Prayuth calls on |political rivals to respect court rulings

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014
Prayuth calls on |political rivals to respect court rulings

POLITICAL conflicts in Thailand will never end through street protests, but it is the law-abiding mentality of all sides that will count and prevail, Army commander General Prayuth Chan-ocha said Wednesday.

Judicial decisions must be respected and complied with thoroughly, not selectively as some people do now, he added. If one disagrees with court rulings, there are ways under normal procedures to appeal against them. “There are hundreds of thousands or millions of court verdicts issued. If everyone says that any verdict against them is unjust, what would happen to the country?” he asked.
Street protests, without respect for the law, cannot find a way out of political conflicts, as there will always be winners and losers in court rulings, and the losing side would never be pleased and would oppose the ruling, he added.
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