No comparison between the two
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People are clamouring for the government to treat Thaksin Shinawatra the same as it does defrocked monk Wiraphon Sukphol, by revoking his passport and demanding that the country hosting him send him back. I think they know full well that each case is tota
Wiraphon is accused of statutory rape, tax evasion, embezzlement and money laundering. The charges are brought under normal circumstance: no coup, no hidden agenda, and no political motive – just plain justice at work.
By contrast, Thaksin was elected to office and endorsed by royal command to run the government, but was illegally toppled by the coup. The rest is history. The coup was irreversible, the damage was done and the Constitution was annihilated. The court had no choice but to convict him to justify the coup’s action. Imagine what would happen if the court acquitted him? Big mess. Can’t be done.
Like I’ve said before, if you fasten the first button of your shirt wrong, the shirtfront will be crooked. You have to unbutton them all and redo from the beginning.
Somsak Pola
Samut Prakarn
