The Revolution in 1932
The revolution was started by a scholarship student or foreign-educated Thai student
who studied in France is ‘Pridi Panomyong’ and his friends. They had ideas of bringing Thailand from being absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy or changed the country to be democracy system. As is known, not more than twenty members of the coup group who received education abroad by some common reason to join the revolution and an ideological rebellion against the absolute regime. During that time, it was the time of King Rama VII was reigning Thailand.
Causes of the revolution in 1932 were two things,there were ideal state cause and the
factor of economy. For the ideal state was the way that one aspect of modernization which prepared for the way of the revolution to democratic ideas, especially the education in Siam. They saw westerners in western countries such as merchants helped increasing the knowledge of their countries and they were democracy countries at that time because they were more interested in economic and political gains that any political changes. So, they thought this idea would bring the country into at least constitution system. But some people thought it was just an idea of foreign-educated Thai students who got scholarship to study abroad. Besides, some disagree with the ideas and there were some conflicts between them and the royal which that would cause the revolution. Another important cause was the factor of economy which started from the absolute monarchy system was in critical economic. In fact, the problems were was set up in the period of King Rama VI, especially the problem was about the public finance in the country. Inquiringly, because of budget deficit in that time which affected the country so much that the public finance needed to depend on agricultural products that exactly rice. So, people had to pay more taxes. Not much money would be needed because the workers would be required to buy from government stores. Not many people know that Pridi had contacted and worked with some of royal members who also had ideas about constitutional monarchy. Pridi’s analysis did show the intelligence of who was the author of the revolution. Pridi and his parters wanted to change the system about a change in the economic and society. We could say that it’s nationalism to make the country became better for all Thais and not for just the King. That is fair for every person to have their own choice as Thailand becomes democracy. King Prajadhipok’s plan for constitutional government was the time that western political ideas had already spread widely among the educated class, he planned to introduce representative government on April 6th, 1932, the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Chakri dynasty. However during that time, there many events happened; for an example conflicts between Pridi Panomyong and Piboonsongkram.
The plan was Pridi and his allies were deciding the plan of Thailand revolution in France.
Also, Phraya Phaholpolphayuhasena, the leader of military group on June 24th, 1932. On that day, King Rama VII avoided the people and went to Klai Kang Won palace but Phraya Phaholpolphayuhasena called him to come back sighed the contract of the revolution. Then King Rama VII went back Bangkok by the express train and consented to sign the contract. After that, Thailand became real democracy.
Corruption
Thaksin Shinawatra, the 23rd prime minister of Thailand in 2001-2006. He was one of the
biggest problems of Thailand. Thaksin was in Thai Ruk Thai party which was very popular to people while they were campaigning their party to win the voting. It was all about the Shinawatras share of business that they avoided to pay taxes. It affected the population and the country. People saw that the Shinawatras had no moral to their own country.
Even they said it was their family share of business. It’s about the telecommunicated act
that increased the number of foreign stockholder from 25% to 49%. The time that the Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) tried to find out about the Shinawatras cooperation was doing legal or illegal, but they avoided to let S.E.C. check it out. Back to the time they were campaigning on January 6th, 2001. Thaksin was very famous, including to the project 30 Baht health care scheme that would cure all disease ant etc. Those projects were new and interesting for Thai society, but the National Anti-Corruption Commission of Thailand found out the problem of the Shinawatras had made. To the time of society in Thailand was separated into two group, Red Shirt and Yellow Shirt. Red Shirts are who admired Thaksin and Thai Rak Thai party. For Yellow Shirts are who disagreed with Thaksin and they are assembly who found the movement to expel the Shin Cooperation. Even though, Thaksin passed the inquiry from the constitutional court but the Yellow Shirt were not trusting him. However, while Thaksin and his party were increasing of how they get more popular but news about corruption that keep coming out especially, benefits for the Shin Cooperation that made Thai society and the government distrusted in him. Even most people agreed with Thaksin and his party that were intelligent in many things to make country became modern so, we can catch up the world. During the time while Thaksin was working as a prime minister, people knew there were still corruption. The biggest corruption that affected the Shin cooperation was buying ‘the bomb detector CTX9000’ and they found that the Shin Cooperation had infringed the law. The important thing people distrusted was the main policy of government that they were declaring the war to the corruption. Suddenly as Thaksin knew that Suriya Jungrungreangkit failed to answer the question in the court, he came out to help Suriya and said “This is known since 2002 and already checked it and no problem with it.” But Prachatipat party said that Thaksin did say “Just give me the information about who corrupt and I will sudden manage it which is different from what he said after. All things Thaksin had done, it made more people don’t want to trust anymore. The Yellow Shirt come out and said About the Shirt Colors, one of the biggest problems that Red Shirt just listened to everything what Thaksin had said even some of ideas are wrong and most of Red Shirts are from northern of Thailand where Thaksin was born. Thaksin was sent out the country, Thailand was in danger because in 2006 Bangkok was bombed by the Red Shirt and many Thai people got injuries and some of them died on that day. Why they did that? Because they were calling for Thaksin to come back Thailand, but he couldn’t make it because of his corruption, even he did that many people still didn’t believe that Thanksin did things wrong. Also at that time, the Yellow Shirt were calling for real rights. The Yellow Shirt don’t even want the Shinawatra family to be in Thailand because they thought if some of Shinawatra members are in Thailand they would corrupt the country like Thaksin again. Thaksin used to ‘guarantee’ person who was in trouble with allege, in spite of no examine any question and every time Thaksin was inquired about the corruption he always acted of anger and tell people to trust him that he could solve the problems. Until people and society never see him does anything then more Thai people wanted Thaksin to be deposed.
It seems like Thaksin made Thailand better, but actually he did it for himself he had
taken Thai people money to build up more his companies even he said no, he still did it. From many experiences of people, they have their own businesses and they have to meet many kinds of people and they met corrupted things. So, people are disappointing to the corruption as Thaksin Shinawatra had done to Thailand. For people who still think Thaksin was doing right, they need to know more what he did exactly to them in his country who he grew up.