What Thai people want is simple: a good, democratic constitution, one based on the 1997 charter that had to be abolished because of the coup, followed by a fair and clean election so that the country can move on. Every sign that the country is moving toward these two goals will be welcomed. Any move that sows seeds of doubt in the minds of the public suggesting that these two goals may be compromised will always be taken very seriously. It would be a big mistake for the interim leaders to assume that the Thai public does not need daily assurances that the country is on the road back to a full democracy. On the contrary, such assurances must be supported by sincere actions.
- “Surayud facing a crisis of trust”, The Nation, 25 February 2007. The full editorial discusses the position of the Sonthi-Surayud regime after the Somkid “sufficiency” debacle.
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1 sheddoe // May 23, 2008 at 3:37 am
That’s it.
That’s what we want.
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2 no name // Jul 20, 2008 at 3:24 pm
that’s what u have: “stealing from the others”.i’m pround to be born as thai,but after the researching i see that our culture is mostly from the neighbor country,isn’t that true?and the activities at the border side between cambodia and thailand is holding a big arguments,why do we need to steal their territory?all we have is enough,u guy have made the big mistake,and people around the world will see what we r doing.i hope the goverments should stop that, i wish i could live in a peace:-)
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