<p>Signs of a cabinet reshuffle show an attempt by the establishment to solve disputes within the government coalition. Facing a crisis of legitimacy, they also want to buy time.</p>

<p>The national budget bill for 2020 shows that government will spend 29.728 billion baht on monarchy, amounting to 0.93% of the total budget.</p>

<p>The big student protests in Thailand have seen the rise of the hashtag &ldquo;boycott 7-eleven on Wednesdays.&rdquo; Twitter users say that Charoen Pokphand (CP), owner of Thai 7-eleven shops,&nbsp;belong to the pro-junta oligarchs and are the perpetrators of many bad things.</p>

<p>The new&nbsp;Thai&nbsp;government&rsquo;s policy statement fails to provide a pathway for restoring respect for human rights after five years of military rule, Human Rights Watch said.&nbsp;</p>