BANGKOK: Hundreds of Thai royalists marched to parliament on Wednesday to oppose calls from anti-government protesters for changes to the constitution as the assembly met to consider amending it.
The special session of parliament was convened after nearly two months of protests – the biggest of which drew tens of thousands of people at the weekend in the Southeast Asian country.
Protesters seek to change a constitution they say was engineered to ensure former junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha stayed on as prime minister after last year’s election.
They want his departure and some protesters also say the constitution gives too much power to King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
The 2017 constitution was written by a military-appointed committee and passed a nationwide referendum in 2016 at which opposition campaigning was banned….