Thailand’s public could not help but feel hopeless in the fight against corruption. When the military overthrew the elected government in the name of corruption eradication in May 2014, the Thai people paid a high price — in the form of their rights and democratic freedoms — in the hope of ridding the country of the problem. During the past few years, a large number of middleclass Thais, who are often the promoters of democracy elsewhere, have publicly run a campaign called ‘Reform Before Election’. Its rationale is simple: no election can be held until politics is not tarred with corruption. Not all who joined the campaign are totally happy with the junta, but they are desperately tired of seeing their elected representatives corrupted.