re: "FFP must clarify" (PostBag, June 25)
Dear editor,
Does Vint Chavala seriously believe, or believe that anyone else believes, that Thailand needs the amazing excess of army generals living high off the nation? For what, exactly? The most conspicuous achievement of that extraordinary number of army generals has for many decades been to protect the existence of an extraordinary number of army generals busily plotting political careers allied to unusual wealth, which many suspect to be the primary reason Thailand has been so afflicted by military coups against its form of democratic government with a constitutional monarchy.
One reason Future Forward is so deservedly popular is that it has publicly stated exactly what many Thais, especially the better educated youth, know to be true: that major reform is needed to bring Thai society and its politics into line with good morals. Given Thailand's long history of endemic corruption and other abuses systematically founded on bad law, a history that long precedes the emergence of Thaksin and other useful bogeymen, does Mr. Chavala doubt the need for substantial reform?
If he is indeed unclear about the party's well-known policies, Mr. Chavala need only open his eyes and ears. Thanatorn and the other good people of Future Forward have been refreshingly transparent.
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 27, 2019, under the title "Open your eyes" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1702648/open-your-eyes
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