Seek justice,not vengeance

In a court of justice each side makes its case and is subjected to cross-examination, aiding discovery of the truth upon which to decide justly.
This discovery did not happen last time because the Pheu Thai Party did not let her speak and the NLA did not let her representatives speak on her behalf, each side playing games and ignoring the national interest.
For example, had she said that the rice-pledging plan was designed to benefit farmers, NLA members might have asked why it deliberately excluded the poorest of the poor, who consumed all the rice they grew – with rich farmers who had the biggest harvests being the biggest beneficiaries. She might have said any government lacking the courage to implement policies deemed beneficial to grassroots people, even at a cost to the taxpayer, would do more harm to the country. NLA members could have asked her, if that were true, why the government did not just offer double or triple the market value of the rice.
She might have said the Bt600 billion loss from the plan was just in the imaginations of an accounting committee. The members could have brought forth credible evidence from inspection teams – which hopefully included both Pheu Thai representatives and the news media – as to the deteriorated quality of rice stocks, hollowed-out piles of rice sacks, etc.
Such cross-examination, and her replies, would have helped members and, equally importantly, her grassroots supporters and her opponents, see the true benefits and costs of the programme.
As the Lord Buddha advised, “Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.”
Burin Kantabutra
Bangkok