http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/19c67b648b6727e2 https://verfassungsblog.de/thailand-new-constitution/ New Constitution, Anyone? - A Referendum Exposes Thailand’s Anti-Popular Constitutionalism Schuldt, Lasse eng 2026-01-30 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 constitution election Thailand Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 8 February 2026, Thai voters will be asked to decide whether their country should get a new constitution – without seeing a single draft. The deceptively simple referendum question exposes a deeper struggle over who truly wields constitutional power in Thailand: the people or the institutions that claim to act in their name. Beneath the promise of participation lies a familiar pattern of “anti-popular constitutionalism,” where formal democracy conceals enduring control from above.