So its more or less confirmed the general elections will take place on the 23rd of December.
However, the European Union(EU) has decided to interfere by asking Thailand's own Election Commision(EC) to sign a memorandum of understanding(MoU) to allow their delegation to monitor the elections. Thailand then rebuffs them by rejecting the MoU, saying it shall conduct matters by their own laws and not wanting outsiders to exercise powers over local officials.
I particularly like what National Legislative Assembly(NLA) president Meechai Ruchupan had to say.
"If the EU holds an election, can we ask them to sign a memorandum of understanding and allow us to examine their election? Who is the EU? Is it the UN? Of course it is not. If it wants to observe the election, it should do like others do."
I think its an awful move from the EU, a slap in the face you could say. Its an internal matter and should be handled by no one else but thais.
Makes me wonder how on earth did they come up with this absurd idea of tying down the only country never to be colonized and also known as the 'Land of the free' with this memorandum.
2 comments:
I totally agree with you. Sometimes i Think that people in the "west" still look on asians as "poor little coloured folk who can't do anything unless we help them with it."
Came here from unkaleong's blog.
Precisely and one thing I admired about Tun Mahathir was his stance against the west. Its time they look over their shoulders, China's a sleeping dragon that's woken up from a long long sleep.
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