Chaos again. Many times in Bangkok. This time, the red shirt party from many provinces close many Bangkok roads by using taxis block the ways and demand the prime minister, and some of the king's privy councillors, particularly, the president of the king's privy council to resign and dissolve the parliament. Besides, the previous constitution [1997] should be used for ruling the country. This is led by the ex-prime minister, who now is aboard as an imprisonment escapee. They demand that this government is not in the democracy system because they have been supported by the army. Ex-Prime minister also said that his penalty was not justiced because court was influent by other party.
Actually, forming of present government was from the same parliament that had been elected by which, the 2 previous governments were from the ex-prime minister's parties. They were abolished automatically by court as being judged that their leaders released bribe to the voters in the last election affair. The group of member moved to other new parties after being abolished twice. Being abolished party member said that the new written constitution[2007] which contained the party abolition criteria was not fair, just only one did wrong why the whole party was abolished. By the situation right now, The government declares Friday the national holiday.
It is not the first time since Thailand started ruling the country with democracy system. There were demonstrations and riots many times before. But the previous riots were mostly for the country improvement but this time I am not certain about the target. I wonder if we really understand what democracy means. Is it the government forming by the majority in the parliament? If it is, the present government was also from the majority vote. Just they believed that the former parties which being abolished were not judged from the justice court [by recent constitution], otherwise, the government would still have been in ex-prime minister's hand.
I wish that both sides, government and the opposition cooperatively run the country. The oppositon has the important roles to follow up and lead the guidance to the government. Is it necessary to be the government? Only if that is for making money. Remember that, Thailand has passed a lot of great development schemes with high tax collecting and a large sum of loan from many sources, but how much change people and general condition are, comparing to the very big sum of money spending many years before. I am afraid that Malaysia, Viatnam and China will be progressive much ahead from us because there are no political chaos.
I just want to complain with my sympathy with the people being struck in the riot in Bangkok roads. While I am writing this letter, it is about 2-3 am. in the next day. Last afternoon yesterday I was in the Government Office near the Liberty Monument and Tookchai 3 Junction, I heard that there were the road blocks, and people I was waiting for attending a meeting were struck and could not come. I then got away rushing home. I drove circulately passing Pratunam and got to tollway at Asoke Road whereas Bangken was my destination. Luckily, at 3 pm, the situation was still not serious. I heard that there were big chaos afterward in Bangkok rush hours. Return to the old days while I was working at the ministry office on Rajdamnern Road, I and the colleagues have been blocked in the office for long hours twice. The peasant demonstrators demanded government to help them paying debt and giving land for the ones who lost land to the water reservoirs. These problems will be never end in Thailand. They are always demanding. The best way is training people to have pride to stand by their own. Being help is ashamed except being handicapped or having trouble.
I am glad that my oldest son is working at Suwannapoom Area, out of town, my daughter is in Los Angeles and the youngest son is in Auckland. My wife is working near our house. We are not effect with this riot. I just wonder that if it is the right decision not to live in Bangkok. But where we are able to go because we were born here and be Thai citizens.
Tomorrow is the beginning of Thai new year, Songran Festival, while people pour water to the senior people they respect, and flowing water together with great fun. It is the long holiday and people get back home to pay respect to their parents and elder relatives. it is the senior citizen day too. I wish this hard incident end before the happy season. I am going to visit some of my old relatives as well. Chavalvut Chainuvati
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