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Junta Wins Thailand’s Farcical Election

Junta Wins Thailand’s Farcical Election

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Aug 08, 2016
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Although Thailand’s junta won the Aug. 7 referendum on a draft constitution with 62 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results, any idea that this was a democratic election that validates the army’s hold on power is specious.

It is highly unlikely that the result, being welcomed by the junta as a triumph, is going to be accepted in any respecta…

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