Furthermore, the judiciary and independent organizations such as the National Anti-
Corruption Commission, are expected to continue as political tools counteracting
democratization. Double standards will remain their practice, and noisy calls among prodemocracy scholars and voters for true reform of these organisations will not be heard by the CDC. Public participation in the charter drafting process has been a sham. The royalist elite have realized full well that their Constitution will fail to gain majority support from Thai voters. Therefore, Vishnu Krue-ngam, one of the key charter drafters and a deputy prime
minister, has explicitly opposed a public referendum for the final draft of the new charter