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This book is written in the hope that Thai people will understand that their beloved country has serious divergences in its way of thinking philosophically and politically. What is the cause of this divergent ideology? Thailand should aspire to be politically democratic with a constitutional monarchy. How can Thai people assist in correcting the problems of corruption by politicians and government officers, including the judicial system, which has many standards that seriously divide Thai society?

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b y N a r o n g C h o k w a t a n a

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“I am willing to surrender the powers

I formerly exercised to the people as a whole,

but I am not willing to turn them over to any individual

or any group to use in an autocratic manner

without heeding the voice of the people.”

The royal rescript issued by His Majesty King Prachadhipok (Rama VII) in his abdication letter from England in March 2,1934

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Foreword

All humans are mammals, but all mammals are not humans; the class

includes monkeys, elephants, lions, tigers, rhinos and many, many

others. Similarly, although democracy requires elections, it is not

guaranteed that governments assuming power from elections will be

democratic; they can be dictators such as Adolph Hitler and Benito

Mussolini whose cruel governments assumed power from elections.

They owned the constitution, dictated to parliament, and were brutal

masters. Sometimes elections give the appearance of democracy,

but can mask what in reality is a cruel political regime.

In all forms the regime of a dictatorship employs the concept of

“divide and rule”. Dictatorships cannot tolerate strong people who could

unite together and oppose their rule. They thrive on the weak that argue

amongst themselves and are disunited; victims of vices are also easy to

control as they cannot be self- reliant. Such people will inevitably need

to depend on the support of the dictator.

This book is written in the hope that Thai people will understand that

their beloved country has serious divergences in its way of thinking

philosophically and politically. What is the cause of this divergent

ideology? Thailand should aspire to be politically democratic with

a constitutional monarchy. How can Thai people assist in correcting

the problems of corruption by politicians and government officers,

including the judicial system, which has many standards that seriously

divide Thai society?

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It is not necessary to agree with all that is written here. All I ask from

Thai people who love their country is please read this book to the end

and listen to your own conscience. Decide if you should believe or not;

the truth is always real and will never change.

Narong ChokwatanaJanuary 2014

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81 years after the transition of power from absolute monarchy to self-government, Thailand has only ever experienced dictatorial regimes through its election process. Thai people do not understand and have never felt the presence of true democracy. They continue to believe that any country that conducts elections, possesses a constitution and is governed through the parliamentary process must be democratic. The fact is that many dictatorships in this world have been elected, retained a constitution and governed through parliament; e.g. communism and fascism including the Nazis before World War 2 and Saddam Hussein of Iraq. So it can be seen that elections have two forms; the first being a free democratic process, the second a tool used by dictatorships to take over state power.

Elections, constitutions and parliaments can be present in dictatorships as well as in a democratic society.

CHAPTER 1

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Identifying Democracy in Politics

Democracy or dictatorships can be measured by identifying where

supreme power, state power and sovereignty are held. If these powers

belong to the people the country is a democracy. In this case the

government, prime minister and politicians are only elected to serve

and are the temporary employees of the people. The permanent

employees are the government officers (civil servants). In a democracy

the prime minister is only the leader of the servants of the people.

All politicians are employees, not masters. Moreover they are only

temporary employees for the duration of their term of office.

In a dictatorship the state power, supreme power and sovereignty does

not lie in the hands of the people, but in one individual (autocracy) or

a group (oligarchy). The people hold power for only a few seconds

whilst casting their vote in the ballot box. Even then this power is only

illusionary, as in reality the people have no freedom to elect who they

wish; they are under other peoples control by the use of state power,

bribery, intimidation and lying. Without any real understanding of the

importance of their vote and of the inability to vote for whom they wish,

this is the election method used by dictators.

The reason for all these evil problems

State power, supreme power and judicial power should be in the hands

of all the people in the country, allowing everyone to live in happiness,

contentment and to be united and free from poverty. In this scenario

the main institutions of the nation: religion, king, and military would be

secured. In a dictatorship the military hierarchy would be made weak

by employing a “divide and rule” policy. This strategy would also be

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used against the people. A dictatorship cannot allow the people to be

happy and content; they need them to suffer and be victims of bad

behaviour (such as gambling and alcoholism), to be poor and isolated

so as not to be able to help themselves. The people must rely on and

obey the dictator. Any dissidents in a dictatorship will be destroyed.

