<p>After a five-year transition period in which 250 senators will be hand-picked by the junta, a reduced number of 200 senators will be elected from among 20 professional groups.</p> <p>On 5 August 2017, Norachit Sinhaseni, spokesperson of the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC), announced the draft of the organic law on how the senate will be elected after 2022, the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tnamcot.com/view/59859cd9e3f8e40ad263c4f2">Thai News Agency</a>&nbsp;reported.</p> <p>According to the CDC plan, 10 senators will be selected from each of 20 professional groups.</p>

<p>The Thai police detained seven student activists after failing to force a member of the activist group to remove a t-shirt with a message saying ‘vote no’ in the draft charter referendum.</p> <p>At least five police officers in uniform and plainclothes on Tuesday afternoon, 5 July 2016, detained seven students of an activist group called the Association of Students for Society from Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok.</p>