Democratically elected government will come to the power in Thailand in December, 2017, declared in the Thai government after on the referendum which has taken place in Sunday the majority of the population of the country supported the draft constitution , offered by the military government. According to the preliminary results, the new text of the country constitution supported 61% of voters at unusually high appearance around 80%. Official results will be published on Wednesday. to
according to observers, the main reason for which Thais supported the constitution offered by military.
"We think that elections will pass in September or October, 2017, and the new government will start execution of the duties in December, 2017" — the press secretary of the Constitutional committee which main duty there was a development of the country constitution declared. This date the deputy prime minister also sounded Vissana Krea-ngam, having referred to terms which Chan-ocha put in January – then the prime minister declared, what elections in 2017 will pass until the end of 2017 regardless of referendum results.
Besides the constitution on a referendum the new rule on election of the prime minister was accepted: now it will be elected by the top and bottom chambers of parliament where, according to the constitution, a certain quantity of places will be reserved for military. According to human rights activists, representatives of junta intend to weaken thus democratic parties, and to force all future structures of the government to work according to the 20-year plan accepted by the military government.
"It [results of a referendum] will force the leader of junta Prayut to think that behind it there are million Thais and will prolong control of military not for two years, and for twenty" — Sunay Fasuk from Human Right Watch office in Thailand considers. However, special privileges reserved for military, are not exclusively Thai specifics – so, in next Burma they make 25% of deputies of both chambers of parliament and control four power departments that did not prevent to create the government to National league for democracy (NLD) which the most part of the 30-year history was in opposition.
the Thai securities market with enthusiasm reacted to results of vote, having beaten the 16-month maximum. The managing director of Bank Thailand Viratay Santifarabob also noted that expects from adoption of the new constitution of increase in inflow of investments in the second half of 2016. It has a rich material for similar forecasts: since 1932 when in Thailand there was a transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional, in the country there were already 18 military coups and 19 constitutions were accepted. Their considerable part fell on years of board of Rama IX who was crowned on a Thai throne in 1950 and continues to occupy it still.
the Opposition demanding from military as soon as possible to delegate the power to the civil government, declared that accepts results of national will and will soon sound the further program.
"We accept results of a referendum and we will wait that there will be An elections of 2017 — the chairman of the Integrated front for democracy against dictatorship Yatuporn Prompan declared. – We will define our further steps soon".
thus, according to analysts, adoption of the new constitution will not be able to overcome a gap between two groups of the population which can conditionally be divided into the rich central regions and poor northeast provinces where the country people prevail. According to preliminary data, these areas where still strong support of the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, and also three Muslim provinces in the south of the country, voted against a referendum.
Thaksin Shinawatra came to the power in 2001 on a popularity wave among farmers to whom promised to fight against poverty and corruption. In 2006 he was accused of corruption and a nepotism then it was compelled to run from the country. 5 years later, on elections of 2011 his supporters won again a victory on elections led by the sister of Thaksin – Yingluck Shinawatra who became the new prime minister, in a number of areas having continued the program of the brother focused on the poorest segments of the population, first of all, of farmers.
Rejection of the social and economic program "a clan Chinnavatov" (in the country hearings went that Thaksin continues to operate the country on Skype) military and monarchic establishment as a result ended with a failure of the next parliamentary elections and coming to power of military. In February, 2016 the Prosecutor General's Office Thailand brought Yingluck Shinawatra charge of corruption at implementation of the scheme introduced by it on mortgage repayment of rice at peasants at inflated price. According to the charge party, ensuring popularity Shinawatra and her parties among the poorest segments of the population was a main goal of this scheme. The ex-prime minister does not admit the guilt and calls charge politically motivated. In case she is found guilty, Shinawatra can threaten till 10 years of imprisonment.