Repeal military’s “unjust and undemocratic” orders…
OP-ED: Roll back NCPO orders
SINGAPORE’S
The Straits Times
.
.
The inaugural International Conference on Cohesive Societies which Singapore hosted was attended by about 1,000 academics, officials and members of religious and civil society groups from nearly 40 countries. Those numbers attest to the importance which Singapore places on concerted international action on cohesion and harmony in a diverse world. Looking ahead, such inclusive and large-scale events can serve to offset some of the accumulated effects of hate speech and other forms of discord on social media and elsewhere, so that these do not become entrenched as the new normal in global cultural relations. Terrorism and even lesser forms of extremism are the chief challenges in that sphere.Tolerance and harmony are fundamental principles through whose operation societies may hope to counter the violent manifestations of virulent communal fervour. The conference fleshed out several important themes of international concern over social cohesion. One view was that extremism derives from social circumstances such as poverty, conflict, dysfunctional families and the inability to pursue meaningful lives. However, it also is true that terrorists come from well-to-do backgrounds and functioning families, are educated at mainstream institutions where extremist ideologies are not merely discouraged but opposed, and have a secure financial future ahead of them. In such circumstances, their mental turn to extremism has to be explained by other factors.
TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE:
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/st-editorial/working-to-expand-space-for-cohesion
ADS by Cloud 9:
.
– SPACE RESERVE FOR YOUR ADVERTISEMENT –
.
–THIS SPACE BELOW IS RESERVE FOR YOUR ADVERTISEMENT –
THAILAND’S BANGKOK POST
EDITORIAL:
Roll back NCPO orders
.
Civic groups stand behind boxes containing signatures backing a draft bill seeking to repeal the military regime’s orders and announcements.Pornprom Satrabhaya
.
.
A draft bill forwarded on Monday by civic groups, led by iLaw, to push for the repeal of the military regime’s “unjust and undemocratic” orders, along with moves by opposition parties to fulfill their pledges to amend the constitution, signify that the country’s real road map to democracy may just be about to begin.
That says a great deal about how little the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) “road map to democracy”, one of the pledges it made when it staged the 2014 coup, has achieved.
Despite letting the country have a general election in March, democracy has hardly had a look in. The polls were plagued with irregularities and allegations of procedures being rewritten and rigged in favour of pro-NCPO parties. The election ended up being branded at home and abroad as a sham.
Even with a new, elected government expected to take charge next month, the country will be governed under a half-baked democracy with many checks and balance mechanisms, including the Senate, largely run by those appointed by the NCPO.
These and other undemocratic elements were made possible not only by the 2017 constitution and laws created by the regime’s so-called lawmakers, but also other forms of “legislation”, issued in an exclusive and top-down manner by the regime, known as NCPO orders and announcements.
TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1701764/roll-back-ncpo-orders
All photographs, news, editorials, opinions, information, data, others have been taken from the Internet ..aseanews.net | [email protected] |.For comments, Email to :D’Equalizer | [email protected] | Contributor
ADS by Cloud 9:
.
– SPACE RESERVE FOR YOUR ADVERTISEMENT –
.
–THIS SPACE BELOW IS RESERVE FOR YOUR ADVERTISEMENT –
