Thai Constitutional Amendment Demonstrators Collide with Police Officers Tensions Increase November 18, 6:07
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In Thailand, where anti-government protests continue, discussions on constitutional amendments required by youth-centered protesters have begun in parliament.
Around the parliament, demonstrators and police officers collided with each other before the decision scheduled for the 18th, causing many injuries and increasing tension.
In Thailand, as anti-government protests continue centering on young people who oppose military involvement in politics, a plenary session of the parliament to discuss constitutional amendment, which is one of the demands of the demonstrators, will be held for two days on the 17th and 18th. started.
At the plenary session, seven proposals for constitutional amendment proposed by the ruling and opposition parties and private organizations were discussed, and the demonstrators deleted a wide range of amendments, including those related to the royal family, as well as deleting the articles that have a strong political influence on the military. We support the proposal of a private organization to enable.
However, the ruling party and others have been cautious about amending the royal text, and protesters who opposed this gathered around the parliament on the 17th and tried to march toward the parliament building.
In response, police officers installed barbed wire and concrete walls, then sprayed water on the demonstrators and collided with them, and groups in yellow shirts who supported the royal family also gathered and threw things.
According to local authorities, at least 41 people were injured in a series of clashes.
Parliament plans to vote on each of the seven proposals at the plenary session on the 18th, but the demonstrators are planning a large rally and tensions are rising ahead of the vote.