Poll: Slim majority wants new charter to keep existing royalty sections

According to a poll conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration or Nida Poll, the majority of people support creating a new contract without altering Pages 1 and 2 which outline basic concepts and royal guidelines.

On April 30 through May 1, 1, 310 citizens from across the nation with different levels of education and employment polled to express their opinions on constitutional amendments.

Asked whether they agree with drafting a new charter without changing Chapter 1 which defines Thailand as a single, indivisible kingdom with a democratic regime and the King as head of state, and Chapter 2 which stipulates sections about royal prerogatives, 50.07 % said they supported this idea, 29.24 disagreed, 12.37 said they would not vote in public referendums&nbsp, for a charter rewrite, and 8.32 % did not answer or were not interested.

The responses varied as to whether they were convinced that the new law would improve the country’s politicians:

37.95 % were not comfortable at all
26.03 % almost convinced
19.31 % relatively confident
15.11 % very confident
1.60 % did not answer or were not interested

The responses were as follows when asked whether they were certain the contract update may be completed during the recent Lower House’s term.

46.03 % not comfortable at all
31.37 % almost convinced
12.67 % relatively confident
6.80 % very confident
3.13 % did not answer or were not interested.