re: "Thanathorn running wrong campaign, says Prayut" (BP, Novemer 28, 2019)
Dear editor,
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha might not quite have grasped their strategic brilliance when he accuses "Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit of running the 'wrong campaign' by calling for the abolition of military conscription." Future Forward has, on the contrary, chosen its first campaign for reform very sensibly, as the PM's failure to present any sensible opposing argument proves.
Future Forward's proposal to bring an antiquated conscription system that is unfit for national defence or any other service to the nation into the modern era of small, professional, well-equipped service personnel who are trained and equipped to respond quickly and effectively, including as "'first rescuers' when there are natural disasters like floods or drought," to quote the PM, is exactly what the Thai nation needs from the defence budget it pays for.
The proposal to reform military conscription also has wide popular support. Future Forward is, therefore, to be congratulated on its political acumen in choosing to wage this particular campaign. That Future Forward's proposal is already separating the good people from the bad old men in the eyes of the electorate will prove a valuable collateral benefit come the next election campaign.
Thanatorn's party clearly has solid strategists in its ranks.
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 30, 2019, under the title "FFP's campaign coup" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1805419/rich-law-poor-law
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