BANGKOK: From her flower stall, Lakana Ponsin has had a ringside seat to the protests, bloodshed and coups that have defined Thailand’s last decade and drained enthusiasm for this weekend’s vote on a new charter.

The 44-year-old sells marigold garlands at a shrine on the Ratchaprasong junction, a traffic-choked intersection in Bangkok’s main shopping district.

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