Dozens of protesters in Bangkok needed medical treatment after the Bangkok police hold them with water cannons that containing chemicals and tear gas for nearly six hours.
So far, the opposition parties including Pheu Thai have committed to seven revisions that have been proposed, while the coalition parties including Palang Pracharath, Democrats, and Bhumjaithai will not accept anything that touches the monarchy.
Among seven drafts of charter amendments, six were submitted separately by the coalition and opposition parties. Nobody discussed royal institutions.
The seventh proposal by the Internet Law Reform Dialogue, or iLaw, has collected more than 100,000 signatures.
This is an action to change the entire junta-backed 2017 constitution including by preventing an “outside” prime minister, abolishing the junta’s “National Reform Plan” and calling for senators to be fully elected by the people.
All groups agreed to form a 200-member Constituent Assembly to revise the new constitution, but there are no topics about how it would be elected. The opposition and the government draft limit the first two parts of the constitution, which define the role of the king as head of state. The iLaw proposal leaves all options open.
Tuesday’s demonstrations marked the first time authorities fired tear gas at the protesters after threats to use chemical weapons were made at previous protests.
Water cannons and tear gas were deployed repeatedly by police from 2 pm until night. More than a dozen ambulances were seen arriving at Samsen Street to treat the injured protesters.
Erawan Medical Center until Wednesday morning reported 55 people injured, 32 people injured because got tear gas.
