THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Thai democracy has its pants pulled down

Thai democracy has its pants pulled down

Re: “Ex-MP ‘has reporter’s pants pulled down’ in revenge for reports on personal matter”, National, July 27.

If this former Thai Rak Thai party-list MP really misused his power as mayor of Ban Phai in Khon Kaen – by having his staff pull a 60-year-old reporter’s trousers down to shame him – it brings democracy in our country to a new low indeed.
Khon Kaen is the heartland of Thaksin Shinawatra’s popularity and influence. The province is supposed to be the centre of democracy in the Northeast, the country’s largest and most populated region.
It seems like in the more Thais present themselves as heroes of democracy, the more they behave undemocratically. Thus, we should not fall for the claim that those who represent democracy are the ones who cry out for democracy most often!
Vint Chavala
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