Who’s the wise one?
Re: “PM tells people to vote wisely,” (BP, Jan 17).
In response to the PM requesting Thai citizens to cast our votes wisely, which is creating confusion, allow me to speak up. I am the same patriotic Siamese person who once supported the coup d’etat orchestrated by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha in 2014 since I felt that was necessary to get rid of the corrupt government of Khun Thaksin and Khun Yingluck even though I fought my whole life as a human rights activist, always against coups d’etat all over the world. But now I will explain why I might not cast my vote as I did earlier for your party or the Palang Pracharath Party.
Corruption has returned to their homes. Under your regime, unarmed students and netizens were sentenced to lengthy imprisonment. Your regime always used Section 112 to suppress the youth. Apparently, you are scared to listen to people’s voices.
The cases involving your brother and your relatives were not investigated properly. Khun Prawit Wongsuwon’s watches and the related judgement left me speechless, and I lost total faith. Above all, you have built a coalition government with the same people who were questioned by the public — some of them coming from Pheu Thai.
Indeed, I have a deep family background of the Democrat Party. The reason I stopped supporting them is because of their inability to protest or raise their voices against irregularities and unethical actions in the current coalition government.
So when you request us to be wise to vote, surely we are wiser now.