I caught something on youtube yesterday posted by my good friend in Bangkok! The video is a spoof about the way some media relays the news to the rest of the world about the troubles in Thailand.
During the whole conflict between the PAD (yellow shirts) and the red shirts (Taksins gang) it has always bothered me how he international media always seems to get it wrong and sensationalise the whole thing into distortion.
The Thai political structure is the main problem with Thai politics, NOT individuals as such.
The current government is in place because the last few elected prime ministers were just puppets, and in fact, relations of the corrupt guy who was kicked out in the first place.
Where in the world can a candidate say publicly that he will pay everybody to vote for him? and actually get elected as opposed to laughed out of politics? Where else in the world will people stand to be elected so they can change the laws to protect their former leader from criminal prosecution? At the moment, that is how it is in Thailand. Is THAT democracy?
Let’s hope it all gets resolved for the better! Soon! Although sadly, I don’t see much changing for a few years at least!
