members, about 100 MPs. Since Pheu Thai holds 74 seats, they need to coordinate with other parties to co-sign. He emphasized this is a national matter, not a government-opposition divide, and expressed confidence that all parties will cooperate as it benefits the country.
Jatuporn stated that Pheu Thai is aware of public concerns that the new constitution might be dominated by politicians or a single party. Therefore, they designed the process to include independent bodies like the CDA and two parliamentary committees to ensure maximum public participation.
Jatuporn added that after the election, the majority in Parliament is clearer, making it even more necessary to foster cooperation among different parties and open space for public involvement from the amendment of Section 256 through to drafting the new constitution, to truly create a people's constitution.
Pheu Thai expects to gather the required number of MP signatures and submit the draft to Parliament by early next week.