"We think that many people remain unaware of the promenade's destructive impacts on the Chao Phraya River and will keep raising the public's awareness," he added. (Photo by Pornprom Satrabhaya)State officials' refusal to hear civic groups and riverside communities over the controversial Chao Phraya riverside promenade project violates people's rights as well as the interim charter, academics and civil society actors say. "If the government pushes ahead with the project before such process takes place, it will be violating the interim charter." Section 4 of the interim charter which says rights and liberties previously enjoyed by citizens under administrative conventions shall remain protected. Even under the junta's interim charter, such rights are protected under Section 4.

Source: Bangkok Post July 17, 2016 21:22 UTC