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Businessman Banyong Pongpanich has proposed using provisions in a previously used charter to reform the monarchy and end the ongoing standoff between the government and pro-democracy protesters.

At a meeting on Tuesday, new Army chief General Narongphan Jitkaewtae announced that he will continue his predecessor’s reform policies and called on unit commanders to abide by the principles of protecting the nation, the religion, the King and the people.

The huge youth-led protests on September 19 and 20 are bound to make history and forever lead to a sea change in Thailand’s political landscape, many academics believe.

A parliamentary committee has responded to demands for reform from the youth-led anti-establishment movement by organizing a dialogue forum to discuss their calls, including monarchy reform, on September 22.

More academics are standing up to defend student-led protesters, urging universities to open public space for peaceful debate and solution-seeking as political tension threatens to boil over.

Prominent social critic Sulak Sivaraksa has spoken out to defend students’ right to freedom of expression over their unprecedented 10-point manifesto for reform of the monarchy.

More than 100 academics nationwide issued a statement on Wednesday (August 12) to voice their support for student protesters who raised a 10-point manifesto on reforming the monarchy in a rally at Thammasat University on Monday.

The governor of Minnesota said Thursday that he would convene a special session of the state legislature to position his state at the forefront of a national movement to overhaul policing and address systemic racism in the wake of George Floyd's death.

WASHINGTON - Hundreds of protesters who minutes earlier had been dancing in the street fell silent when Kenithia Alston described the fatal shooting of her son by District of Columbia police.

The Army chief has ordered the creation of the RTA Welfare Investigation Committee to be in charge of overseeing all welfare-related activities in the Army.

The public is taking an increasing interest in military reforms after Army chief General Apirat Kongsompong announced last week that military personnel would be offloading some of their private business interests within three months, to make the Armed Forces more transparent and end illegal or shady operations within the barracks.

Critics are skeptical of Army Chief General Apirat Kongsompong's pledge to reform the army, unless the military is open to be scrutinised by independence anti-graft organisations.