Do you miss the days when people went to vote so that their problems could be fixed? That’s what elections are supposed to be about, right? We have problems and we hand them over to our so-called representatives, who tell us their solutions and implement them. Well, elections in the 21st century are a lot more complicated than that, especially those in Thailand.

POLITICAL parties and groups will be asked to sign a pact with a vow not to obstruct future elections or reject elected governments as part of the push for reconciliation by the government, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha suggested yesterday.