Dictatorship is the phenomena where power and sovereignty of the

nation is centralised in one person or oligarchy, which by its nature is

autocratic. If sovereignty is centralised in an elite rich group it is known

as a capitalist dictatorship; if by the military it is known as a military

dictatorship and if by a political party it is a political dictatorship.

Thai people misunderstand politics

On 24 June 1932 Thailand ceased to be an absolute monarchy.

Government control was then assumed by a political group that called

themselves “The Peoples Committee”. The outcome of this was that

the Kings status changed from an absolute to a constitutional monarch;

the power to govern the country was transferred to this small group,

who governed as a Dictatorship. State power, supreme power and

sovereignty were never in the hands of the people. Since that time,

through conflict various small civilian groups have fought to assume

power. 81 years later the government is run like a business with

politicians seeking a maximum return on their investment. The political

system used by these capitalist or business politicians continues to be

in the style of a Dictator.

After the move from absolute monarchy, the Peoples Committee realised

that psychologically the democratic system of government was very

popular worldwide, so they did not dare to declare their dictatorship.

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At the same time they were neither ready to allow, nor were confident

that Thai people were able to govern themselves. They therefore

misled the Thai people into believing that they were democratic,

claiming that to be a democracy it was only necessary to hold

elections, create a constitution and govern through parliament, all of

which they had done.

In a gesture to prove that Thailand had indeed become a democracy,

the Peoples Committee, at great expense, invested in the construction

of a constitutional monument, which they intentionally named The

Democracy Monument.

The successive governments after the Peoples Committee would also

not dare to admit to being Dictators. At one time Thailand held no

elections and had no constitution; even so they fooled the Thai people

by claiming this was a form of democracy, Thai style.

Why has there been no political Democracy in Thailand?

During the 81 years that dictators have governed Thailand, they have

kept the true meaning of democracy from the people; realising that

if it was fully understood they would have difficulty in ruling. The true

nature of the dictator is that they are afraid of the democratic political

ideology. With the trend of world politics leaning towards democracy,

dictators are afraid of people gathering together and learning. The

philosophy, theory and doctrine of democratic politics are never

allowed to be taught in schools or universities. At the same time

communist dictators, capitalist dictators and election dictators all claim

that they are democratic and blame only the military style government

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as being dictators. People are misled into believing that a democratic

country only requires holding elections. They are forced to believe that

their only requirement is to go to the ballot box at elections, after which

they have no voice.

The Thai people are misled into believing that politicians and political

parties who win elections can do anything they wish; they can make

whatever laws they want and the people must obey. Politicians insist

that state power, supreme power and sovereignty are owned by

the dominant political party which is then used as a cartel.

Only the politicians can use power, people have no rights at all as

they have given this power away after the election.

Why cannot a democracy be built by law?

Because law is a tool used by those in power to rule the country. In a

dictatorial regime laws will be written to suit their agenda and cement

their hold on power. They will make laws to meet their own ends and

use it as a tool to force people to obey and implement their wishes.

People will be the slaves, the dictator the master.

In a democratic government people govern themselves. Everyone is the

owner of the country’s power. People have the right and freedom to

earn a living in any profession, the freedom to study, the freedom to

share in the country’s natural resources, the right to vote and the right

to campaign for elections. The supreme law is the constitution which

should not have too many clauses; its aim is solely to guarantee the

right of the people to own the power of the state for self-government

and to guarantee equal rights and freedom of all the people.

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People are the employers; the government the employees

In a democratic government the status of government ministers is that

of employees to the people; the prime minister is only the leader of the

servants of the people. Politicians are provided with only enough power

to perform their duties and responsibilities. They cannot do as they wish

because the supreme power, state power and sovereignty belong to

the people. If politicians are incapable of performing their duties to

serve the needs of the people, cannot correct a problem the country is

facing, or have no desire to work effectively; their masters, the people,

have the right to dismiss them from office. There is no need to wait

for the end of the parliamentary term as they are in default of their

agreement with the voters; if politicians are corrupt, they should be

arrested, tried and convicted like any other criminal.

