OPINION

People have no say

Can anyone blame the vast majority of Thais for their apathy when it comes to justice for crimes committed by the elites in this country? Why aren't parliamentary opposition parties putting forward bills demanding changes to the judicial system and police reform?

As an outsider looking in there can be no doubt that in the Boss case, the donation of 300 million baht to government coffers helped to change the minds of those with influence. Time and time again people with money are influencing the courts and making a mockery of the justice system. Thai people have become immune to the injustices, lack of accountability and their inability to do anything about it.

With only a small majority, the government could easily be beaten by the opposition parties, who should be demanding that independent organisations monitor the police and the justice system. Just where are the representatives of the people?

Disasters on the way

Re: "Unseen human cost of cheap power", (Opinion, July 29).

Paritta Wangkiat discussed problems that remain unsolved from the Xe-Pianm Xe-Namnoy dam failure. While the mega-wealthy have almost full control of politicians around the world, we will see more, not less, of these disasters.

No threat from us

Re: "Jordan waives mandatory quarantine for Thais", (BP July 27).

Since Jordan has ended quarantines for visiting Thais because Thailand is seen as "low risk" for Covid-19, isn't it time for Thailand's neighbours to do the same for Thais and foreigners who have been in this country for months? Why are these countries deliberately destroying their tourism industries when they face virtually no threat from those of us who have been in Thailand for a long time?

Protesters will tire

Re: "Supporters of govt to rally tomorrow", (BP, July 29).

There is little evidence of misconduct or mismanagement committed by the government to demand it step down. The protesting students' call for democracy last week was more theoretical since this government originated from a military regime that ran the country after the 2014 coup. Their rally was just to attract public attention.

If no one showed any interest or reacted, they would have realised their rally was nothing but waste of time and quit. Therefore, the best reply is: Leave them alone while police should be on standby to ensure social order, until they get tired.

Test for antibodies

Given all the people who have Covid-19 and have had no symptoms, perhaps there should be random tests of people out and about. The testing reveals the known cases, but it says nothing about the unknown cases that are causing its spread.

There are people who tested positive with no symptoms and several are in the O blood group. Is this a defence against Covid?

Maybe we should have tests for antibodies to see if people have their own defence.