re: "Prawit vows February election" (BP, June 1)
Dear editor,
Deputy PM general Prawit was being at best ambiguous when he pretended "a huge relief for the National Council for Peace and Order if the election roadmap goes as planned." It has been going as planned for more than four years now, which tells a lot about exactly what the road map is. An election in February remains as credible as the unverified excuses offered for the amazing watch collection.
More to the point, if the great watchman and his allies really wanted an early election as they now pretend, there is an obvious way to cut a good 90 days and more from the current schedule. Will that be done? "Within 150 days" does not mean "after at least 150 days" and it is not obvious that 90 days is needed for a signature. In fact, if the PM general and his watchers wanted something that would be such "a huge relief," the law definitely allows an election this year, certainly by November if not earlier. The reality again contradicts the pious pretences of the politicians clinging desperately to the power they stole from the Thai nation. But after four years of mounting evidence, this is no surprise.
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on June 2, 2018, under the title "Election dreams" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1477321/election-dreams
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