Truth & reconciliation - ever so distant
The politician who is most famous for getting people off the hook, including his own sons, swears he will get his big boss off the hook too. And he doesn't beat about the bush either.
“I’ve always said I would do that,” he announces in Parliament. “It was part of the platform which got my party elected, after all. So don’t look so shocked, I’m just serving the will of the people!”
The same individual also announced exactly where the [Supoth] money came from. It was bribes paid to gain contracts by the previous administration, he tells us. So, yes, he’ll get his boss off the hook while at the same time convicting his enemies of corruption – two birds with one stone, it might be called, or one wrong makes a right.
Seriously, reconciliation in Thailand can only come about when everybody agrees two wrongs can never make a right, and that without remorse crimes can never be forgiven. As long as there’s anything to be gained by hiding something else, truth and reconciliation will never be achieved in Thailand.
Lung Kip
Chiang Mai
