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Government and Political Legitimacy Political Legitimacy, Rules, Mechanisms, Enforcement and Morality Assoc. Prof. Dr. Niyom Rathamarit Thammasat University The fight for power among political groups based on rules that are not accepted by some or accepted by all but disobeyed or broken by some or all groups causes the defeated groups to refuse to recognize their opponents’ victories, which leads to protests, arguments, and attempts to topple the opponents’ power using extra-legal measures, such as public protest, blocking of roads, seizure of airports and government buildings. This is happening in Thai society. This article attempts to search for ways and means to solve the problem so that the country will be peaceful and the government, including various social groups, will be able to carry on their assigned tasks in a normal fashion. In a big society with a large population and a variety of professions, ethnicities, languages, cultures, ideologies, economic statuses, politics and interests, it is of utmost necessity that fundamental rules be accepted 117
118 KPI Congress XI by all groups and that a mechanism to monitor and enforce the rules in accordance with the purpose of the law be agreed upon. For Thai society, the fundamental rule agreed upon by all sectors in the political, economic and social system is liberal and democratic. Nonetheless, there are some disagreements over subsidiary issues, such as political party-control, the representative election system, and the authority and duties of independent organization, in particular the Election Commission. The development of the political system in the past focused on building up the strength of political parties. Thailand’s 1974 constitution and the following ones state that MP candidates and MPs must be members of parties (they cannot run as independents) and that the House of Representatives has the authority to establish and impeach the government. However, Thailand’s experience shows that the aim of using political parties as the main mechanism in developing democracy and improving government efficiency has failed. Thai politics is still unstable and inefficient, with groups that are not in power acting disloyally. There are also occasional political disturbances and violence, for example, the “Right kills Left” incident on 6th October 1976, the “Young Turk” coup attempt on 1st April 1981 and the “Black May” event of 1992. The popular democratic movement forced the post-“Black May” 1992 government to reform the whole political system. The coalition government led by Chart Thai Party that came to power in 1995 launched a political reform campaign that led to the abrogation of the 1991 constitution and the adoption of a new constitution in 1997. Thailand’s 1997 constitution aimed to build up the strength of political parties in the democratic system and make the political system transparent, so that it would become an institution that is accountable and trustworthy to every Thai. The 1997 constitution used various measures to achieve its goal. Political parties were strengthened by creating a system that favored large political parties, putting small political parties at a disadvantage and preventing MPs from switching
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