Political democracy should live in the hearts of the people who own

their country. They should believe in their own abilities economically

and politically. The people of every nation have the right to govern

themselves without depending on any other nation, a superhero or

an Angel to govern them.

A constitution alone can never build democracy

If democracy was guaranteed by simply creating a constitution,

then Thailand could have copied from another democratic country

long ago. This would have saved much painstaking time, expense

and disappointment, as Thailand has already attempted to write and

destroyed a constitution 17 times.

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The United Kingdom has no constitution, but it is a democratic country

by tradition. The USA has an army that is highly disciplined and the

most powerful in the world, but it is impossible for them to make a coup

d’état. Nobody can destroy the constitution or democracy in the USA

because it is not forced. Democracy is in the mind, soul and culture of

all American people including soldiers and government officers.

To protect the independency of the country and power of the people

Thai people who love their country, especially the military, should

understand and educate others in politics and economics; particularly

the political doctrine of democracy and all dictatorial regimes, including

communism. If the people understand they will not be fooled by

dictatorships that plan to conquer and dominate them. After so many

years Thailand and its people deserve to enjoy a democratic political

regime with the Monarchy as its head of state.

The light of knowledge should extinguish the darkness of ignorance and the wisdom of truth

defeat cheating and lying.

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Thailand’s 81 Years’ experience in masking dictatorship. Democratic or Dictatorial?

People who hold the belief that every person of every nation or race is

capable of governing themselves are democratic by nature. Conversely,

those who believe that people are unfit to govern themselves as they

are either stupid, selfish, uneducated, weak, or simply have no ability;

are of a dictatorial persuasion.

DemocracyA Social Country

A Social country is where people in the community agree mutually

that any ordinary person from the street has the ability and skill to

govern their nation.

It is possible that a bad choice can be made when selecting a

candidate during the election process. When this occurs it is an

excellent lesson to learn and next time the people will be smarter.

Democracy is an important social truth that enables mankind to

develop; under a dictatorship there is no opportunity for development

by learning from their own or others mistakes.

CHAPTER 2

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A community or society that has no belief in its ability to govern

itself, depending instead on academic politicians, special governors,

religious leaders or an advanced country to govern for them has the

mind-set of a dictatorship. The probable cause for this lack of belief

could be that it considers its own people are weak, uneducated,

selfish or gullible.

Democracy as we understand it to-day is only 94 years old

In 1920 (94 years ago) American women were first given equal

political rights to men. Before that women (half the world’s population)

were not allowed to take part in politics under the belief that to govern

a country was only a man’s responsibility. If we use to-days standard

of democracy, politics before 1920 was just a “male dictatorship”.

On the 4th July 1776 AD, 13 British colonies in North America declared

independence from Great Britain and ultimately were victorious in the

American revolutionary war of independence. The colonists did not

wish to be ruled under a Monarchist regime. On September 17, 1787

The Constitution was adopted and subsequently ratified by 13 states in

1789. It is the first written constitution in the world. George Washington

became their first President (the meaning of this position is the first

employee of the people). In 1789 the population of the United States

was only around two million people, which included some 800,000

black slaves, who were treated like animals, having no political

or human rights. At that time this political system was considered

a democracy; however US democracy before the freedom of slaves

in 1863 can only be considered as a “white dictatorship”, or a “slave

masters’ dictatorship”.

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There is no need to examine the political ruling system of ancient

civilisations such as the Romans, Greeks or ancient Indians. It is

sufficient to state that they were feudal dictatorships. Even though

they operated a type of parliament, they cannot be considered

as a true democracy. They were far removed from our present

democratic style, as over 90% of the people had no right in the

process of government.

No Coup D’état is possible in a real Democracy

Why is it impossible for a Coup D’état to take place in a country that

enjoys real democracy? Because the psychology of democracy is in

the hearts of all the people who belong to that country and can never

be denied. The people own the country; they will not be treated as

stateless immigrants or refugees with very low status. They have rights

and freedom politically, economically and socially. They need the

freedom to earn a living, to education and to follow any profession

they choose. People need to be treated by the state with equality.

No one wants to be a second class citizen, or have inferior rights.

They need to be proud to belong to their own country.

