Thursday,
May 15, 2014
Is the voice
of protesters loud enough for change?
The
protesters, led by Suthep Thaugsuban, have been trying to chase the government
since November.and have
been trying to oust the government for six months. In these days, they are
moving their camp close to parliament and say they will act themselves if the
Senate does not. Last week a court removed PM Yingluck Shinawatra and
several ministers so Thailand has seen months of deadlock.
According
to the protest campaign began in November, they have been calling for the
renovation in Thailand, but there have never
been any results from the incompetent government who want only the selection
because the Peir-thai party, the most
influential one in this time, believe that they will win any other candidates and
gain the top scores in this game. So they think it’s unfair and is not the real
system of democracy , for it’s only depended on the group of influential people
in Thai society.
Protest
leader Suthep Thaugsuban over the weekend called on the Senate to consult the
presidents of Thailand's top courts and the Election Commission and appoint a
new prime minister. What remains of Ms Yingluck's administration says it
will continue to work towards holding a fresh general election on 20 July.And if the government doesn’t response any protesters’ actions , there
might be in conflict.
Protest
leader Suthep Thaugsuban over the weekend called on the Senate to consult the
presidents of Thailand's top courts and the Election Commission and appoint a
new prime minister. And it was
discussed for long time that the middle-government should be found for managing
and running any policies to solve any problems and organize the fair and new
selection which must be accepted by not only every organizations in Thai
society , but also Thai citizens.
This has been the biggest problem for
Thailand for more than decades and has also caused many bad effects in Thailand
so I think every organizations must meet together to negotiate about the
suitable solution and how Thailand going on and the development of democracy in
Thailand.
Reference
Hmm, that's a cheerfully controversial topic to blog.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping things settle down, but neither side seems very interested in rational discussion to discover truth and which points on the opposing side might be correct, along with which of their own ideas might be wrong or worse.
And then there are all the more detailed questions:
- what reforms are needed? (I'm assuming that everyone does want reform.)
- what would be bad reforms?
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And to relate Phone's bold post to what we've been reading in Quest, what elements in traditional Thai culture might have led to the current situation. Need a solution keep those elements of Thai culture, or would it be better to revise them?
And how, and by whom, should such questions be decided?
Thank you Phone for an excuse to take a break from reviewing - just one more to go, and I'm finished.
ReplyDeleteThen I want to write up the what we agreed on in our discussion of Law this morning, but that might have to wait until tomorrow.
There's a lot of protesting now in Thailand. Red shirt, Yellow shirt, even Multicolour shirt. I dislike them all, especially when they were trying to close the street, so I had to walk to university. Thailand climate is always hot, and when I arrived, my uniform had gotten wet all the time. I also respect them that they had much tolerance to protest in hot weather like this.
ReplyDeleteThis protest is prolonged into a half of year. If they still don't find the best way which is fair for everyone, our country won't be actually peaceful, and many people will be is trouble because the protest affects the political stability and our nation in many ways, such as the tourism and investment in Thailand.
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