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This Constitution is the source of all problems, says Anand
PoliticsOct 30. 2020
By The Nation
Former prime minister and political veteran Anand Panyarachun told a panel on Thursday that Thailand’s political problems could be blamed on the Constitution, which has been written to help certain parties win elections.
Anand was speaking at the “From Analogue Age to Digital Age: How Can we Narrow the Communication Gap with Sincerity and Grace” forum hosted jointly by COFAC, the National Press Council, the Change Fusion Institute and Chulalongkorn University’s Centre for the Study of Peace and Conflicts.
He said the new charter should be shorter and should not include the most problematic Section 272, which gives the junta-selected senators a final say in the choice of prime minister.
“This section should be removed. The senators know this, but they are too afraid to speak,” he said.
Anand also advised Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to at least try and understand the protesters’ demands, though he said the decision to step down is up to Prayut.
“The young generation insists that the prime minister is the source of all problems. I’m not sure if other generations agree, but they too think that his resignation would help solve the problem,” he said.
He also said the authorities should try to bridge the communication gap, adding that young people will not obey laws that they believe were written by a group that wants to hang on to power. Anand said the protesters believe that “Prayut has done wrong for seven years”.
Meanwhile, when Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam was asked to comment on Anand’s speech, he responded by saying he had not listened to them or read them.
However, he said, he strongly believes that setting up a reconciliation committee would be the best solution for the ongoing political unrest.
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