Scrap orders on industries in protected areas: activists

They warned this would take the country back by 40 years in terms of sustainable development. The two orders in question were issued under the charter's Section 44.
Camped outside the Centre of Public Service (opposite Government House), the demonstrators tied their hands to signify their lack of decision-making or participation in the matter and warned that people would rise to protect their resources and such a scenario could lead to conflicts nationwide.

Prasitchai Nu-nuan, an activist from the Protect Andaman from Coal Network, and Thaweesak Inkwang, a representative of people opposing a Chiang Rak Yai waste-to-energy plant in Pathum Thani’s Sam Khok district, read the group’s statement calling for Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha to scrap the orders.

The statement claimed the two orders would be a “death spiral” towards violent disputes over resources, while also reflecting backward thinking by 40 years. They claimed that the proposed special economic zones, instead of promoting the capacities of Thais, were schemes for speculation-based land purchases which would let foreign investors exploit the resources in hopes of boosting the gross domestic product numbers. 

Warning that people would rise to protect their hometowns and this might lead to violence, the demonstrators – campaigning for “Santi, Sati and Yuti” (peace, mindfulness and end) – urged the government to scrap the orders and restore just rules and laws, which they said the two orders had destroyed.