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Despite repeated elections and constitutions, Thailand's democracy has waned over the years largely due to collusion between civil servants and politicians, a seminar was told yesterday.The seminar "Thailand's crisis: Who is the cause?" organised by the Siam Pracha Piwat academic group, looked at events in Thailand over the past 20 years that have allegedly chipped away at democracy.
Held at Thammasat University's faculty of law, the event drew an audience of about 300, mostly supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy.
Amorn Chandarasomboon, former secretary-general of the Council of State and director of Bangkok Bank, said Thailand has grown more undemocratic since the National Peace Keeping Council staged a coup on Feb 23, 1991.
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Discussion 1 : 07/02/2012 at 11:49 PM1
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This seminar has left out one of the worst offenders of hijacking democracy in Thailand, the Military.
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