The United States has a very powerful army. Their soldiers are highly

disciplined and taught to follow orders, but it is impossible for anyone

to order them to carry out a coup d’état, destroy the constitution,

or to take power away from the people. This is because democracy

is embedded in the hearts of the people, life and culture; including

the soldiers, government and state officers.

The nations who practice democratic politics in to-days style include:

The United Kingdom, France, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany,

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Japan, Australia, New Zealand and India (since their change

of politics to democracy). It is not possible for anyone in these

countries to make a coup d’état and change the country to a

dictatorship.

Since the change of Thailand’s political system on 24 June 1932 (81

years ago) there have been 22 attempted coup d’états; 11 successes

and 11 failures. How can Thailand possibly be considered a real

political democracy?

Using the mask of Democracy to hide evil Dictatorships

In reality Thailand’s revolution of 24 June 1932 placed power in the

hands of an oligarchy named “The Peoples Committee”. The only

change was that the absolute Monarchy became a constitutional

Monarchy; it in no shape or form transformed the country into a

political democracy. The Peoples Committee did not dare to inform

the Thai people that they were a Dictatorship. They lied to the nation

that they were democratic, claiming as proof that they held elections,

assembled parliament and worked to a constitution.

At great expense The Peoples Committee constructed a constitutional

monument, which to enhance the illusion, was deliberately named

“The Democracy Monument”. Thai politics from that time until the

present day have been Dictatorships hiding behind the mask of

Democracy. The election process, parliament and constitution which

they claim proves their democratic credentials are in reality a political

sham. For 81 years state power, supreme power and sovereignty

have been solely in the hands of the ruling oligarchies, which take

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turns to rule the country as Dictators. Their intention has been to

conceal the truth from the people, by not allowing any knowledge

or understanding of the real meaning of democracy.

In truth Thai people have never been the owners of the sovereign

powers and are misled into believing democracy only requires

elections, parliament and a constitution. Consequently the only time

Thai people hold sovereign power is for a few seconds at elections

whilst casting their vote in the ballot box.

The political power of Thai people ends after elections

After elections Thai people have no sovereign power whatsoever,

as they have given it away to the politicians who win the election.

Thai people are told it is not necessary for them to have political

knowledge and should take no interest. They can express some

individual opinions, but never the less should obey the government

as they represent the majority. Every Thai citizen should behave

according to the law… which is made by the political party who wins

the election.

How Democracy occurs and becomes an essential part of the culture of the people

Democracy is created from the natural experiences of the people;

it cannot be forced by law or from written orders. Democracy lies in

the hearts of the people, derived from their experiences and victories

in campaigns over injustices found in their society.

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The campaigns of the people fighting to win self-government of their

country from the rule of other nations; e.g. United States of America

1776-1783 and India 1820-1947.

The peoples fight to abolish slavery from their nation; in allowing

the slaves to become citizens and enjoy the freedom of equal rights.

This was achieved by the people of the United States in 1865,

during the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.

The campaigns to allow a woman’s right to vote. In the United States

a campaign for women’s political equal rights to men began in 1848

and was successfully concluded in 1920.

Throughout Asia many countries were colonised by European nations

and they were forced to campaign, often for many years, for their

independence. Thailand has never been colonised and although this

is a great blessing, the common bond of unity and the value and

understanding of democratic self-governance that such an experience

promotes may be missing in the nation’s consciousness.

A country which is governed in a democratic style already has a stable

democratic government. In this society the aspirations of the younger

generation comes from studying history and appreciating the courage

of their ancestors in their fight for democracy.

Elections… Democratic or Dictatorial?

If the purpose of an election is to select a master to govern the

people, then this is a dictatorial style of election, because the master

is a dictator and will govern as such.

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If the purpose of an election is to choose a servant, or employee to

work for the people, then this is a democratic style of election and

the government that serves the people is a government of the people

(democracy).

The politicians and political party that win the election should serve

and be good employees of all the people and all the country.

They should not favour individual sectors of people or society.

Why does the political party belong to the people?

The political party can be a tool of either a democracy or a dictatorship.

A democratic political party must be a political party of the people.

Members of the party should contain politicians from all professions,

social status and religions. The party should be representative of all

the millions of citizens of the country.

The real political party of the people should receive support, both

physically and financially, from all the people throughout the nation,

according to their ability. This should be given unconditionally from

a faith in the ideology of the party and people.

