Flashermac Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Discontent, it is said, is the first necessity of progress.It's discontent that lies at the hearts of the hundreds of thousands of people who have taken to Bangkok streets since last month to protest against the amnesty law that sought to absolve all crimes and corruption cases from 2006 onwards without any clear justifiable reasons. It's discontent against the flagrant abuse of power by a majority of democratically elected representatives who not only voted to pass a law that would have rendered the justice process meaningless but but did so at 4:25am - unbecoming conduct by parliamentarians for such highly questionable legislation. The almost spontaneous uprising against the draft law started with tens of thousands who joined then Democrat MP and former party secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban at a rally on Samsen Road, and grew into hundreds of thousands within weeks. ... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/387211/people-of-the-year-muan-maha-prachachon-2013-thai-uprising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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