The Election Commission has now scheduled a date for the public referendum on the draft charter to be held.

Deputy Secretary-General of the EC, Boonyakiat Rakchartchroen said on Monday that the EC has resolved to set August 7 as the date of the public referendum, as all details and conditions for the process have already been settled.

When asked about concerns over a campaign to boost voter turnout, Mr. Boonyakiat said that such an initiative now awaits the public referendum law to come into effect, before the EC can discuss such details.

The EC’s senior expert Tanith Sriprateth added that the EC had also resolved to publish one million copies of the draft Constitution, and four million copies of the principles and rationale involved in the public referendum question, along with an explanation of 10 key points of the charter and a summary of the draft.

He said that these copies will be distributed through provincial government offices across the country as well as the National Legislative Assembly, the Constitution Drafting Commission and all five democratic learning centers of the EC, from May 23 onwards.

He added that a budget of 96 million baht has been allocated for the publishing and the distribution of these copies.

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