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By: Pithaya Pookaman
Since the promulgation of Thailand’s first constitution in 1932 following the bloodless coup that transformed an absolute monarchy to a constitutional one, the country has come to witness a roll-back in democracy and a reinvention of modern-day authoritarianism in the form of a triumvirate consisting of the military establishment, bu…
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