Editorial was good, but translation of plaques could have been better

Your editorial did put history in the right perspective. 
However, your translation of the Thai words on the original plaque, as translated, was somewhat vague. Rather, it could have read as: “On 24th June 1932, at dawn the Khana Rassadorn has initiated a constitution to attain prosperity for our nation”.
And the Thai words currently phrased could have been better translated and read as: “The respect and love towards the teaching of our Lord Buddha, our nation, our family, and our loyalty to our King are factors that will bring prosperity to our nation”.
After reading your thought, I had a flashback on what I wrote six years ago as published in your column on March 27, 2012: “The limits on elective dictatorship’.
The unqualified faith in democratic principles and the confidence in our police and public prosecutor in taking the Ratchadaphisek land deal to court without the necessity of a coup is admirable but somewhat too optimistic.
In textbooks, democracy has always been emphasised as the best form of government. However, democracy can be manipulated and become dictatorial. 
A parliamentary dictatorship or “elective dictatorship” as coined by Lord Hailsham reflects our 2006 situation well, since the opposition under the then constitution could not call for a no-confidence vote on the prime minister because of his command of a super-majority in Parliament. Challenges were not viewed kindly then.
Henceforth, the threat of a coup can be an effective check on the thought of any Thai government in forcing measures that are despicable and unpalatable down the throats of Thai citizens. Only when Thai politicians know their limits, then the Army will not have just cause to move tanks to an intersection, and tanks would not be surrounded by jubilant crowds.
To achieve democracy, one also needs fair-and-public-minded politicians to be the dynamo in not only following the letters of a constitution but also its spirit.
Songdej Praditsmanont