Junta's charter drafters backtrack on debate challenge
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter


A blind man on Saturday reads a Braille version of the constitution draft in Korat.

BANGKOK:-- The drafters of Thailands proposed constitution did an about-face on Sunday, reversing a pledge made by its spokesmen to engage in a public debate with their critics.

Saying such a debate could be seen as a conflict of interest, Chatchai na Chiang Mai of the Constitution Drafting Committee said officials would therefore have to decline the debate proposed by one another spokesman to members of the New Democracy Movement, a group opposed to the charter.

Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2016/07/25/juntas-charter-drafters-backtrack-debate-challenge/


-- Khaosod English 2016-07-25

This is a perfect illustration of a major problem in Thailand - Thai officialdom doesn't know where it's going and, not surprisingly, cannot agree on how to get there .... wherever it is .

Edited July 25, 20169 yr by DNPBC0

Be doomed to fail trying to debate the positives of the anti-democracy constitution.

Junta's charter drafters backtrack on debate challenge

Pathetic.

This should come as a surprise to- absolutely no one!

Just another example that Thai's say what they feel you want to hear. Then go back later and do as they please as if they never said any thing. It is not one hand not knowing what the other is doing. It is simply saying things at the moment to please the listener.

A statement issued by the military today stated that all Thais must vote for the charter or faces the consequences.

Just another example that Thai's say what they feel you want to hear. Then go back later and do as they please as if they never said any thing. It is not one hand not knowing what the other is doing. It is simply saying things at the moment to please the listener.

Bingo

Yes, its a conflict of interest to support your work. Sounds logical.

Well, this certainly does NOT bode well for the referendum, nor the ability of the junta to accept it's defeat. Assuming, of course, that there is actually a referendum on August 7.

Well, this certainly does NOT bode well for the referendum, nor the ability of the junta to accept it's defeat. Assuming, of course, that there is actually a referendum on August 7.

The sad and rather disturbing thing is there's a small minority of expats on here who still cannot see past the Junta, and their bullshit, and that they're every bit, if not worse than the ones they overthrew!

The Junta just cannot accept any sort of opposition, or criticism, they could be showing they really do have the country's best interest at heart, by engaging in dialogue with any opposition, instead what they're showing is contempt for the people, and showing the only interest they have is their own.

A statement issued by the military today stated that all Thais must vote for the charter or faces the consequences.

Their actions are synonymous with Middle EasternLeaders in from the 1980's to present day.

Have you any links to this latest twist. ?

Edited July 25, 20169 yr by Holy Cinema

And they criticise the global community for not understanding them...<deleted> do they expect........a military junta does not need ( or want) international critics....about their style of management.......

Well, this certainly does NOT bode well for the referendum, nor the ability of the junta to accept it's defeat. Assuming, of course, that there is actually a referendum on August 7.

Oh I expect there will be a referendum. They won't want to waste all the work they've done getting the results ready so that they can announce them quickly....

Edited July 25, 20169 yr by JAG

slow news day, ...

"Chatchai’s announcement comes as state media agencies are busily promoting the charter as an attractive option and all but directly urging the public to vote yes on Aug. 7."

No conflict of interest there.

"He (Amorn) also lashed out at the movement’s members, most of whom are university students.

“I’d to ask them: When they study, are they this diligent?” he said. “If they used the time to focus on their studies and be this diligent, they would have As for all of their classes.”"

That's right! Stop taking an interest in the country you live in and the government you'll have to live with. Get your heads in your books and do what your betters tell you to do!

Edited July 25, 20169 yr by heybruce

“It’s like we cooked the food for diners, and the diners say it’s not delicious, but we argue with them that it’s really delicious,” he said. “That is not possible.”

It's more like those diners are institutionalized prisoners who must eat what the warden has put before them (a scattering of minimal human rights and liberties with many conditions attached) or do without any meal (full human rights and liberties) at all. A diner can reject the meal by refusing to pay or eating somewhere else the next time. A prisoner can revolt only within the confines of their prison.

Shall the Thai citizen's recourse be impossible?

One sided debates only please. Those who debate with opposing views, SOL!

Conflict of interest!!

What a joke.

Who is going to count the votes. Obviously Junta appointed persona so there can only be one outcome.

Battle of wits with unarmed men..... of course they called it off

Just another example that Thai's say what they feel you want to hear. Then go back later and do as they please as if they never said any thing. It is not one hand not knowing what the other is doing. It is simply saying things at the moment to please the listener.

It is simply to avoid confrontation. Pleasing has nothing to do with it.