MEANING CONSTRUCTION “LEGITIMACY OF POLITICAL PARTIES” UNDER THE ORGANIC ACT ON POLITICAL PARTIES B.E. 2560 (2017)
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The purpose of this academic article was to study meaning construction “legitimacy of political parties” under the Organic Act on Political Parties B.E. 2560 (2017). The analysis revealed that the construction of political legitimacy under the Organic Act on Political Parties B.E. 2560 (2017) is carried out through a set of regulatory mechanisms as follows 1) political party foundation 2) political party branch and expansion 3) external intervene prevention 4) political party reasonably examine mechanisms 5) political party punishment, and 6) termination of political parties. The content analysis results provide guidelines for the legitimacy construction of political parties which can be applied to the legitimacy construction for other political institutions that are connected to the people so that these institutions will be the main institutions and continue to perform their duties in the sustainable development of democracy.
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