Pheu Thai Urges Government to Fast-Track Constitutional Amendment, Key Laws, and CARE Pension Plan
Pheu Thai's parliamentary leader demands the government fast-track a constitutional amendment backed by 21 million referendum voters, alongside pension reforms and stalled labor protection laws, warning that rejecting the public mandate wou
Pheu Thai Urges Government to Fast-Track Constitutional Amendment, Key Laws, and CARE Pension Plan, insisting that if the government is sincere in respecting the people, it must not reject the public referendum vote.
At 10:30 AM on May 11, 2025 at Parliament, Nathpong Ruangpanyawuthi, list MP and leader of the Pheu Thai Party, chaired the party's second shadow cabinet meeting and presented demands to the government. The urgent priorities are:
1. The government should confirm the constitutional amendment draft's return to parliamentary consideration quickly. In the recent election, 21 million people gave a clear mandate for a new constitution, so concerns that the old draft won't pass parliament are unconvincing. The government should honor the people's referendum intention.
2. The Cabinet should quickly approve the CARE pension formula from the Social Security Office. Labor Minister Julapan Amoriwiwattana promised to push this forward for the Social Security Fund advancement, so tomorrow's Cabinet meeting should show concrete progress.
3. The government should review multiple laws still pending Cabinet approval. Tomorrow's meeting is the final deadline to reconsider bringing stalled laws back to parliament, such as the PRTR law and labor protection law to establish fair working hours. The Cabinet should make a decision on May 12 to advance these laws to parliament.
When asked how he would monitor the Cabinet's decision on returning the original constitutional amendment draft to parliament, Nathpong stated that a government claiming to derive legitimacy from the people cannot reject the referendum in which a clear majority voted for a new constitution.
He added that if the government is genuinely sincere and respects the people's voice, it should let parliament itself decide whether the original draft will pass, rather than using concerns about its passage as an excuse to block it in Cabinet. If the government is truly sincere and respects the people, it must bring the original draft back for parliamentary consideration.
