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PAD’s Announcement on “New Politics”
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Announcement Number 20/2008
People’s Alliance for Democracy
On “New Politics”
The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has been gathering continuously to protect the Constitution to prevent it from being used as a tool in laundering the wrongdoings of Thaksin Shinawatra and his associates, to eradicate the Thaksin regime, to chase out the proxy government, and to pave the way for new politics in the Kingdom of Thailand.
For unity and clarity of the rally, the PAD wants to announce the direction of new politics for the Kingdom of Thailand as follows:
1. The current political system should be condemned as electioneers monopolize electoral constituencies and businesspeople. Vote-buying and electoral fraud exist through using local influence to threaten the public. State authority is abused and money is used to win elections at all costs on the weakness and corrupt activities of some Election Commission officials, who cannot ensure a fair and just election.
With elections riddled with fraud and vote-buying, Thai politics has turned into “money politics.” Politicians have to pay back to their sponsors through corruption, violation of the law, and violation of the oath they gave to His Majesty the King when they took office. They sell their country as was seen from how this administration violated the Constitution, as ruled by the Constitution Court, in signing the joint communiqué which allowed Cambodia to register Preah Vihear Temple as a World Heritage Site by itself. They seek benefits for themselves and their cronies and abuse the Parliamentary system by utilizing their majority vote to support the ruling coalition in unethical endeavors, turning Parliament into a dictatorship of capitalism.
As most politicians in the system strive to seek benefits for themselves and their cronies, the checks and balance system from the judiciary, the media, and the public are damaged, destroyed, and threatened.
The judiciary system has been damaged and destroyed through the transfer of state officials to put politicians’ associates into power. The Administrative and Legislative branches have jointly tried to amend the Constitution to lower the authority of the judiciary and the checks and balance system. Corrupt politicians try to bribe the judiciary system. The media sees interference. People who are exercising their rights to gather against the government have been injured by the police and thugs backed by the government. All of this contribute to the efforts to destroy the country’s checks and balance system to cover up the evil of politicians. Attempts also exist to lessen the power of the monarchy for absolute control by politicians.
Even if politicians resign or a House dissolution occurs, Thai politics will continue in this vicious cycle if no efforts are made to reform it.
For a sustainable future of the country, the PAD sees that it is necessary for new politics in the Kingdom of Thailand.
2. New politics for the Kingdom of Thailand is true democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy with the following goals:
2.1 Support for good people to manage the country and blocking of evil people from coming to power so all sectors of society are ensured justice.
2.2 The public must be allowed participation in politics. New politics will not only see politicians elected from constituencies but will see representation from all sectors, such as representatives from different vocations and groups. This will be designed by a Constitution that sees public participation to ensure a true democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy.
3. To ensure that new politics is introduced in the Kingdom of Thailand, the PAD announces the following stance:
3.1 The PAD sees its first goal as chasing out this proxy government that has sold the country. It is not necessary for negotiations with any group that sees otherwise.
3.2 We support changes to the current political situation on the condition that political reform must happen and the public must be allowed participation in politics. There must also be sincere efforts to solve the evil in the Thaksin regime through the judiciary system.
The proposal on the PAD stage of a 70 : 30 ratio of public representatives to elected representatives is merely an example of how the old-style politics should be replaced and is open to discussions. It is not a fixed formula advocated by the PAD. We are ready for a discussion from all sides on designing new politics and will respect the majority decision for new politics that is ethical, moral, and more representative of the varied social sectors to go in line with the lifestyles and culture of Thailand but still upholding democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy.
With deep respect,
People’s Alliance for Democracy
Monday, September 08, 2008
At Government House
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In this discussion forum talked about conflict in this announcement.
3.1 The PAD sees its first goal as chasing out this proxy government that has sold the country. It is not necessary for negotiations with any group that sees otherwise.
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…. We are ready for a discussion from all sides on designing new politics and will respect the majority decision for new politics that is….
Please see that they are 2 different subjects.
Point 3.1 is talking about ousting any proxy government (Samak at that time)
The conclusion paragraph is talking about New Politics, that PAD is welcome everybody to join in to discuss about that
I hope that the Farang on KoratFarang.com would know English better than me.
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PAD, you claim to be ‘The Hope of Thailand’. if u truly want to be the hope of thailand now, then GET THE HELL OUT OF THE 2 AIRPORTS. your biggest mistake in your long rally is to occupy the 2 airports. to demonstrate for something you believe in is ok, but if it causes the country that you love to go downhill, that is absolutely wrong.
now that the economy is in shambles, jobs are lost because goods cannot be transported, lives are at stake and the fear you put in your own citizens hearts, is there still hope for Thailand? yes, these can be rebuild, but how long will it take?
if the government is corrupted, it will fall one day. have you heard that ‘ a house without a strong and solid foundation will not be able to withstand the wrath of nature’. if you want to see the government change, is there any other ways to do it? perhaps creating awareness among your people, getting evidence to support your statement. im sure there are better ways to resolve these issues and closing down the 2 airports are surely a big no.
in anything, if you have lost your direction, always come back to where you first started. always come back to your mission statement ‘The Hope of Thailand’. your mission statement is the reason for your group’s existence. think about your mission statement.
as a foreigner who really love Thailand and her culture, i sincerely hope and request that you withdraw from the airport. your demonstration can continue, but not at the airport. i applaud you for your courage to fight your cause, but let us do it the Thai way, let us bring back the Thai culture that kept everybody going even through the difficult times.
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YOU ARE Absurd and insane!
You are protesting to restore the establishments’ power, are u not? One doesn’t need to be a rocket engineer to figure this out!
Are u saying most of thai are too uneducated to vote for a sensible leader?
It is true that your country has suffered severly from corrupt goverments, but has it not been going on for 60years? It’s not only Thaksin is to blame, it is your education and social system that has failed miserably to improve quality of your people. Now if you are so well educated then this protest would help your country? Is it not true that well-educated people are too arrogrant that they would look down upon their own people as opposed to helping them?
Now instead of moving the country forward, you try to force it back to where it was 50years ago. What a great wish for Christmas!
Good luck thailand!
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