1. September 2006 : Military stage a royalist coup against an elected government “to protect Democracy” in the face of increased political participation by the poor. The poor are obviously too stupid to be trusted with the vote. Birth of the concept : “Democracy by Military Coup”.
2. 2007 : Military Constitution brings back military appointed senators, enshrines legitimacy of military coups. Also enshrines the King’s “Sufficiency Economy” (economic growth without development for the poor, the King has his billions and the poor have nothing, what could be better than that ?)
3. 2008 : New concept : “Democracy without Cooking”. Courts dissolve political party which won the election because the Prime Minister appeared on a TV cooking programme. Abhisit then appointed Prime Minister after military intervention.
4. Late 2008 : New concept : “Democrat Party without Democracy”. Abhisit’s so-called Democrat Party Government instigates draconian censorship and increases lese majeste cases “to protect Democracy” from too much Democracy.
5. April-May 2010 : New concept : “Democracy without Human Rights”. Government and military gun down 90 unarmed pro-democracy demonstrators in order to avoid “too much Democracy” by being forced to call immediate democratic elections.
6. June 2010 : New concept : “Democratic Reforms without Democracy”. Abhisit’s military junta announces “reform process” under martial law, involving the usual anti-democratic conservatives. Over 400 political prisoners now in jail. Government uses death squads to assassinate red shirt activists.
7. June 2010 : New concept of “Elections without the Right to Criticise the Government”. By-election to be held in Bangkok’s number 6 constituency. But political prisoner and Red Shirt leader Kokaew, standing for opposition Puea Thai Party, told by Abhisit that it would be “illegal” to accuse the Government of murdering civilians during the election campaign. Government to be given full media coverage while opposition will be ignored in the mainstream media.
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
Release Sombat Boon-ngarmanong, latest political prisoner !!
@ – 16:05:16
Sombat Boon-ngarmanong veteran pro-democracy activist has just been arrested by police for organising peaceful Red Shirt activities in Bangkok. Sombat organised the first anti-coup protest in 2006 and is the organiser of Red Sunday, when people wear red shirts in cafes and shopping malls in resistance to the bloody repression of the Abhisit junta. Sombat was arrested while tying a red ribbon at Rajprasong, scene of the murder by Abhisit’s junta of unarmed pro-democracy demonstrators in May. Sombat has been taken to a border patrol police detention centre in Patum Tani, just north of Bangkok. In 2007 Sombat was arrested under martial law for campaigning against the military constitution.
As he was arrested, Sombat shouted « keep on with the Red Sunday Campaign ! »
by WDPress
2010-06-26