Appeal for full charter redo wanesListen to this articleA motorcyclist rides past the Democracy Monument on Ratchadamnoen Avenue in Bangkok. Key members of the Rak Chart Thai Party, Thai Phakdee Party, and the Thai United Nation Party (UTN) said on Wednesday that they would not support any move to scrap the 2017 charter. The 2017 constitution was seen as a tool to maintain national stability and to sustain state institutions, including the military, in functioning effectively, he said. UTN leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga also confirmed his party's opposition to scrapping the 2017 constitution. Removing the entire charter, he warned, could allow previously disqualified figures to re-enter the political system.

Source: Bangkok Post January 14, 2026 23:19 UTC