THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Thanathorn must take responsibility for his predicament: Chuwit

Thanathorn must take responsibility for his predicament: Chuwit

Chuwit Kamolvisit, the former leader of Rak Prathet Thai Party which was dissolved in 2019, said “this country is fair” in a personal Facebook post reacting to the dissolution of the Future Forward Party by the Constitutional Court on Friday.

“Through all forms of justice, even when the Constitutional Court had judged me in the past, I had the right to speak,” Chuwit, once the country’s biggest massage parlour owner, said.
After his arrest in 2003, he publicly claimed that he paid huge amounts as bribes to many Thai police officers. He then sold some of his massage parlours, formed his own political party and unsuccessfully ran for Bangkok governor in 2004.
He argued that the political loans and media stock issues were problems that Thanathorn had himself created, and no one else was responsible for them. “If the justice system in the country was used to only dissolve the Future Forward Party, then I would say that there is no justice,” he said.
Thanathorn must admit that he was wrong on these two issues, Chuwit said, adding, “If he is fighting against state power, then he should learn to avoid loopholes but he failed and died easily.”
He argued that all creditors have influence. “In business, if you seek a bank loan, you must comply with the bank’s regulations. Domination occurs at any time if you don’t follow the loan terms.”
Chuwit said that it was impossible to borrow money from the party leader and then claim that the party can operate independently, without the domination of the party leader, who is also the lender.
He summed up Thanathorn’s predicament through a Thai proverb which means, “holding the meat that you cannot eat and leather you cannot sit on while the bone is stuck in the throat”.

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