OPINION

Thais must have input on constitution

News, Tim Meisburger, Published on 17/09/2015

» Many people were disheartened by the National Reform Council's failure to pass the draft constitution, and the subsequent postponement of elections, but the rejection may have been the most positive possible outcome. Questions and concerns about the process through which the constitution was developed would not go away, and it seems likely that, if this constitution had gone to a referendum, it would have failed to achieve the votes required for passage. Now Thailand has the opportunity to get the process right, and craft a new constitution based on public consensus that can serve the Thai people for the long term.