Academic Says Thais Can Now Depend Only On Judiciary

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BANGKOK, April 5 (TNA) - A prominent Thai political analyst said Saturday that Thai society is now deteriorating significantly, and that Thailand's judicial system is only the institution left which provides stability and which the people can rely upon.

Thirayuth Boonmee, the former 1973 student uprising activist who now directs the Sanya Dhammasak Institute, said while speaking at a university that the Thai people and society were now being confronted by five problems: a lack of unity, righteousness, overly bureaucratic polity, politics, and academic and media institutions, all causing a deep crisis from which no solutions could be found.

These problems can be seen clearly as a division between those who live at the country's grass-roots level now disagreed with middle-income people about ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Mr. Thirayuth said. He predicted that this dispute will carry on for at least another one or two general elections.

Thailand is heading towards a deepening crisis with no solution in sight, the academic said, stating that the judiciary seems to be the sole institution which can solve the ongoing crisis.

The situation has worsened as the coalition government is rushing to change the constitution, he said, warning that amending the constitution is an action which could cause further confrontation between those who are for and those who are against such change. Military coups and restricting public freedoms are not solutions to the problem.

He urged Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to listen to criticism made earlier by both senior citizen Prawase Wasi and former prime minister Anand Panyarachun, who both believed the amendments are being carried out for selfish-gain, and not for the benefit of the country and Thais in the future, as claimed by Mr. Samak.

Amending the charter is very significant, Dr. Thirayuth cautioned. It requires participation from all sectors of society, not only the politicians in parliament, he cautioned. (TNA)-E111

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Sounds like over-abstract thinking to me, reality is usually a lot more boring than idealistic people seem to think... the real situation in most countries is that their economy's are growing and people are getting by in their daily business. It is practicality that wins the day, which is why judicial branches always remain more stable than the other aspects of a government.