A waiting game

re: "Give govt a chance" (BP, PostBag, September 12, 2023) 

Dear editor,

In his tirade against my objections to the perfectly legal machinations committed since May 14, Randy Hurlburt overlooks salient facts. Setting aside his reckless rounding down of Move Forward's share of the vote from the actual 38% to his deceitfully correct "more than 25%", he also fails to note that Move Forward's popularity has risen even more since May 14, as confirmed in the by-election in Rayong held this last Sunday, September 10.

Mr Hurlburt seems also unaware of the fact that Thais voted for Pheu Thai on the explicit understanding that that party would never form a coalition with any party complicit in a coup or seen to be aligned with military figures seeking greater business opportunities. Pheu Thai broke that promise to its voters for no good reason.

However, the fact that singly disproves Mr Hurlburt's stirring defence of the government of the unwanted cobbled together by dubious players to be foist on their nation by law is that not a single Thai person voted for the senate. Had the senate, appointed by you know who, not deliberately defied the perfectly clear will of Thai voters, Thailand would already have had a government led by Move Forward these past two months. It does not. 

But I agree with Mr Hurlburt that we should now peacefully await the next election, when the evidence already points to an outright landslide for a government that will make the reforms that the Thai people increasingly want, that they voted for on May 14, and that the nation has so sorely needed on all fronts these 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 September 17, 2023, under the title "A waiting game" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2648062/congrats-to-the-sec