2016 Charter Draft
9 Aug 2016
Relatively transparent polling practices on the day of the August 2016 referendum are unlikely to compensate for the distortion to results caused by a repressive pre-polling environment, said foreign polling observers.
In a press release on Tue
8 Aug 2016
The Chair of the Constitution Drafting Committee said the first general election under the junta-backed constitution, recently passed by referendum, might be held in early 2018 despite the junta’s strong promise that elections would at all costs be held in 2017.
On Sunday, 7 August 2016, after the “Yes Vote” claimed a clear victory in the referendum, Meechai Ruchupan, Chair of Constitution Drafting Committee, told the media that the first general election under the new constitution was expected to be held in late 2017.
8 Aug 2016
Various cases of polling irregularities in the August referendum have been reported to the Prachatai referendum watch centre. A referendum watchdog coordinator said the irregularities were due to the election commission’s failure to facilitate the referendum.
7 Aug 2016
Initial projections for Thailand’s August 2016 referendum predict that the military-backed draft constitution has been accepted by a safe majority.
On Sunday, 7 August 2016, at press time, VoiceTV’s real-time referendum results show that almost 90 per cent of August referendum ballots have been counted. In response to the referendum’s first question asking whether voters accepted the draft charter, some 62 percent of voters selected ‘yes’.
7 Aug 2016
Voters across the country have reportedly torn apart ballot papers for the August referendum in the mistaken belief that the dashed line on the ballot was for tearing.
6 Aug 2016
The embattled politician from the Pheu Thai Party believes that no matter what the referendum result is, elections must be held by 2017 but in any event democracy will not return to Thailand in the near future.
What is the future of Thailand’s politics ? Why do some Thais decide to ‘vote yes,’ while some go for ‘vote no,’ and some decide not to go to vote at all? Most importantly, what is the possible result of the referendum?
6 Aug 2016
As the voting for the referendum for the 21th constitution will be held tomorrow, here is what you need to know before casting your ballot.
What has been going on with the referendum campaign lately?
5 Aug 2016
For the past number of months, youth and student activists around the country have been challenging the upcoming constitutional referendum, and, certainly with the help of the junta, have made it clear this referendum is a democratic farce.
On 7 August 2016, Thai citizens, many of whom are unaware there is a referendum, and or are unable to make an informed vote, will take to voting stations to decide on a constitutional referendum, put forward by the junta.
In Thailand, the country with 99.99 per cent democracy, according
5 Aug 2016
Thai people living outside the kingdom will have no vote in the public referendum on the junta-sponsored draft constitution.
Thai people outside the country who are of an eligible age to vote in elections have not been given the right to participate in the 7 August 2016 referendum on the draft constitution, BBC Thai reported.
5 Aug 2016
Thai police are pursuing a red-shirt moderator for allegedly distorting the content of the draft constitution.
5 Aug 2016
Parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia today deplored the undemocratic process leading up to this Sunday’s referendum on a new constitution in Thailand, raising concerns over harassment, arrests, and intimidation of those seeking to campaign against the draft charter.
4 Aug 2016
With only three days before the historic August referendum, many voters in the south of Thailand have yet to receive a full copy of the draft charter. A southern referendum watchdog said the booklets from the junta-appointed charter drafters distort the actual content of the draft.
On Thursday, 4 August 2016, Mangsot Mate, President of Referendum Monitoring Groups in the Southern Border Provinces, told the media that most people in southern Thailand have not received the full version of the draft charter, which will be voted on in the 7 August referendum.
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