About Changing The Constitution

[zzdocxx]

I have just been wondering about the issue of changing the constitution.

Isn't it central to the whole conflict going on now?

Could some knowledgeable people explain a little bit about it?

I haven't seen it posted clearly elsewhere, but if it has been then I will understand if this thread is closed or merged.

Oh also would we have this discussion without inflammatory posts?

Thanks.

[phetaroi]

If someone were to ask me what the most basic reason the U.S. has remained relatively great (note, I said relatively) over so long a period of time, I would have to say the wisdom of the Constitution...and that we have stuck with one Constitution since its inception (yes...with a very few amendments...and that doesn't seem unreasonable after over 200 or so years.

The Thais, on the other hand, intentionally or by not thinking it through, have had 17 (?) constitutions in just about 80 years. If you really want stability, you can't keep rewriting the constitution every 4 or 5 years...then it just becomes a political football. Now if they want to say that's the "Thai way", that's fine. It's their country.

I guess I need to throw in a reminder here, that usually I'm considered to be a Thai apologist, and I still think there are many wonderful things about this country, including the overall slow trend toward a form of democracy (the latter comment based on my belief that not all democracies have to look like American democracy).

I digress. My impression is that some of the Thai constitutions have set forth too many specific laws (that later become controversial), rather than being a framework for government with a separate set of law books. Doing so would mean that you can "easily" rewrite a few specific laws, as deemed necessary, without rewriting an entire constitution. This was the very worry that so many had when it was popular in the US in the 1930s-1990s (it seems to have faded) to suggest a new Constitution Convention to rewrite the Constitution.

But again, Thailand belongs to the Thais. I truly wish them well in the journey to wherever it is they want to go.

[zzdocxx]

Thanks for responding.

I have somehow gotten the impression that the reason the reds want the elections immediately, is because they feel the yellows are going to put through a new constitution with a set of rules such that the reds will be unable to win again.

I have seen this subject just barely touched on a couple of times in the forum.

Those are some interesting points you have made, and thanks again for that.

Does anyone know specifically what issues are at stake with the new constitution?

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