Democracy and citizenship in the post-revolutionary period
In the following section a closer look at post-revolutionary democratic discourse up to the Sarit regime is presented. This is not merely a matter of antiquarian interest; a number of elements of modern-day ideology were distilled in this period, as were embryonic projects of democrasubjection The political tension between the People's Party and the palace was natu- rally reflected in official discourse. In this context, just what to call the new regime was by no means clear: a tension between the appellations 'limited monarchy', 'democracy' and 'constitutional system' was evident. In a 1933 Department of the Interior announcement regarding the election of District Representatives (who would then go on to elect half of the first House of Representatives in Thailand) it was explained that in the new form of democratic government', called 'limited monarchical power' (rachathipatai- amnatjamkat), the highest power 'comes from the people. The people's