Coup Protest at Cornell
I got this messege from one of the founders of the group. Also it can be found at link from Prachatai. The protest will be held on Thursday 30th November at Willard Straight Hall from 9.30 am-4.30 pm. Details are below.
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Cornell Students for Thai Democracy
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Cornell Students for Thai Democracy
Call for Democracy
Right now, it is a critical time in Thailand's democracy fight, please come out to show your support in this struggle.
Most people across the world know that the Thai people lost their democracy on Sep. 19, 2006. A group of persons under the name "Administrative Reform Council (ARC) under the Democratic System" staged the coup d’etat and removed power from the government elected under the constitution drafted by the people.
We, "Cornell Students for Thai Democracy", agree with the “19 September” and All the People’s Man Networks” that we do not accept the coup and the Thai junta government. Abolishing the constitution, harassing the media, and putting an end to the independent agencies are considered acts of abolishing the parliamentary democracy system. These acts are similar to those done by the previous coups and will bring about the same evil outcomes that happened in Thai society in the past.
Our group (consisting of some Thai and American Students at Cornell) would like to inform the Cornell Community, our friends, and faculty that we are opposed to the way of building democracy through guns and tanks. There is no such thing as building democracy through destroying democracy at the same time in the world. We also insist that we shall accept only the same democratic principle that has been used in all democratic countries across the world. The recent explanation of the Thai junta government about the democratic form under Thai style is unacceptable.
To show our standing point and share our political viewpoints among the Cornell community and others, we would like to invite all Cornellians and other people outside Cornell to attend our poster and speech protest that will be held in front of Willard Straight Hall on November 30, 2006 during 9:30am–4:30pm (please see detail in the protest agenda below).
Most people across the world know that the Thai people lost their democracy on Sep. 19, 2006. A group of persons under the name "Administrative Reform Council (ARC) under the Democratic System" staged the coup d’etat and removed power from the government elected under the constitution drafted by the people.
We, "Cornell Students for Thai Democracy", agree with the “19 September” and All the People’s Man Networks” that we do not accept the coup and the Thai junta government. Abolishing the constitution, harassing the media, and putting an end to the independent agencies are considered acts of abolishing the parliamentary democracy system. These acts are similar to those done by the previous coups and will bring about the same evil outcomes that happened in Thai society in the past.
Our group (consisting of some Thai and American Students at Cornell) would like to inform the Cornell Community, our friends, and faculty that we are opposed to the way of building democracy through guns and tanks. There is no such thing as building democracy through destroying democracy at the same time in the world. We also insist that we shall accept only the same democratic principle that has been used in all democratic countries across the world. The recent explanation of the Thai junta government about the democratic form under Thai style is unacceptable.
To show our standing point and share our political viewpoints among the Cornell community and others, we would like to invite all Cornellians and other people outside Cornell to attend our poster and speech protest that will be held in front of Willard Straight Hall on November 30, 2006 during 9:30am–4:30pm (please see detail in the protest agenda below).