In response to Election Commissioner Sodsri Sattayatham who previously stated that any attempt to persuade the public to reject the draft charter is subject to punishment according to the referendum law still deliberated by legislators, the 19 Sept Network against Coup d'etat vows to fight on.

Sodsri, also a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee and the Constitution Drafting Assembly, had said that once the Referendum Act comes into effect, any such attempts will be violating the law.   Article 10 of the law prohibits criticisms that will interfere the voting.  However, the law has yet to be passed by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).   Once it enters into force, any such attempts must be stopped. (Matichon, July 3, 2007)

The 19 Sept Network said that they insisted on the rights to campaign to reject the draft Constitution, as it is a fundamental right to freedom of expression that belongs to all people.

Sodsri's opinion shows a lack of understanding of people's fundamental rights in Democracy and the referendum process in which all parties, opponents and proponents, can publicly express their views.   Such person as Sodsri whose attitude is against the people's freedom of expression is not suitable to function as an authority who is to organize the referendum, they said.  

The anti-coup group also addressed certain NLA members who professed themselves representing the 'civil society' or the 'people, that if the referendum law still contains such clauses when passed, those members must admit that they truly serve the junta.  

Even though the law will eventually come out like what Sodsri had said, the 19 Sept Network will continue its campaign to reject the draft charter as an act of civil disobedience.

On July 4, the network will go to the Central Administrative Court at Sathorn to lodge a lawsuit against the CDA chairman Noranit Settabut and CDA Public Relations Committee chairman Jutinant Pirompakdi for their distorted publicity on the referendum.