re: "Cops on alert for unrest at raft of rallies by students" (BP, February 26, 2020)
Dear editor,
It is encouraging that Thai youth no longer swallow the fake excuses, fake morals and corrupt examples of their elders disgracing the hallowed halls of parliament as they weaponize unjust law to thwart the democratic aspirations of the Thai people for a just society of citizens with equal rights to a voice in the determining the form of their society, its laws and its government. As the students rightly proclaim, the "sovereign power belongs to the Thai people" (Thai constitution, 2017, section 3.)
Some of those in the cabinet, none of whom have taken the oath of allegiance as explicitly required by section 161 of the current constitution, of the Prime Minister who made himself PM by overthrowing the previous supreme rule of law of the Thai nation, complete with giving himself a full amnesty, have suggested that Thai youth should get special lessons in morals in school. The obvious evidence, however, tells us that it is the youth of Thailand, those patriotic students now protesting for their nation's future, who are far better qualified to teach morals to the PM and his morally challenged government.
The students are right to be angry and to shout out their anger in strong, peaceful protests against the moral corruption of the status quo undermining their nation for too many decades.
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 February 27, 2020, under the title "Immoral status quo" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1866659/ruling-is-inconsistent
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