nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/19c67b648b6727e2 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260130s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/19c67b648b6727e2 doi eng 342 23 Schuldt, Lasse Author aut New Constitution, Anyone? - A Referendum Exposes Thailand’s Anti-Popular Constitutionalism Schuldt, Lasse Verfassungsblog 2026-01-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 constitution election Thailand Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/thailand-new-constitution/ raw object