Insight, Cool In The Conflict Zone

[marshbags]

Bangkok Post,Perspective, Sunday July 20, 2008

INSight

Cool in the conflict zone

Kovid Bhakdibhumi's years as a straight-arrow police commander and devotee of Muaythai have prepared him well for his latest endeavours in what is sometimes a highly contentious Senate

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Senator Kovid Bhakdibhumi with Phra Khru Wutitammatorn, the abbot of Watbotevoradit temple, and four members of the welfare home during a recent visit to Pamok district of Ang Thong.

When local politicians, businessmen and community leaders in Ang Thong province got together to find a candidate to contest the Senate election early this year, their unanimous choice was Kovid Bhakdibhumi, a retired police general with a reputation for honesty. They promised their support, but Kovid was reluctant.

"I declined the offer because I knew nothing about politics. I was a career police officer; it was the only job I had ever done," says the former deputy national police chief.

The local leaders did not give up. Five days later, they sought another meeting with Kovid, but this time they explained emphatically why his presence in the Upper House would help bring about national reconciliation, at a time when there were deep political divisions in the country.

Four months have passed since his election to the Senate on 2 March, and Kovid has not disappointed his supporters. He has exercised his leadership and his ability to bridge the gap in the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, of which he is a member. But with 76 elected senators and another 74 chosen from various groups of people, it will take time for all 150 Upper House members to get to know each other and develop cohesion, he explains.

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Their are, i,m sure many great and good elected Senators in the Upper House who have the interests of the country at heart, but are not constantly on the front pages of the newspares or on the various news media channels.

Mores the pity as they are the unsung heroes within the ongoing political mess that deserve recognition for their ongoing presence and unselfish objectives that they stood for and are now elected, to hopefully achieve.

They and Thailand citizens deserve it.

marshbags

Edited July 20, 2008 by marshbags