re: "PM urges demonstrators to obey the law" (BP, June 14, 2022)
Dear editor,
For Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, the man who committed an armed coup to overthrew the supreme law of the Thai nation, to urge others to obey the law he has had made to replace the law that he had smashed is rich. Richer still is that the PM General appears oblivious to the fact that the bespoke law made up for that purpose perverts justice, rendering his law that which good people who value justice over mere legality cannot in good faith respect.
But richest of all is the extraordinary claim that "Everybody wants democracy and the government isn't opposed to that." This claim does not stand up to scrutiny. Those who want democracy do in fact respect the most fundamental principles of democracy; they do not lock up, in perfect accord with unjust law enacted for exactly that abuse, internationally honoured human rights advocates, true patriots for a democratic Thailand, who peacefully protest for such values as openness, transparency and accountability.
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 15, 2022, under the title "Amazing claims" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2326503/watch-carefully
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