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UTN won't back charter rejig
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|January 23, 2026
The United Thai Nation (UTN) Party insists it will oppose drafting a new constitution, warning that voting to approve the upcoming referendum would amount to scrapping the 2017 charter and signing a “blank cheque’, with potential impacts on royal prerogatives beyond Chapters 1 and 2.
Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, leader of the UTN Party, tests rice milling as part of the 'Northern Region Must Be Better' campaign. UNITED THAI NATION PARTY
The party accused critics of misrepresenting Constitutional Court rulings and failing to set safeguards in the referendum question.
At a press conference at the party's head office yesterday, party leader and prime ministerial candidate Pirapan Salirathavibhaga reiterated the party's stance ahead of the Feb 8 referendum on constitutional amendments.
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