Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
All their efforts seem to surround amnesty, charter change or reconciliation.
I think you are forgetting the minimum wage rise. And the tablet PC's.
Charter change however is a necessity- plain fact is, Thailand is not currently a legally constituted nation because the legal Constitution was thrown out on the back of an illegal military Coup.
The fact that a certain segment of society and their media mouthpieces will say it is only about Thaksin is a given. The fact that the slanted media has therefore become irrelevant to a majority of Thai is a direct result of this.
Personally, I would like to see PT doing more to establish an impartial, strong and independent Judiciary, and removing the Military from the political process. But we all know the risks involved in doing this.
I don't really have a problem with this 'same old, same old' criticism aimed at PT, as long as it is acknowledged that in one, critical respect they are not the same- because they were voted in by the People, with a crushing majority to boot.