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I Prachatai http://prachatai.com/english/node/3364?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+prachataienglish+%28Prachatai+in+English%29 kan man läsa några intresanta uttalnden ifrån Franska senatorer som är på besök, dom tycker t.ex att parlamentet inte har så mycket inflytande jämfört med militären tack vare den konstiution som juntan införde vid kuppen, man anser även att landets dommare står närmare landets konservativa och militären än landets valda politiker.
I Prachatai noterar man det faktum att det bara tog dessa utländska senatorer några dagar i Thailand att dra dessa slutsatser som media inte har lyckats med på årtionenden.
French Senators visit Thailand - "The army has the power because of the Constitution"
Mon, 10/09/2012 - 12:08 | by prachatai
Andrew Spooner, Asia Provocateur
French news outlet, Le Petit Journal, has just run an interview with four French Senators drawn from across the French political spectrum who recently visited Thailand and had some very interesting things to say about the political situation in the country.
The ruling Socialist Party Senator, Gerard Miquel said that
"[the Thai] Parliament does not have a considerable power. It is rather the army which has the power because of the Constitution, which was passed on the proposal of the military junta and does not give a lot of power in Parliament."
Of course, anyone with an ounce of political acumen and a commitment to democratic norms wouldn't take long to figure that out.
But it's not just the leftwing Senator who reaches such this conclusion. Bernard Saugey, a Senator from the rightwing UMP party said
"Thailand is a country which, in democratic terms, is a little bit off. Probably because of the Constitution."
The best comment, however, comes from the Center Party Senator, Hervé Maurey who said
"At first glance, one might think that there are democratic similarities since it has a National Assembly who was elected in a way it seems democratic. But after the conversations we had, we realize that the Parliament and the Government itself has only a part of the power. We discover that there is also the army that has a significant portion of power, as well as the judges who are more in connection with the conservative forces and the military."
M. Maurey then goes on to say
"One realizes that the situation is complicated because there is always a threat of a coup when political power wants to go too far. We feel that politicians have a very limited scope. It has been seen during the attempt to revise the Constitution."
What's odd is that it took these Senators just two days to come to these accurate conclusions - something the international media have failed utterly to provide despite many of them being resident in Bangkok for decades. Which begs the question - what's the point of the international media if they can't provide any kind of accurate analysis and just appear to be working hand-in-glove with the most conservative forces in the country?
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