COMMENTARY: Who's going to check the generals?
Excerpts from an op-ed in the online edition of Bangkok Post:
"Who’s going to check and balance the ruling military regime? The answer is, no one. Such is the nature of absolute rule, and therein lies the problem.
"Corruption [in Thailand] isn’t going to just disappear simply because the general is now in charge. This is not to say military rule will practice corruption in these economic projects. Surely there should be no accusations before the facts. In addition, understandably those who support the coup d'etat seem to believe that this military rule is incorruptible — that they are the saviours who will rid Thailand of corruption.
"For the sake of Thailand, we can hope this would be true. But hope and faith is one thing. To actually have a system of checks and balances is quite another.
Read the commentary by Voranai Vanijaka in Bangkok Post.
"Who’s going to check and balance the ruling military regime? The answer is, no one. Such is the nature of absolute rule, and therein lies the problem.
"Corruption [in Thailand] isn’t going to just disappear simply because the general is now in charge. This is not to say military rule will practice corruption in these economic projects. Surely there should be no accusations before the facts. In addition, understandably those who support the coup d'etat seem to believe that this military rule is incorruptible — that they are the saviours who will rid Thailand of corruption.
"For the sake of Thailand, we can hope this would be true. But hope and faith is one thing. To actually have a system of checks and balances is quite another.
Read the commentary by Voranai Vanijaka in Bangkok Post.