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Det är tydligen inte bara jag och HRW som ser stora risker med Diktatorns förslag att ersätta undantagstillståndet med artikel 44 som i Bangkok Post sägs ge General Prayut absolut och oinskränkt makt på ett sätt som aldrig har förekommit i landet sedan det kalla krigets dagar 1959, 1972, 1976 and 1977.
Absolute authority brings absolute risks
3 Apr 2015 at 06:00
The invocation of Section 44 of the interim constitution in place of martial law is a mixed bag.
The controversial section vests complete power and authority with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in his capacity as head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which has governed through martial law for more than 10 months.
In turn, the replacement of martial law with Gen Prayut's absolute authority yields several immediate implications.
First, the 44th of 48 sections in the interim charter depoliticises draconian rule in the eyes of the international community but further consolidates and personalises it at home under Gen Prayut. It is designed to show that Thailand's conflict is more about Thais than foreigners.
Not since the Cold War has this sort of absolute rule by one individual taken place in Thailand.
Back then - in 1959, 1972, 1976 and 1977 - it had a semblance of justification as an instrument to maintain peace and order to thwart the threat of communist expansionism. The contemporary post-Cold War period does not offer such justification.
As it stands, Gen Prayut now has runaway power unto himself. He merely has to inform the junta-appointed National Legislative Assembly and the prime minister, who happens to be himself, in Thailand's ultimately one-man rule.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/517147/absolute-authority-brings-absolute-risks
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