1932 Revolution liberated Siam from being sub-human and unequal endowed rights under the royalties and nobilities eyes. It declared “the highest power in the land belongs to all people.” Presently, everyone in Thailand seems to think Thailand belongs to the elites and hereditary incestuous ruling family descendants.
To date the World and Thai people are led to believe that it’s former PM Thaksin who causes the unrests. The evidences appeared that it’s Thaksin who has re-invoked the original Renaissance man ideas to empower the mass with rights to choose their leader in the ballot. But the fact of Siam long struggle evidenced in total of several dozens of coup in the last 60 years which each of them is rooted out from the heart and mind of the eponymous ruling house occupant.
It seemingly appears before his final day as the mortal, the pretentious constitutionally monarch of Siam has to revenge the 1932 Promoters initiated ideology for good. Without saying the staged coup in 2006 was to punish people who believe in real democracy. May be it’s the King dying wishes not to see people happy and being treated equally as simply human like the rest of his families.
Other hand people shall not forget Chakri did not come to be the absolute ruler because of his love of people. He did what he had to do is to subjugate people to amass wealth and place nation in disarray to protect his family interests. To date current King sits on assets worth $35 billion while pitting millions of people who can’t afford more or lesser than a dollar health care service to fight for the stolen democracy and ended up dying on the streets under the gun of the royally manipulated armed forces.
To understand present Thailand’s deep rooted problems is to analyze and scrutinize all of the Privy Council and King Private agendas for the last 78 years. Current situation is a preemptive intimidation conspired by the inner circle of Chakri family to keep Thailand from attaining the progressive democracy.
It was the Jurist Pridi Phanomyong, the first Renaissance man, who firstly had introduced democracy and returned the sovereign of the nation to the people. He’s one of the leaders of Khana Ratsadon (People’s Party) that ended 150 years of absolutism under the Chakri ( birth name Thong Duang) family and almost 700 years of absolute rule of Siam history. The Revolution was a product of global historical change as well as internal social and political changes. In the end it has also granted the first Constitution of the world civilization type for Siam.
Years later, the monarchists labeled him as a communist and King Rama VIII killer. Jurist Pridi, a man of profound vision and patriotism for his birth land, ended up dying lonely and away from the country that he loved and fought for its democracy.
On 24 June 1932 Pridi’s manifesto criticized the monarch in harsh terms were distributed, it read:
“All the People,
When this king (Prajadhipok Sakdidej) succeeded his elder brother, people at first had hoped that he would govern protectively. But …the king maintains his power above the law as before. He appoints curt relatives and toadies without merit or knowledge to important positions without listening to the voice of the people. He allow officials to use the power of their office dishonestly… he elevates those of royal blood to have special rights more than the people. He governs without principle. The country’s affairs are left to the mercy of fate, as can be seen from the depression of the economy and hardships… the government of the king has treated the people as slaves… it can be seen that from the taxes that are squeezed from the people, the king carries off many millions for personal use… The People’s Party has no wish to snatch the throne. Hence it invites this king to retain the position. But he must be under the law of the constitution for the governing the country, and cannot do anything independently without the approval of the assembly of the people’s representatives… If the king replies with a refusal or does not reply within the time set … it will be regarded as treason to the nation, and it will be necessary for the country to have a republican form of government.
Prince Prajadhipok Sakdidej, the youngest son of King Chulalongkorn (the 33rd son and the 76th child out of 77th children), and was educated in England. He inherited a country that was bankrupted by his brother, Vajiravudh who often using the Treasury to cover-up the many deficits of the Privy Purse, and the fact that the state and the people were forced to subsidize the many Princes and their lavish lifestyles. After his coronation, King Prajadhipok quickly created the Supreme Council of State was composed of experienced Senior Princes, who have held ministerial positions in previous administrations to try and fix the many problems facing the nation. The Council is the predecessor of the present Privy Council.
Late King Prajadhipok proposed the levying of general income taxes including prostitution and property taxes to help elevate the sufferings of the poor. However, these policies were roundly rejected by the Council who feared that their own fortunes would be lost. They instead cut civil service pay rolls and reduced the military budget angering most of the country’s elite and especially, the military. Also note, this King left Thailand with millions of dollar of state money.
From 1932 revolutionary vision, Siam is no longer belonged to Siam but a handful of generals who daily self-dehumanized and lie down beneath the King’s feet.
Therefore the UDD or PAD followers need to sit down and think hard why millions of people fell for a ploy invented by a single family to divide people of classes, wealth, educational privilege, religion, patriotism to fight and hate their own children who bear arms supposedly to defend the sovereign of Siam which is belonged to people. Democracy was supposed to be a light to keep Thailand from darkness that was created by one family to amass wealth on the back of people and armed forces.
Bangkok present political unrests are brewed from the greed of royal sponsored coup in September 2006 to topple people elected government. It’s the calculated King who uses his Privy Council to arrogantly mislead people to forget ‘the people are the real sovereign of Siam.’ It’s the royal game to divide and conquer poor as usual since Thong Duang made himself king in 1782.
Unfortunately, people do not see it as they are still confused and fearful to exercise their rights to demand for a complete change that, other hand may do more goods than harms to Thailand in the new millennium.