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FIRST TAKES ON THE JUNTAтАЩS DRAFT CONSTITUTION
January 30, 2016
PPT hasnтАЩt had a chance to look at the draft 270-article, 95-page constitution in any detail, but there are commentators who have (a PDF of the draft can be downloaded, in Thai). While most of the provisions have been flagged in recent weeks тАУ at last the most controversial, we thought weтАЩd combines some of that commentary here.
In the Bangkok Post, the anti-democrat agenda of the drafters and junta is made clear by.... (read more).....https://politicalprisonersofthailand.wo ... stitution/
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Reformers to demand censorship from Facebook, Line Published: 31/01/2016
Executives of the giant social media outlets Facebook and Line have been called to a meeting by the national... (read more)....
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... ebook-line.
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CONSTITUTIONAL DEJA-VU
JANUARY 31, 2016 UGLYTRUTHTHAILAND
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
The process of ThailandтАЩs тАЬConstitutional Anti-ReformsтАЭ trundles on like some ancient dinosaur. More jobs for the juntaтАЩs cronies, funded by more public money, is being wasted on yet another farcical constitutional drafting process. The last draft was an authoritarian abomination and the new тАЬMeechaiтАЭ version is little different [See http://bit.ly/1Jv5QDC and http://bit.ly/1ScVIR6 ].
The latest draft is more subtle than last yearтАЩs draft, reducing the nonsense about тАЬGoodтАЭ leaders and hiding the all-powerful тАЬCommittee to determine state strategy and enforcement of reconciliationтАЭ under a different hat.
This latest тАЬMeechai DraftтАЭ creates an even more powerful non-elected Constitutional Court that has the power to sack an elected government..... (read more)...https://uglytruththailand.wordpress.com ... l-deja-vu/
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Is the Thai JuntaтАЩs support network starting to fray?
31 January 2016
Author: Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Chulalongkorn University
No country in Southeast Asia shoots itself in the foot more than Thailand. With so much going for it, the second-largest economy in the region still manages to underperform spectacularly. Its growth trajectory is in the 2тАУ3 per cent range even though it has the potential to track twice that figure. Two decades after it was considered to be a consolidating democracy, Thailand is now led by outright military-authoritarian rule. In much of the region there will be considerable good news in 2016, but in Thailand good news seems hard to find..... (read more).....http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/01/31 ... g-to-fray/
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Meechai's charter meant to be killed: Pheu Thai
Published: 31/01/2016
Writer: Online Reporters
Leading Pheu Thai Party member Surapong Tovichakchaikul believes the draft constitution prepared by the Meechai Ruchupan panel may have been written in such a way that it would be rejected in the referendum...... (read more)......http://m.bangkokpost.com/news/846060?re ... StIcxjIoKM
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Misogynist military boss: Prayuth says gender equality тАШwill make Thai society deteriorateтАЩ
By Coconuts Bangkok February 1, 2016
While Canada gets self-proclaimed feminist Justin Trudeau, this is who Thailand is dealing with.
In the latest off-script blunder by Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the junta chief scoffed at gender equality and said the country would deteriorate if women and men were equal..... (read more)....http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/02/01/m ... eteriorate
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Tongue-ThaiтАЩed тАУ A womanтАЩs (supposed) worth in a military manтАЩs world
by Saksith Saiyasombut | 1st February 2016
This is part XXXII of тАЬTongue-ThaiтАЩed!тАЭ, an ongoing series where we collect the most baffling, ridiculous, confusing, outrageous and appalling quotes from Thai politicians and other public figures. Check out all past entries here.
AS weтАЩre entering the second full year of the Thai military government and with things likely to stay the same for the foreseeable future, one thing is for certain: weтАЩre still have to endure another year of the juntaтАЩs authoritarian rule. But it also means that we will have another guaranteed year of the generals putting their foot in their mouths,.... (read more)...https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/02/ ... he-ladies/
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Editorial Opinion
Another fine draft mess Published: 01/02/2016
Three days after the publication of the second attempt at presenting an acceptable draft constitution, there appears to be little cause for optimism. The chief drafter of Constitution 2.0, Meechai Ruchupan, doubts he can make the November2017 deadline for the first post-coup election. No political party or politician has had a kind word for his work. Newspaper headlines run along the lines of "Thumbs down for charter". The prime minister already believes voters may reject it at the... (read more).... http://m.bangkokpost.com/opinion/846532
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Call for penalties for opposing draft constitution
Submitted by editor2 on Tue, 02/02/2016
The Election Commission of Thailand has proposed penalties for people who distort facts about the draft constitution while the Royal Thai Army says it will help promote a correct understanding.....(read more).....http://prachatai.org/english/node/5821
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2 February 2016
Redshirt Leader Jatuporn Detained at Army Barracks
By Teeranai Charuvastra
BANGKOK тАФ Prominent Redshirt leader Jatuporn Prompan was taken into custody by a group of soldiers this morning, several days after his movement announced a boycott of the new constitution drafted by the military government.
Jatuporn is being detained at the First Region Army barracks on Ratchadamnoen Avenue for interrogation, said Redshirt core activist Weng Tojirakarn, adding that soldiers did not offer any explanation for the arrest..... (read more)...http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1454395020