Thailand’s junta rejects its own draft constitution

Thailand’s military-backed legislature yesterday (6 September) rejected an unpopular draft of a new constitution, in what was described by Western media as political theatre prevailing in the country following a coup last year.

Those who drafted the document were picked by the junta, and had hoped that the proposed charter would move the southeast Asian country past almost a decade of political conflicts, but it was met with strong opposition on almost all sides of the political divide.