What political party is a tool of the Dictator?

A political party that has only one or a small number of owners.

They make the directors and party members only employees who

work under their direct orders.

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The political party of a dictator is the personal instrument of the

dictator used to take over state power. It is used to force government

officers and the people to obey their rule.

The political party of a dictatorship receives donations and physical

assistance from a limited amount of people. However, each individual

donates large amounts with the condition that they will receive

political power and position which can be used corruptly after

winning the election.

Dictators from elections turn Thai politics into a business

Thai politics has already turned into a business. Certain corrupt people

have come to expect a vast return on their investment, creating wealth

for themselves and their party, to the great cost of all the Thai people.

Huge sums of money are invested; some in advertising to build the

popularity of the party, some in buying votes at the election. Upon

winning the election they hold state power and use it corruptly to gain

benefits for themselves as a return on investment with a substantial

profit. This is done systematically and often in accordance with state

law (because they make the laws); it is termed “corruption by policy”.

Money politics or Capitalist Dictatorship

Thai politics during the past twenty years has entered the era of

“money dominant” or a “capitalist dictatorship”. The election trend

has been to select a dictatorial master for the country rather than the

democratic style of choosing a servant, or employee of the people.

Those who select (the people) should be the employer.

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The employer is the owner of the house, money and property.

Why should the employer select an employee who is dubiously rich

to work as a servant?

The politician is the mirror image of the people

The evil politician has no fear of government officers, because they are

the masters and have the right to remove or transfer the government

officers as they wish.

Evil politicians have no fear of businessmen because they can bully

them.

However evil politicians are afraid of the power of the people

because the people are their employers who appointed them and

can reward or punish them.

People without conscience have no love for their country. Evil politicians

are never scared because they use money for bribery, to finance

populist policies and to buy votes.

Throughout the world dictatorships have proved that they have no

ability to solve economic and social problems in this modern society;

which is much more complicated than the issues faced by society

years ago.

If Thai politics continues under a masked dictatorship, how can the

future of the country and the Thai people survive in this modern world,

which is dynamic, competitive and changes so quickly?

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PLEASE AWAKE THE THAI PEOPLES CONSCIENCE AND ALLOW THEM TO SEE THROUGH THE ILLUSION AND LIES,

WHICH IS THE MASK OF THE POPULIST DICTATOR.

HELP THEM CREATE A STABLE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN IN THAILAND.

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“I am willing to surrender the powers I formerly exercised to the people as a whole, but I am not willing to turn them over to any individual or any group to use in an autocratic manner without heeding the voice of the people.

The Royal rescript issued by His Majesty King Prajadhipok (Rama VII)

in his abdication letter from England on March 2, 1934.

Reconstructing Thai politics to make democracy work

Thai history indicates that the Thai Monarchy and all its kings have

supported democracy. There has never been any reason to doubt this.

It is a source of great pride to the Thai people that the Thai

constitutional Monarchy continues to be the kingdom’s beacon of hope,

safeguarding its honour and dignity.

It has been 224 years since the world witnessed the first and foremost

self-government by the people in 1789 – the first administration that

served as a servant of the people.

“Every man and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government: …” Thomas Jefferson: The Founder’s Constitution, 1790

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Thanks to Thomas Jefferson; otherwise no one could ever imagine

that the down-to-earth, less privileged and uneducated civilians could

function to govern themselves.

People Power

Sovereignty means the power of the state, the supreme power,

the power to decide, power to direct, power to lead, power to judge

and power to rule. Power is up to who is in charge and that person

is the ruler.

In the case of democracy, power comes from the people. People

govern themselves; no aliens are allowed and the government

only serves the people. All administrators are elected and hired to

undertake all responsibilities for the benefit of their country and its

people.

SOVEREIGNITY belongs to the ONE who rules.

• If sovereigntybelongs to theKingandhe rules the country, that

political system is called Absolute Monarchy; if to a single person and he or she rules the country, it is called Autocracy; if to only

one limited group of people, such as a military group, it is called

an Oligarchy.

• If state power and sovereignty belongs to the people, and the people are self-governed, then we call that political regime DEMOCRACY.

Democracy is the only form of politics whose administration status

is not as a ruler, but as a servant of the people.

