Military government in Thailand has conducted the first ever referendum in this country last Sunday to decide whether the new constitution will be accepted or not. Only 57.6 per cent of the eligible voters voted, far below the usual turnout at general elections. According to Peter Janssen in his analysis,
'a final count of ballots cast, only 57 per cent of the people who bothered to vote Sunday supported the new charter, with 42 per cent rejecting it. And despite being the country's "first-ever" referendum, the novelty value was insufficient to draw the masses to the polling stations'. By this result, the re-installation of democracy in Thailand has a long road to go....
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A moral from the crisis in Thailand implied that democracy goes to a long way...but destiny is there...giving up to voter`s voices will make hard to act..
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