It could be the least-welcome support ever for the general prime minister and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
Mr Bangkok Shutdown, Suthep Thaugsuban, is going to line up his Muan Maha Prachachon for Reforms Foundation right behind Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha in a public forum this week.
As a result, Jatuporn Prompan wants equal time to line up his red-shirted United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) right against the general and the draft constitution he supports.
It's not the first time Mr Suthep has presented Gen Prayut with a problem. Exactly a month after the May 22, 2014, coup, the formerly self-styled kamnan claimed he had been in regular contact with the army chief on "how to root out the influence" of Lord Voldemort na Dubai and red supporters.
He said he chatted often with Gen Prayut via Line for four years.
Gen Prayut had a one-word, unprintable reply. His spokesman also had a single-word answer when asked how often the army chief and Mr Suthep chatted on the Line app: "Never", not once, not ever, leaving polar claims lying there between two powerful men. One of them didn't, and never has, told the truth.
The referendum will be on Aug 7, with polls open from 8am to 4pm. Vote counting will take only a couple of hours, so official results will be served with dinner. The EC has exactly 2.991 billion baht to do this.
Two books have been prepared by Mr Meechai's Constitution Drafting Committee. One is a 35-page, factual, introduction to his latest charter. The other is a cartoonish knock-off of Draft Constitution for Dummies, presumably to be sent to voters in areas that the Bangkok elite consider less enlightened.
Political parties are against Draft Constitution 2.0 transcribed by Meechai Ruchupan from NCPO documents.
The differences are subtle, but Pheu Thai is completely against it while Abhisit Vejjajiva and the Democrat Party are leaving the door open a tiny crack.
Mr Abhisit stressed that he wants to know the alternative. That is, what will happen if, or when the nation votes "No" in the referendum. It seems to be the single question the general prime minister and his regime hate the most.
In fact, Mr Abhisit's 10-foot pole separation set off another of the classic two-day angry declamations that differentiate him from the first General Sarit.
The prime minister flatly refused to answer Mr Abhisit's demand he come clean on the junta's Plan B.
The Weekly Obfuscationist Award went to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, over what will happen if the national referendum turns down the draft charter.
On March 31, April 5 and April 14 he was clear: The interim 2014 charter, now being used with its renowned Section 44, will be amended, sent to the National Legislative Assembly on Aug 11, and adopted. The nation's answer to Referendum Question 2 — Do you want appointed senators to choose an unelected prime minister? — would be ever-so-useful for the junta to present and use Constitution Version 3.0 if necessary.
There was just a minor problem with that welcome if fuzzy promise. It was completely opposite to the explanation of a clearly exasperated Prime Minister Prayut to the press corps on Songkran Eve.
Because in the premier's Tuesday reprise, the mood changed. After sleeping on the issue, Gen Prayut was definitely calmer. "Icy" might be a good word for the mood from the New Year's Eve podium. For the first time in 696 days as Supremo, the premier gave a hint — "warning" is a good word — about the real roadmap he has in mind for coming years.
"None of the past constitutions will be picked up. A new one will be written." No details, none.
So forget what is actually on the referendum paper, because here is the actual question to be faced on Aug 7:
Do you want the draft constitution that's behind Door No 1? Or do you want to take a chance with the hidden and secret constitution behind Door No 2 that could be better or could be worse?
That's hardly clear. The junta's post-Aug 7 secret plan is secure by being obscure. But at least the general prime minister has finally admitted he has one.