Re: "Pita fails to secure support", (BP, July 14) & "Stuck on Section 112", (Editorial, July 14). Indeed, in parliament today, that genuine concern for the institution's well-being is most apparent in the Move Forward Party. Even less do the existing provisions of Section 112 of the Criminal Code comport with righteousness, let alone with justice, neither of which virtues countenance the suppression of honest, peaceful speech.ĭoes Thailand's monarchy need anything so contrary to benevolence, to righteousness, to justice, and to democratic principle as the existing lese majeste laws? That some should hide behind the lese majeste laws as a deceitful excuse is unfortunate. That is what was rejected by those who failed to vote in accord with the duly expressed wishes of the Thai people, the Thai nation, that is. The Thai people made its will perfectly clear through their properly elected representatives in the pro-democracy coalition, who unanimously chose Move Forward's Pita Limjaroenrat as their sole nominee to serve the nation in the position of prime minister. Re: "Pita fails to secure support", (BP, July 14) & "Pita: 'I'm not giving up' ", (Online, July 13). Either way, our universities should host nationwide intensive and open discussions, with both sides given equal opportunity - vigorously moderated to shed light and not heat - so that we may have rational, defensible decisions. Scholars of our monarchy may have different viewpoints also.
(b) Charges against those accused of lèse-majesté should be dropped, and those held in jail for lèse-majesté should be released, and (c) the use of the lèse-majesté law ultimately damages the monarchy'. " King Bhumibol used his annual televised birthday address to convey three concerns: (a) 'The King,' he said, 'is a human being and as such should be subject to criticism. Thus, before deciding on such an important institution, we should consider his views on it.Īs Grossman and Faulder put it in their palace-approved book: "Thailand's law of lèse-majesté has one very prominent critic: King Bhumibol.… In 2005. Our beloved national father, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, surely was far more expert than us on this subject. Most of the opposition to Pita centred around MFP's proposals on how to protect our monarchy. Re: "Pita fails to secure support", (BP, July 14).
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