<p>A network of women human rights defenders has called for a more inclusive constitution and proposed amendments to the constitution which included the protection of women&rsquo;s rights, decentralization, and state welfare.</p>

<p>Prachatai spoke to some of the protesters at Ratchaprasong on 18 November, most of whom said they would like to see the country changing for the better.</p>

<p>Thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered at the Ratchaprasong intersection yesterday evening (18 November) before marching to the nearby national police headquarters to demand justice following the police crackdown on the protest at the parliament compound on Tuesday (17 November).</p>

<p>A civil society organisation for Thailand’s poor has urged people to call on the Thai junta through local administrators to hold a referendum on the draft constitution.</p> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.prachatai3.info/english/category/assembly-of-the-poor">Assembly of the Poor</a>, an organisation which is the voice of Thailand’s poor communities, on Tuesday submitted a statement to the Thai junta to demand that the regime hold a public referendum on the draft of the country’s highest law, the constitution.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1429091216&amp;section=11">Khaosod English</a>: The chairman of Thailand's interim parliament has expressed concern that the new charter will not pass a referendum vote if the Thai people are not properly informed about its new features.</p> <p>"If the people still don't understand the contents of the constitution draft in a clear manner, and if there is referendum, the draft certainly will not pass," Thianchay Kiranandana, chairman of the National Reform Council (NRC), said yesterday.</p>

<p>The Constitutional Court ruling that it is unconstitutional to amend the Constitution is proof of the sacrosanct nature of the document, so unutterably perfect that no change could possibly be an improvement.&nbsp; Perhaps it is time to go back and review how this flawless piece of work came about.</p> <p></p>

<p>On 16 Sept,&nbsp;The Asia Foundation released&nbsp;findings from its first national survey of the Thai electorate. The survey, Constitutional Reform and&nbsp;Democracy in Thailand: A National Survey of the Thai Electorate, was conducted through face-to-face&nbsp;interviews with a random, representative sample of 1,500 voters from all regions of the country (except&nbsp;the three southern border provinces) between June 13 and July 5, 2009.</p>