EDITORIALS: This is not democracy
THAILAND’S BANGKOK POST
EDITORIAL : This is not democracy
Senators’ show of force at a joint parliamentary vote for a new prime minister on Wednesday night suggests this is just the beginning of the nightmare for those who fear Upper House members will end up acting as the loyal representatives of the military regime.
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Of course, the senators proved they “have brains”, as junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha who handpicked them, insisted back in February when he played down criticism about their possible bias. But their brains happened to instruct them to make the same, undisputed decision on the fateful night: Vote for Gen Prayut as premier.
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With additional votes from the pro-junta political camp in the Lower House, their goal is now accomplished. Gen Prayut remains Thailand’s prime minister. But this is not their only powerful role. The regime-sponsored 2017 constitution makes them the deciding factor in other key areas of lawmaking. This means their very existence during the next five years poses an existential threat to the country’s already stumbling democracy.
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Given that the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) appointed its allies, colleagues and family members to sit in the Senate, only a handful of observers were hopeful that the senators…
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SINGAPORE’S The Straits Times
The Straits Times says:
India now needs bold economic reform
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Now that India’s general election is over, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi must, in its second term, turn its attention to the flagging state of the Indian economy. The latest numbers on India’s economic growth are sobering. After expanding by a respectable 6.8 per cent in the fiscal year 2018/19, India’s economy has started to slow. Growth in the quarter ended in March was just 5.8 per cent year on year, the lowest in five years. Both private consumption and investment are weakening, there is widespread rural distress, exports are threatened by the trade war, and unemployment is at a 45-year high.
Many of these problems did not get enough attention during the election campaign, which was focused more on personalities and politics than on economics. But they can no longer be swept under the rug.
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