Who is it for?
Re: "Treaty can help", (PostBag, May 26).
The WHO-proposed pandemic "treaty" is satisfying to neither the left nor the right. Human Rights Watch noted the current draft fails to enshrine core human rights standards protected under international law, most notably the right to health and the right to benefit from scientific progress, risking a repeat of the WHO's tragic Covid failures.
A recent New York Times story, "Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic", pointed out that talks were stalled and "negotiators were scrambling to ratify the treaty before elections in the United States", because presumptive US President Donald Trump would never accept any agreement that compromises national sovereignty.
Though less publicised, hundreds of thousands have protested against the so-called treaty in Japan, the EU, and around the world. The reasons include a deep-rooted mistrust of the UN's corrupt elitist leadership and their planned pandemics, which coincided with illegal bioweapons research funded by governments while the UN turned a blind eye. Remember what happened at the Wuhan Institute of Virology? Or how about the BSL-4 labs on the Ukraine-Russian border operated by the CIA?
This is how advocates for the treaty express themselves: "One can only hope the next pandemic wipes out the anti-vaxxers … in one heavenly swoop so we don't have to keep listening to this laughable rot."
The choice is an important one.
Michael Setter
No surprises
Re: "Srettha distant fourth in popularity poll", (BP, May 27), and "Move Forward MP gets 2 years on lese majeste charge", (Online, May 27).
As confirmed by the latest poll, it is no surprise that the popularity of MFP and its leadership have continued to rise.
The conviction of MFP MP Chonthicha Jangrew on a lese majeste charge will only further boost support for the party. Meanwhile, the assault on Ms Chonthicha, listed by Time magazine on its 2024 list of Next Generation Leaders, will further stain the reputation of every person and institution actively or tacitly associated with such legalised rights violations.
Perhaps the Post could invite a royalist to present their best case and explain why those laws are not morally indefensible rejections of justice that go against basic democratic principles. Perhaps that is to ask the impossible, but they deserve the chance to peacefully speak their case.
It really is time a few polls are conducted to discover the truth about what Thais actually think on these issues, but to be fair, that would threaten the unsubstantiated fancies being regularly uploaded to computer systems there for many years.
Felix Qui
Nice change
Re: "A wise man said", (PostBag, May 27).
What a pleasant surprise in reading Dr Philip Nicholls' short and punchy comments in supporting our ex-PM Anand Panyarachun's advice on equal education. It is not those long-winded and repetitive posts that do take away the pleasure of reading PostBag.
Songdej Praditsmanont
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