“Krit Euawong” revealed that Pheu Thai is preparing to adjust the approach to selecting Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) members after the Constitutional Court ruled that citizens can directly elect them. The party is confident it will submit the amendment in time for the constitutional amendment session.
On 20 June 2026, Mr. Krit Euawong, a party executive and legal affairs officer of Pheu Thai Party, commented on the case where the Senate's Political Development Committee and the opposition met with the Constitutional Court president and concluded that 100% direct election of Constitution Drafting Assembly members (CDA) by the public is possible. Regarding whether Pheu Thai will amend its constitutional draft to adopt a 100% directly elected CDA model, he said the party’s leadership will discuss this again on 23 June. The party's original intention was to have the CDA closely linked to the people, elected directly if possible. However, previous Constitutional Court rulings were interpreted as not allowing direct CDA election, leading to an indirect election design that caused some parties to withdraw support, raising concerns. With the recent meeting and conclusion that CDA members can be directly elected by the public, the party leadership must reconsider how to adjust the constitutional draft’s content accordingly.
Mr. Krit was asked whether the party would fully adopt a CDA elected directly by the people. He responded that the party will proceed, but with only 74 seats, Pheu Thai cannot submit the amendment alone and must seek support from other parties to reach the required 100 seats. He said the number of seats is less important than the fundamental principles of the draft and its direction. The amendment details will depend on the party executive committee's resolution. He expects that if a decision is made quickly, the revised draft can be included in time for the joint parliamentary session’s first reading on 7-8 July 2026, since the amendments would not take much time to finalize.