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88 Years of Failed Democracy in Thailand

No way out

Jun 29, 2020
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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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