News Forum - Aide to Thai PM says repealing lèse majesté law would be “impossible”

[Thaiger]

A representative of the PM’s Secretariat Office has described Thailand’s controversial lèse majesté law as untouchable, amid calls for it to be repealed. According to a Bangkok Post report, Thipanan Sirichana says repealing the law, formally known as Section 112 of the Criminal Code, would contravene the constitution. She says Thailand’s constitution dictates that the king’s position is one of reverence and therefore unchallengeable. As the purpose of the lèse majesté law is to protect the monarch from dishonour and insults, abolishing it would violate the constitution. Thipanan was responding to calls from pro-democracy activists and anti-government protesters, who’ve been […]

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[Bangkok_Gary]

The purpose of the law is to control the population for the benefit of the elites. The purpose of the law is to suppress dissent against the elites. The elites will not relinquish their priviliged position voluntarily. It will take a widespread uprising and perhaps even a revolution to create a just society.

[Poolie]

3 minutes ago, Bangkok_Gary said:

The purpose of the law is to control the population for the benefit of the elites. The purpose of the law is to suppress dissent against the elites. The elites will not relinquish their priviliged position voluntarily. It will take a widespread uprising and perhaps even a revolution to create a just society.

Yeah, either that or a shortage of fish sauce.

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