re: "Charter Court rules Thamanat qualified to serve as MP" (BP, May 5, 2021)
Dear editor,
Will Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha now stop claiming that he thinks there is anything remotely wrong with drug dealing? Will he give up the lame pretence that there is something intrinsically bad about dealing drugs? The known facts prove such a claim fake. Irrespective of this most expected ruling by Thailand's Constitutional Court, to keep someone who is a proven,convicted heroin dealer not merely in your government but in your cabinet sends a perfectly clear message to the Thai nation, to Thai youth: criminal drug dealing is fine so long as you don't get caught, or at least not convicted by a Thai court.
Indeed, the message that PM Prayut sends by keeping this man in his cabinet is blatant: drug dealing, and presumably any other crime in Thailand, is perfectly OK provided you manage to avoid, by any means, a criminal record in Thailand. The reality of your acts, of your character, no matter how well known, matters not in the least; the relevant known facts matter not in the least: all that matters is strict legalism wherein justice plays as important a role as decency, honesty and other good morals.
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 May 7, 2021, under the title "Prayut the pretender" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2111639/conviction-politics
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