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To clarify; in democracy the people have not given away their

sovereignty to anyone in public administration. Not to Members of

Parliament, Government Ministers, or even the Prime Minister. The

politicians have been elected:

1) To work as a temporary employee of the people.

2) To become a public servant and work in order to solve the

country’s problems.

3) To undertake all responsibilities whilst working for the benefit of

the people.

Democracy means that all people retain ownership of the country

before and after the election.

Quality Democracy is only possible when people have full conscience

The quality of the ruler is the key, regardless of whether the political

system is a democracy or dictatorship. If the ruler is intelligent with a

conscience, ethics and appropriate high calibre qualities, the people

will live happily and the country will prosper.

Prior to the era of democracy, the people had no choice. Some rulers

came from hereditary succession (under the laws of royalty), others

came from the heads of communities who seized power from winning

battles, or who possessed more powerful armed forces.

If the rulers were clever and ethical, the people would be lucky and

the country would flourish. Often rulers with these qualities would be

declared posthumously as “The Great”, or “Emperor”. If a ruler was

cruel and held no conscience, the people would be less fortunate

and the country would be in Tyranny.

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In olden days politics were reserved only for warriors, aristocrats and

priests to play with and rotate power. The people were exploited to

benefit the rulers and defeat their opponents.

As democracy was born, people learned about self-government –

how to choose and hire good politicians in order to form a good

government and work efficiently to serve them. If the choice was

wrong, they could abolish and re-elect. The longer the people enjoyed

self-government, the smarter and more capable they became. Unlike

that of a dictatorship, where the longer the ruler remained in power,

the greater the possibility that things would deteriorate.

To-day democracy paves the way for people to live their own lives

and be master of their and their country’s future. If people became

more conscious of moral and ethical values, they would tend to vote

for good, capable politicians who would serve and run the public

administration efficiently. Strongly united people will continually

examine and track politicians performance and as necessary remove

and punish those unfit or unworthy to serve them. Consequently the

country would become peaceful and prosperous.

How can quality Democracy be achieved?

Through education. Education makes it possible to create the perception

of a ruler possessing the qualities of conscience, integrity and ethics.

Through education a self-sufficient community is possible, paving the

way for self-government, self-reliance, development of rational thinking

and the ability to identify and solve problems wisely. Ultimately this will

benefit society and the country.

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To expect the education sector to survive without the aid of government

subsidies, forces universities to operate as a business. This is an

erroneous policy derived from a misunderstanding of capitalism.

Knowledge is a public treasure provided by the state for all people

to benefit from at the most affordable price. Knowledge is neither a

product for teachers to monopolise and sell for wealth, nor a product

for students to struggle or invest for a degree and gain a return on

that investment from society or the country. This evil cycle will only

damage the country.

Urgent reform of both state and privately owned media

There are now no boundaries in communication, thanks to the digital

age. Human behaviour is formed and shaped by all media: TV,

radio, the internet, printed newspapers and magazines. Direct human

influences such as parents, priests, school teachers and lecturers

have less and less of an impact.

It is urgent to change the role of the media in order to build a

strong base for quality democracy and to allow the people to truly

understand.

1) Liberating state-owned media from government financial support

and control, into a public organisation.

2) Making the primary role for state owned media to help educate

the people to become rulers with moral values, ethics and public

conscience. To help people understand their responsibilities in

ownership of the country through democracy and to fulfil their

rights to the country.

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3) Promoting the knowledge of economics and politics within a

democratic environment in contrast to a dictatorial environment,

so the people will better understand.

4) Creating a protected working group, free from government

interference, which would prevent privately owned media to use

propaganda, or to be brainwashed by any businesses or political

parties.

5) Balancing the role of both state-owned and privately owned media

to equally share the social responsibility in consistently creating

documentary programmes on the role of politics and economics

in a democratic environment.

Democracy is non-representative

Representatives in the parliament work on behalf of the people

who elected them to protect the benefits of the country and its people.

After the election the people still hold power and retain their Master

and Employer status. Representatives remain the voluntary servants,

in other words the people’s employees.

