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    Thailand Goes for a New Constitution

    Bangkok, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) Prayut Chan-ocha, Prime Minister and head of the military board governing Thailand, confirmed Tuesday that he received the draft of the new national consitution, the one with which the new general elections will be held in 2017.

    Prayut said he has 30 days, to revise the text of the new constitution, before presenting it to King Bhumibol Aduyadej, for its approval.

    In repeated occassions, civil activists in this Asian country denounced the new Constitution wants to consolidate the power of the military board, and puts state organizations over the local governments.

    One of the most comntroverted points in the new constitution project, is the election, formation and powers of the Thai Senate, which will not be elected by universal vote and will have the chance to veto future constitutional reforms.

    The National Council for Peace and Order, official name of the military junta, will constitute the Commission of Selection of the Senate and this one will determine the composition of 250 benches of the next Upper House.

    The chiefs of the armed forces and of the bodies of land, sea and air, the director of the police and the permanent Secretary of Defense will be part of the first Senate after the elections.

    Another difficult topic is that the Prime Minister does not need to be a legislator previous to his election.

    The new constitution will be the twentieth one to be adopted by Thailand since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932.

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    Teeranai Charuvastra
    October 13, 2016


    In this Aug. 24, 2007, file photo, His Majesty the King signed an endorsement for the 2007 constitution draft at Chitlada Palace in Bangkok.
    Image: Royal Household Bureau.

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    samut thaisamut thai
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      Atthayuth Bootsripoom
      October 20, 2016

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        Pimnara Pradubwit
        October 28, 2016

        The government will seek royal endorsement of the new charter before November 9 and the new King will sign the charter, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam insisted yesterday.
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          Thailand to send constitution for royal endorsement paving way for 2017 vote
          Published 35 min ago


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          Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said that the military government would be submitting a constitution for royal endorsement, on Nov 8, 2016.
          PHOTO: AFP

          BANGKOK (REUTERS) - Thailand's military government will submit a constitution for royal endorsement on Tuesday (Nov 8), Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha said, a step that should pave the way for a general election in 2017.

          Thailand has been ruled by the military since a May 2014 coup. The junta, formally known as the National Council for Peace and Order, has sought to reassure the country that the death of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died on Oct 13, would not upend plans for a return to democratic rule.

          Prayut, who is also junta chief, said that he had signed the constitution, which Thais overwhelmingly approved in a referendum in August, and would send it to the palace on Tuesday.

          The junta has said the constitution is aimed at ending a cycle of coups. But critics, including politicians from major political parties, oppose the charter and say it will enshrine the military's influence in politics for years to come.

          The junta's roadmap to democracy calls for the passing of an election law and political party laws that will guide the election process once the constitution obtains a royal endorsement, which is considered to be a formality.

          Thailand is making preparations for Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to ascend the throne on Dec 1.

          Until that happens, Prem Tinsulanonda, the 96-year-old the head of Thailand's royal advisory council, is acting as regent.
          By law, the monarch or regent has 90 days to approve the constitution.

          "It will proceed according to the steps as determined by the palace and will follow the 90-day protocol," Prayut told reporters.

          Political risk consultant Eurasia Group said in a note that the royal succession process "will likely be smooth and swift."

          Amorn Wanichwiwatana, a member of the Constitutional Drafting Committee, told Reuters that the proposed new election and political party laws will be ready as soon as the constitution is approved.

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            Heated exchange as EC refuses to present its version of organic law to CDC
            Kasamakorn Chanwanpen
            November 16, 2016

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            File photo: EC commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn.

            A Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) seminar Wednesday meant to solicit public opinions became heated as Election Commission (EC) members refused to present their version of a new organic law governing the composition and functioning of the commission, saying their draft was nothing like the version the CDC was advocating.
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            • #7
              Constitution Day

              Constitution Day
              December 10, 2016


              Above: Democracy Monument

              December 10 is Constitution Day in Thailand and a national holiday.

              After the 1991 coup, a new charter was rushed to approval so there would be a constitution on this day.

              After the coups in 2006 and 2014, Thailand had no constitution for the holiday.

              2bangkok.com
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              • #8
                Activists blast junta on Constitution DayAbout 100 people gather at gathered at the Democracy Monument on the Constitution Day
                Pansak Srithep read the group's questions to the public and the junta
                The Federation of Patanian Students and Youth (PerMAS) holds an event to celebrate International Human Rights Day


                PerMas issued a statement with three demands to the government and the public. The demands are: first, it called for everyone to support the Palestinian regarding their right to self-determination; secondly, PerMas called for the public to support the movement against the coal-fired power plant in Songkhla, whose community rights are denied by the government; last, the group called for the conflict parties, the Thai military and the Malay independent movement, to respect the right to self-determination of the Muslim Malay who live in the three southernmost provinces.

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                  Khemthong Tongsakulrungruang
                  Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang is a PhD candidate at the University of Bristol. This piece originally appeared over at East Asia Forum here, and is republished with kind permission.
                  January 30, 2018

                  lack of popular support
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