The Financial Times has a useful editorial on the current political standoff in Bangkok. One of its bankable quotes is:
The Election Commission’s decision to recommend the Supreme Court disband the PPP [People Power Party] for election fraud could fuel suspicions that a Bangkok elite, including elements of the army, bureaucracy, court and palace officials, is conspiring to stifle the country’s fragile democracy.
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1 jonfernquest // Sep 3, 2008 at 3:38 pm
“The Election Commission’s decision …could fuel suspicions that a Bangkok elite, including elements of the army, bureaucracy, court and palace officials, is conspiring to stifle the country’s fragile democracy.”
Could fuel suspicions? Such a conspiracy theory has been thrown around for a long, long time.
“When many large sectors of society share the same political view for good reasons, this is not a “conspiracy,” it is a demographic phenomenon.
Just like Burma coverage much of the foreign media treats the current political crisis like some insta hobby. Expert quotes provide a lot more insight.
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