tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post4640812618296523028..comments2023-09-27T15:40:56.529+07:00Comments on Thailand Jumped the Shark: Via Prachatai: One Year After the Coup: Restrictions on Freedoms RemainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-44387052070496382892007-09-23T21:59:00.000+07:002007-09-23T21:59:00.000+07:00This is the money quote from our democracy award m...This is the money quote from our democracy award medalist: Regional Perspective, Sept 17, the Nation<BR/><BR/>It has been said before and it must be said again that the Foreign Ministry under Nitya Pibulsonggram has failed miserably to restore confidence in Thailand's democracy and political transparency in the international community.<BR/><BR/>So according to Kavi, Thailand is a democracy and if the world has a different impression, it was only due to the incompetence of Nitya and the FM bureaucrats. One year after September 19, it was the cast and not the coup that let down Thailand's democracy.<BR/><BR/>Further evidence of a brilliant democratic mind from the same article:<BR/><BR/>Thailand, being a member of the globalised world and a democracy - though a fragile and unconsolidated one - owes the international community a major explanation when dramatic political changes take place.<BR/><BR/>Notwithstanding that since 9/19, Thailand has been ruled by a military junta-appointed government, a junta-appointed parliament, a politicized judiciary, a constitution engineered to preserve elite and military control, and the threat of a draconian internal security bill, we are a democracy albeit an unconsolidated one.<BR/><BR/>And it all started with a "dramatic political change(s).." <BR/><BR/>What the f*k is wrong with this picture?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491070920556910977noreply@blogger.com