Thai military government says no campaigning ahead of charter vote


Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha watches traditional dancers during an event before a weekly cabinet meeting at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, April 19, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Campaigns will not be allowed in Thailand in the run-up to an August referendum on a new constitution that the military hopes will usher in stable politics but which critics say will stifle democracy, a senior government official said on Tuesday.

The military, which seized power in a 2014 coup saying it had to end violent anti-government protests, has overseen the drafting of the constitution and promised to hold an election by the middle of next year.

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