News Forum - Thai court orders Pita and Move Forward Party to refrain from lese majeste law reform

[Thaiger]

The Constitutional Court ordered the advisor to the former leader of the Move Forward Party (MFP), Pita Limjaroenrat, and the party to cease campaigns to reform Section 112 of the Criminal Law, also known as lese majeste law. Their efforts were deemed to pose threats to the monarchy of Thailand. During the General Election last year, … …

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[Poolie]

Oh well, the grinning fool will have to find another was to please the NED wont he?

[JohnRB]

How can a real democracy exist without freedom of speech? 

[cowslip]

Thai isn't. democracy and this is a giant leap back a century or 2 - one has to be seriously concerned about who is actually running the country.

[gazmo16]

Shows how you can win the peoples vote in the election and then be sidelined and possibly even removed by the old guard. Until there is a clean sweep at the top there is little chance of real change in Thai politics, I think. 

[Khunmark]

12 hours ago, JohnRB said:

How can a real democracy exist without freedom of speech? 

Democracy only exists as concept. It’s a sliding scale of more democratic and less democratic. And the contention that democracy is the best form of government is largely unsolved.

[ChrisS]

On 2/1/2024 at 4:04 PM, JohnRB said:

How can a real democracy exist without freedom of speech? 

Surely you like everyone else must realise that there is no REAL democracy in Thailand

[cowslip]

On 2/1/2024 at 4:04 PM, JohnRB said:

How can a real democracy exist without freedom of speech? 

so if a democratically elected government restricts free speech, where does that leave you?

[cowslip]

2 hours ago, ChrisS said:

Surely you like everyone else must realise that there is no REAL democracy in Thailand

Read my posts - you made a false dichotomy. Thailand is nowhere near a true democracy, but many people on this thread have no idea what a democracy is or how a democracy works