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ISSUE: 2021 No. 68 - Singapore | 14 May 2021

14 May 2021

• Bhumjaithai and its two allies in the ruling coalition, the Democrat Party and the Chat Thai Phatthana Party, continue to be at odds with the Phalang Pracharat Party, the leading partner in the ruling coalition, over amendments to Thailand’s 2017 Constitution. [...] First and foremost, those parties want to amend the provision in the 2017 Constitution that gives the 250 appointed senators a role in the selection of the prime minister. [...] 68 ISSN 2335-6677 In addition, the PPP also wants to increase the number of constituencies from 350 to 400, and to reduce the number of party-list seats from 150 to 100.11 The PPP’s plan must have set off alarm bells in the micro-parties. [...] The two-ballot system can, along with the move to increase the number of constituencies, help the main opposition party win an even larger number of House seats in the next general election. [...] Last year, the commanders of the Armed Forces, the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy were due for retirement at the end of September 2020 and had to be replaced by new appointees.
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