re: "Judicial precedent 'needed' to prevent coups" (BP, May 22, 2022)
Dear editor,
It was very nice of the Bangkok Post to interview the former leader of Thailand's "hilariously misnamed" Democrat Party on the eighth anniversary of the latest overthrow for no just reason whatsoever of the Thai people's long desire for democratic government and just law, but the most telling point that shines out in the interview is the one not spoken.
It's all very academically interesting to speculate about the potential role of the courts, but their job is merely to interpret the law and decide matters in accord with the law. They have no power to make law. That is something that those who plot and commit coups arrogate to themselves, along with the amnesties that they legally award themselves in strict accord with their law promulgated in constitutions that corrupt justice and undermine democracy.
Could it, therefore, have been other than supremely pertinent to have asked Abhisit what type of people would sign off on coups committed against the Thai people's aspirations for democracy and justice? This most salient of questions was not put to Abhisit.
Of course, had the courts a shred of benevolence for the Thai nation, had they any shred of righteousness, they would decline to sign off on legalizing a coup committed against the Thai people, but then, what person possessed of any genuine benevolence and righteousness would fail to do so?
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 25, 2022, under the title "Unspoken truth" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2315470/time-for-a-photo-op-
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