BANGKOK: A new Thai constitution being drafted by the ruling junta is a throwback to an era when a royalist and military elite had    a stranglehold on politics, analysts and politicians say, warning of dire consequences for democracy.

In the legislative building that once used to house elected members of parliament, Paiboon Nititawan is one of a core group of military appointees charting Thailand’s future.

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