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The constitutional count

August 19th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 12 Comments

10.45 PM. This referendum is a lot closer than most people, including myself, expected. Given that there was no real choice the size of the no vote is striking. Here is a graph of the results based on the votes of about 20% of those registered to vote. The overall yes vote is running at [...]

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Tags: Referendum · Surayud regime · Thailand

More noise in Chachoengsao

August 19th, 2007 by Michael H. Nelson, Guest Contributor · 2 Comments

This post is part of New Mandala’s month-long feature on Thailand’s constitution referendum.  The referendum will be held on 19 August 2007. 
Image 1: Anti-constitution rally

As one might expect, the last days before the referendum saw a flurry of activities. On Friday, the Constitution Drafting Assembly’s (CDA) provincial branch brought together hundreds of students from a number [...]

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Tags: Referendum · Thailand