Democracy is more than just holding elections

Elections are only the culmination of the decision making process where

self-governed people use their power to select politicians in order to

form a public administration. It is not an indicator of a democratic

country or society! Any dictator can also use the election process to

bring themselves to power and rule. History shows that tens of millions

of innocent people suffered and died from cruel executions by elective

dictators such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. They did not gain

power from a coup d’état; they were elected by the people.

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Democracy in politics becomes real only when ultimate sovereignty

remains with the people before and after the election. When an

election takes place, the people only vote for their chosen servants

or employees, not a master or ruler. As long as the people hold

the Master and Employer status, the politics of that country is a

democracy.

Democracy does not mean majority

Majority is the criterion used in the decision making process for

solving problems, but it is not the key factor in defining the depth of

democracy. It is quite often that the majority agreement leads to the

wrong conclusion. In many cases the minority decision is the more

sensible.

Often the parliamentary majority make resolutions biased towards

their own personal gain and other hidden agendas, which does not

benefit any organisation, unit, or the general public.

Resolutions made based on a single person’s belief are called

“Autocracy” (Individualism, Egoism).

Resolutions made based on the protection of the inner circle’s gains

are called “Oligarchy” (Cronyism).

Resolutions made based on the majority and the undercurrent of

the world trend are called “Globalcracy” (not democracy).

Resolutions made based on facts and accuracy are called

“Meritocracy” (Dharmacracy).

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Democracy is a terminology in politics, not a criterion for making

decisions or running a business administration. We should not praise

the ruler and executive who makes decisions based on the majority.

Instead admire the one who bases decisions on facts and accuracy

to tackle the problems either of the country, or the company for the

benefit of the people or the shareholder.

Making Democracy work is a Sacred Mission

To make democracy work in Thailand is a goal to be treated as a

sacred mission for every Thai national. For 81 years Thai people have

been governed by dictators rising to power either from staging a coup

d’état or by election, hiding under the mask of democracy.

Normally all dictators will not allow people to be educated, strong,

capable, smart, ethical, unified and knowledgeable because they are

too difficult to rule.

Dictators need weak, dependant and needy people who rely on the

mercy of the dictator’s network. Why?… Because these people are

easy to rule.

For 81 years the Thai education system has intentionally neglected

to disseminate any knowledge of politics, in particular the differences

in government between democracy and dictatorships. Consequently

Thai teachers, opinion leaders (sages) and the common people

continue to mistakenly believe that:

1) The elected government and politicians are entitled to rule the

country and hold the right to do anything they wish; to abuse

state power, to corrupt, to remove “Good” and appoint “Evil”

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officers. It becomes normal political practice that they are not

subject to any penalties.

2) Our constitution is like a “magic box” that contains all the wishes

of the people which will be transformed into reality. Whatever

we wish for: democracy, the peoples happiness and wealth, good

and ethical politicians; we literally just place these wishes in the box.

3) The people’s rights are transferred to the elected politicians after

the election. Sovereignty is no longer with the people; their role

has changed to “be ruled” they must obey, follow and respect.

The rule by the representative majority, so they can legally pass

or change any law, any time.

Provisional Government – Interim Government

1) The first led by Professor Sanya Dhammasakti.

2) The second led by Mr. Anand Panyarachun.

3) The third led by General Surayud Chulanon.

The above three interim governments were appointed during crisis in

order to transfer power from a limited group to the people nationwide

, Despite no hidden agenda to transfer power to themselves, or to

one specific political party; they failed to change Thailand into a

democracy. They only drafted and announced a new constitution,

then implement national elections.

As a result, the concept of self-government as a democracy is totally

misunderstood by Thai citizens. Many people believe they vote for

a master, not a servant. Therefore there has been no identifiable

change in political awareness and all elections repeatedly lead to

elective dictatorships.

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If Thailand by chance has a fourth provisional government, I wish

that history does not repeat itself. We have drafted and torn up 18

constitutions in 81 years and many elections have been implemented.

Our country has staggered from one crisis to another over many years

from a faith in the constitutional doctrine and the misconception that

elections guarantee democracy.

The sacred mission that the next provisional government must adhere

to is to transfer supreme power to the Thai people, in order to establish

a Thai democracy once and for all; in accordance to the royal

determination of our late His Majesty King Prachadhipok.

Let’s reform Thai politics with care and make democracy work.

Reform is needed Now!

Narong ChokwatanaJanuary 2014

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