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The
Supreme
Council
of
State’s
Innovation:

The
Renaissance
of
King
Prajadhipok’s

Governance
Heritage
Dr. Surapol Srivittaya*

Abstract

This academic article is a part of the research on “Thailand’s

Democratic Reform under the Framework of Dharmacratic Constitution.”
The aim of this research is to search for the innovation of the forms
of government within Thai democratic framework. The analyses have

been made on the Representative Democracy form of government,
which is currently divided into 4 major system, namely: the British

Parliamentary System; the American Presidential System; the French
Semi-Presidential System, and; the German Applied Parliamentary
System. Thailand has used the Parliamentary system since the

revolution in 1932, but it has not been successful. Therefore, it is
advisable to conduct researches to find innovation of the fifth

democratic system which is more appropriate for the context of Thai
society in order to establish the foundation for democratic reforms to
the development of Dharmacractic society. The new system is the

Semi-Parliamentary System, or Dharmacratic Parliamentary System,
which refers to the democratic system with King as head of the state

and holder of sovereignty and virtues. This system is based on the
division of sovereignty into 4 branches with the availability of Check
and Balance among one another. Those four branches of sovereign

powers: Good Governance Power; Legislative Power, Administrative
Power, and; Judicial Power. Citizens will elect, both directly and

indirectly, heads of the 4 branches of power, namely: the President of
the Supreme Council of State; President of the National Assembly;
Prime Minister, and; President of the Supreme Court of Justice. The

King, as head of the State, will use the sovereignty power of Thai
people through the heads of 4 branches of sovereignty on behalf of

* Faculty of Law Rangsit University