Nu startas en rörelse i Thailand mot Thaksins diktatur som dom vill likna vid "den arabiska våren"
Dom vill kämpa emot Thaksin och få bl.a alla de ansvariga för bränning av byggnader 2010 etc etc inför rätta
Dom vill att folk skall träda fram och säga sin åsikt, protestera mot allt som är fel med dagens regering, inte ge amnesti till skyldiga och kämpa för riktig demokrati som i utvecklade länder i väst. Inte den "demokratur" som Thailand har idag med de röda vid makten
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Group fights 'dictatorship' linked to Thaksin
Somroutai Sapsomboon
The Nation
Bangkok: -- The anti-Thaksin cyber-group whose followers are known by the Guy Fawkes mask has urged people who oppose the former prime minister and the Yingluck Shinawatra government to change their Facebook and Twitter avatars to the white Fawkes mask.
While it's unknown who the leader of the group is, one aspect behind the move relates to safety and anonymity of opponents of the government. Now, after three days of trying, a self-proclaimed "initiator" of the move on Facebook agreed to answer questions on the Internet from The Nation on the condition of anonymity. Excerpts:
How did it begin and how do you think it will develop?
We want to cajole people to be aware and create a Thai version of the "Arab Spring" and educate people who do not know about the mask as to the meaning of the mask and why it is being used to oppose parliamentary dictatorship and corruption. It's a universal symbol known all over the world.
The world ought to be aware of what is happening in Thailand, in particular what the prime minister said in Mongolia, which was only a little true. Constitutional amendments [proposed by the government] are just a change for the interest of politicians, nothing to do with people's well-being. Meanwhile, the push for an amnesty law, and the red shirts' pressure on the Constitutional Court, are deemed wrong.
We want to declare that we ought not be afraid of the government, and that it is the government that ought to be afraid of the people. We plan to work with Pol General Vasit Dejkunjorn, who initiated the Thai Spring group.
Have you discussed how your group will cooperate with the Thai Spring group?
We have had preliminary talks and are waiting for the Thai Spring group to consider this. Whatever our future activity, safety comes first as we emerge from cyberspace and into the real world. We're trying to check the number of people and awaiting a date in real life to demonstrate people's rights and our refusal to accept parliamentary dictatorship that works for the benefit of corrupt politicians above the interest of the nation and the people.
Why choose the mask as the symbol?
Because the mask is an ideology unlike people behind the mask who may hesitate or change [their thinking]. But the ideology of righteousness has never changed.
Guy Fawkes is a symbol of opposition to parliamentary dictatorship, who manipulate the media and shut the ears and eyes of the people. Our group thinks that Thai politics is in a most sham state and it's just about electoral voice and benefits politicians and big businesses.
What we can't accept is the burning of cities in 2010. Many have been greatly affected by this, be it their property or lives.
As long as the culprits are still at large and amnesty bill is being pushed and taxpayers' money being paid to "heal" red shirts, we won't accept it and a civil-war-like violent retaliation will be difficult to avoid.
If we can make people realise their rights, they might come out to use their right of expression. They might come out and gather for a few hours against any topic they disagree with, just like in developed countries like Germany. That would be a beginning of democracy, as it is supposed to be, not like what we face nowadays.
-- The Nation 2013-06-01
