Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Yutthawong said Monday it was likely the Cabinet would pick "outsiders" as members of the charter drafting committee.
Ministers are not allowed to also be members of the charter drafting committee, according to the provisional charter. The Cabinet is allowed to select five charter drafting committee members.
Yongyuth said the Cabinet discussed selecting outsiders since it was unlikely ministers would resign to take up the five positions allocated to the Cabinet as charter drafting committee members. He said whoever accepted the five posts would not all be Cabinet members.
Political observers have speculated that legal expert Borwornsak Uwanno might be picked chairman of the charter drafting committee and National Reform Council member Professor Thienchai Kiranant as NRC chairman.