[Tlc] T-response to Charles Keyes

[Tutu]

S'baydee TLCs,

After following all the discussions and news
reports, I still don't know what the charges are. Everything seems to
be vague and even the Economist gave a vague report about Mr. Samak's People’s Power Party (PPP) of "alleged fraud in
December’s election." What is the "alleged fraud"?

I
am also baffled as to why since the 1976 coup (a 32-year span of coup
after coup and it was the bloodiest coup) that the Thais would have
enough common sense to set up some sort of independent counsel or an office of inspector general
to investigate any wrong doing/alleged corruption in order to have a
peaceful removal of corrupt officials. Also, why doesn't King Bhumiphol
who is highly revered and benevolent, propose a rule of law that
prohibits any kind of coup that would bring instability and bloodshed
to the country?

What about the people's will? Samak and Thaksin
were voted in to power by the people. Shouldn't Samak get to ride out
his term? Or do the royalists get to ignore the people's will?  After
reading the protesters' responses on BBC, it sounds that they don't
even know why they are protesting, merely to chime the same slogan of
"corruption", "alleged fraud", "Thakin's influence", etc.

Also, why do the Thai Election Commission fail to see the irony that dissolving an opposition party is undemocratic? Why dissolve a party and not impeach the PM?

Tutu Phimviengkham




      
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