My new article in the Bangkok Post:
Sontirat Sontijirawong, secretary of the Palang Pracharath party, recently complained about the media labeling different parties “pro-democracy” and “pro-dictatorship”. PPRP, Sontirat argued, had run in an election and won 7.9 million votes. It has engaged with the democratic process and as such Palang Pracharath is just as pro-democracy as any other party.
Running in an election is indeed a part of democracy. But it is not the only part…
Ken Mathis Lohatepanont 
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