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Bangkok Post – Charter rewrite faces roadblock

The Democracy Monument is seen after the Public Park Office spruced up the area surrounding it with flowers. (File photo)

Last year, when the Pheu Thai Party was forming a coalition government, it made a promise to craft a people’s charter that would involve an elected charter drafting assembly and a public referendum, but keep the charter in line with Thailand’s constitutional monarchy.

Despite being in power for over seven months, efforts to amend the 2017 charter — seen by some as a remnant of the 2014 coup — have made no progress.

The first four months of the Pheu Thai government were dedicated to studying the…

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