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How to make Thailand's democracy work
Ok, so now the general says elections will be held in 2015 and that the army will cobble together another useless charter and that a non-elected quango will be set up later this year. It's all starting to sound like the plot of a bad South American soap.
Remember, the whole point of Prayuth's coup was to sort out "the problem of democracy" and of a failing state, but the general just doesn't seem to understand that his own attitude and that of the army are the REAL problem in Thailand.
So let's just spell it out for the Thai king's dictator: Democracy works very well, especially when the army stay in their barracks and stop meddling in politics. If Prayuth seriously wants to prevent Thailand from becoming a failed state, all he has to do is to accept this simple fact.
The problem with general Prayuth is that he can't see the wood for the trees. He talks about making changes that will ensure the smooth running of the country, but fails to understand the problem, or even his own role in creating the problem.
THESE are real the problems in Thailand: 1º the king, 2º ultra royalists, 3º the army, 4º the courts, 5º article 112. All of these factors make democracy unworkable. Tinkering with the Charter and setting up more incompetent army committees is simply storing up trouble for the future.
For Thailand to function as a true democracy, these are the changes that Prayuth must make:
1. The abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a Thai Republic. This will do away with royal meddling, reduce costs, and ensure the Thai army is stripped of its political power.
2. Ultra royalists must be denied their unspoken backing from the Thai king and his Palace circle. It is this "invisible hand" that allows royalists to destabilize democratically elected governments.
3. The army must be stripped of their political power. This can only be done by abolishing the monarchy, which is the main source of that power, and which the army uses to justify their interference in the running of the country.
4. The higher courts, like the Constitutional court, must be abolished. This institution is unnecessary, because all constitutional changes can be decided through referendums. Judges too must swear an oath to the constitution and the people of Thailand, not the king.
5. Lese majeste law is the single biggest obstacle to democracy. It is the modern Thai equivalent of medieval witch hunts in Salem, when those accused of heresy were condemned from the start.
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That's it. These are the necessary changes needed to ensure a strong, long lasting true democracy in Thailand, that will guarantee all the liberties and Human Rights Thai people are entitled to, and create political stability.
Will the general accept these simple truths? Or will Prayuth continue to lie to thai people blaming others for the problems he himself has created? For the army chief it is democracy itself which appears to be the problem, so no amount of small changes will make Thailand's democracy any stronger.
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