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His Majesty the King has been informed of it and has agreed that the [constitution] be issued on that day. And, in this respect, it is not that the [constitution] can be issued immediately after our discussion is finished, but it needs to be written in three copies on Thai manuscript[1] too. Thus, we want as much time as possible to be left. Accordingly, we intend to make haste and hold the discussion from the morning and throughout the day, and if possible, at night also. About the text of the constitution, though an explanation was once given at the meeting 34/2475, I would like to explain again just for clear understanding, and I hope that this could somehow deter disputation. We shall begin with section 1.
"Section 1 contains the following: 'The country of Siam is one and unitary kingdom, which is incapable of division from each other.
"'The Siamese people, regardless of their origins or religions, are equally under the protection of this Constitution.'
"It is written so because, as previously proposed, we desire to unite the Thais, of whom some are now thinking that they themselves are Thai and calling the others as non-Thai. Moreover, there are people of different religions. For example, this one professes one religion, another one professes another religion. These people hold discriminatory views towards each other, thinking their religions are different from each other. Such a feeling as this is unfavourable. Our country is a kingdom with few citizens. The more they divide from each other, the fewer the citizens would become. Thus, we hope to unite them as a stable and unitary kingdom with a monarch reigning with constitutionally limited powers. And, in
