The Proposal Development and Substantial Reform in Thailand of Political Factions in Phayao Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were, 1) to develop proposals for thereform of the political, economic and social based on the participation of citizens inPhayao province. 2) to build the space and process for the proposal preparation inorder to reform the political, socio-economic and for the political factions that havea different opinion in Phayao province. The research was qualitative research andthe sample was 40 peoples that representative of political factions in Phayaoprovince. All data were collected from the focus group and dialogue to find aconsensus on the reform the political, socio-economic of Thailand. The concreteproposal for reform of Thailand was made by the Political Factions in PhayaoProvince to continue in the policy level. Including the public communicationforums was held by the Thai PBS television stations to communicate the concreteproposal for Thailand reform.The findings were as follows: Regarding to the concrete proposals on thepolitical reform presented by of the Political Factions in Phayao Province, they havefocused on the decentralization to the locals, bureaucratic reform to be effective,reducing inequality, political education and economy. In addition, they havefocused on the public participation in the form of the citizen's council and peopleshould have their opportunities in the education management, the natural resourcemanagement, the energy management, and the restructuring of the marketmechanism for agricultural productivity.These proposals derived from the people's opinions or organizations thathave similar interests to call on the power of the state. They look forward to thegovernment's response to the needs of their group. However, in the developmentof the proposal of these political groups has been done through the dialogedprocess. This process is considered as the tools to create the negotiation processand create space for political dissent in Phayao province. Furthermore, the processof dialogue also has caused the exchange, learning, understanding, lead to reduceconflict, and to create harmony and reconciliation in Thailand.