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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25. No. 13. 1962

Natural Screen

Natural Screen

However, Khoman's "natural screen" is going to make sure that "only the worthy candidates" appear before the electorate and it is obvious that these worthy candidates will have to hold what Khoman and his colleagues think are the proper ideas about Thailand's natural interests.

Therefore the constitution that the Thai government is producing can hardly be assumed to give any opportunity to those who would differ from what Khoman and friends think.

The reply to this will obviously I be along the lines of denying that the Thais are capable of using a democratic government can be considered "useful . . . for the edification of the Thai people not to try and do things of which they had only scant knowledge" (p.2).

To substantiate the above, the example of Field Marshal Sarit (the Prime Minister) arresting a man, trying him on the street and having him shot there, is useful. The political prisoners in Thailand, who according to reliable estimates number above ten thousand, are not exactly a good example with which to educate the Thais in democratic government.