Thailand: Divisions remain as constitutional referendum is set for 7 August

<div class="hero hero-2"><figure class="image"><figcaption><p><span style="line-height: 20.4px; background-color: transparent;">The military government yesterday set Aug. 7 as the date for a referendum on a controversial constitution it has drafted since seizing power in a coup two years ago.</span></p></figcaption></figure></div><div class="desc"><div class="fck"><p>The referendum will be the country's first return to the ballot box since junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha toppled an elected government and suspended democracy in May 2014.&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.4px;">"The cabinet has approved the referendum bill proposed by the election committee," junta spokesman Major General Sansern Kaewkumnerd told reporters after announcing the Aug. 7 date.</span></p>
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