re: "Foreign poll observers 'not needed'" (BP, November 7)
Dear editor,
Whilst it is encouraging to see Thailand's judicially cleared Foreign Minister contradict those who persist in the false belief that Pheu Thai and other elected governments of the Thai nation were not fairly and properly elected by the Thai people to represent the Thai people, surely it would, nonetheless, add credibility to invite foreign observers to Thailand's upcoming election due for some as yet unconfirmed time in the future. Nor would doing so be an admission of incompetence as the Foreign Minister implies: competent people do sensibly ask for help.
And after all, if those now busily politicking for the multiply-long promised election have nothing to hide, why wouldn't they want the elections to be certified as sound by the international community? This would also reassure those Thai citizens, the voters, who might reasonably suspect the dictator politicians of running a corrupt election.
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 November 10, 2018, under the title "A poll, not a conclave" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1573454/a-poll-not-a-conclave
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