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people. The Monarch, who is the Head, exercises such power by virtue of the provisions of this Constitution,' the meaning of this section has been fairly explained in the commentary. It means that the sovereign power, or the supreme power in legislative, executive, and judicial matters, known in English as 'sovereignty', comes from all the people, not from any particular person. It comes from the Nation, that is, the citizenry as a whole. But such power cannot be exercised by the citizens jointly. We unify that power, and the Monarch, who is the Head, exercises it. Although it is the Monarch who exercises it, he does not exercise it at will, he exercises it in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution."

Luang Khahakambodi, secretary of the House, made a proposal, saying: "In regard to this section, Nai Sa-nguan Tularak has proposed the addition of the word 'Supreme' before[1] the word 'Head'."

Nai Sa-nguan Tularak stated: "In proposing the addition of the word 'Supreme' before the word 'Head', my reason is that the word 'head' can refer to several persons.[2] Now that the Monarch is the supreme head respected by us all, I would like to have such a word added for actual clarity."

The President of the Constitution Drafting Subcommittee said: "These matters deal with wording, but the intended concepts (ideas) are the same. And it must have been well understood

  1. Originally, "after". In Thai, an adjective is generally placed after a noun.
  2. In Thai, nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural.