Military intervention
Why this topic matters
The Constitutional Court decides specified constitutional disputes, including questions involving legislation, political institutions and office-holders. Thailand’s modern constitutional politics cannot be understood from the text alone because coups, interim constitutions and repeated institutional redesigns have repeatedly reset the formal rules.
Relevant turning point
2006 · Military coup
The military removed the elected government and the 1997 constitutional order was replaced.
Country sources
- Constitution — National Assembly of Thailand ↗
- Duties and powers of the House of Representatives — National Assembly of Thailand ↗
- The Senate — National Assembly of Thailand ↗
The sources below document the country context; they do not independently verify every interpretation of this topic.