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a guide for preparing organic laws and other laws by prescribing new mechanisms to reform
and strengthen the governance of the country. This is to be carried out by: appropriately
restructuring the duties and powers of organs under the Constitution and the relationship
between the legislative and executive branches; enabling Court institutions and other
Independent Organs that have duties to scrutinise the exercise of State powers to perform
their duties efficiently, honestly and equitably, and to participate in preventing or solving
national crises, as necessary and appropriate; guaranteeing, safeguarding and protecting Thai
people’ s rights and liberties more clearly and inclusively by recognising that the Thai
people’s rights and liberties are the principle, while the restriction and limitation thereon are
exceptions, provided that the exercise of such rights and liberties must be subject to the
rules for protecting the public; prescribing the duties of the State towards people, as well as
requiring the people to have duties towards the State; establishing strict and absolute
mechanisms to prevent, examine and eliminate dishonest act and wrongful conduct in order
to prevent executives who lack moral virtue, ethics and good governance from ruling the
country or using power arbitrarily; prescribing measures to prevent and manage crises in the
country more efficiently; and, prescribing other mechanisms in accordance with the direction
specified by the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), B.E. 2557 (2014). These
are to be used as a framework for developing the country, in line with the directive
principles of State policies and the National Strategy, from which each Administration shall
prescribe the appropriate policies and implementation. Additionally, this establishes
mechanisms to work together to reform the country in various aspects that are important
and necessary, as well as to reduce the causes of conflict, so that the country can be at
peace on the basis of unity and solidarity. The successful implementation of these matters
demands cooperation among the people from all parts and all agencies of the State, in
accordance with the direction of the Civil State, pursuant to the rules under the principles of
a democratic regime of government and constitutional conventions that are suitable to the
situation and the nature of Thai society, the principles of good faith, human rights and good
governance. This will in turn drive the country to progressively develop and become stable,
prosperous and sustainable, politically, economically and socially, under the democratic
regime of government with the King as Head of State.
Pursuant to the foregoing undertakings, the Constitution Drafting Committee
has periodically imparted knowledge and understanding to the people of the principles and
rationale of provisions of the Draft Constitution, has provided the people opportunities to
widely access to the Draft Constitution and its meaning through different media, and has
involved the people in the development of the essence of the Draft Constitution through
receiving recommendations on possible revisions. Once the preparation of the Draft
Constitution was complete, copies of the Draft Constitution and a brief primer were
disseminated in a way which allowed the people to easily and generally understand the