Nationalist group submits list of people supporting Buddhism to
be made national religion
BY EDITOR 2016-03-23 THAI VISA NEWS
BANGKOK: — A group of Buddhist
nationalists submitted to the Constitution Drafting Committee a
name list of 100,000 people whom they claimed have supported their
call for Buddhism to be enshrined in the constitution as national
religion.
Led by Pol Maj-Gen Rungroj
Pekanant, president of the World Peace Association, the group
claimed to represent the Buddhism Protection Group and monks
throughout the country.
Pol Maj-Gen Rungroj said the group had been campaigning for the
past ten years for Buddhism to be incorporated in the charter as
national religion and now wanted the CDC which is now at the final
stage of rewriting the charter draft to respond to their
demand.
Since 90 percent of the population in Thailand are Buddhists, he
claimed that the charter draft would receive overwhelming support
when it is put for a referendum if Buddhism is made the national
religion in the constitution.
CDC vice chairman Supote Khaimook who received the name list
from the group said that the group’s demand is a sensitive issue
and should be considered with great care bearing in mind public
peace and order.