Contradictions born of authoritarian control

There are numerous contradictions that emerge when a political regime goes down the path of using authoritarian means to maintain its power. That was seen in Thaksin Shinawatra’s years and is remarkably clear in the case of the Abhisit Vejjajiva regime. In this brief post, PPT notes just two recent examples.

First, as we have mentioned in several recent posts, Abhisit and Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya both emphasized the significance of what they claimed were independent investigations into the bloody events of April and May 2010. Look for the contradictions in this expressed by victims in this Prachatai report. It seems to us that the government’s investigations are partisan and pretty much inactive on evidence that contradicts regime mantras.

Second, Abhisit’s national police chief Wichien Potposri has looked at the numerous bombs around Bangkok and states that the “Police Special Branch had identified five or six people who want to derail reconciliation efforts.” However, he did not say anything about identity. Contradicting the chief, the Prime Minister’s deputy secretary-general Panitan Wattanayagorn said the bombers were trying “to discredit the government…”. He added that “… there was no evidence linking them to anyone.”

We won’t go on.

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