OPINION

Law gone rogue

Re: "Paetongtarn submits defence", (BP, Aug 15).

Thailand has become an international joke due to repeated judicial interventions in politics. Such overreach is unprecedented anywhere else in the world.

A prime minister's hands are effectively tied by frivolous legal challenges, while the judiciary assumes the role of constantly rapping the PM's knuckles.

At this rate, a prime minister would need the judiciary's permission even to go to the bathroom. Such relentless scrutiny makes a PM cautious, even hesitant, in taking crucial decisions for the country. This is unacceptable and must end.

This issue concerns not only Paetongtarn Shinawatra but also every future prime minister. What is particularly surprising is that the same judges lacked the courage to hold accountable the generals who repeatedly seized power through coups, yet they are eager to punish elected leaders.

Thailand's democracy cannot thrive under this imbalance. The judiciary must exercise restraint, or the country's governance will continue to suffer.

Streaming woes

Re: "AIS banking on Premier League for growth", (Business, July 16).

I recently bought the Monomax Premiership Football package for one year.

There seems to be a problem, though. The Monomax app is not available on my Samsung Series 6 smart TV.

It is downloaded onto my phone and seems okay, but there is no in-built casting device on the app, so at the moment when the football starts this weekend, I will only be able to watch the games on my phone rather than my TV.

Freedom over spin

Re: "Clock ticks as plastic talks drag on", (Opinion, Aug 14).

Greenpeace used to be a benign organisation, but over the last 10 years, it has been captured by globalist interests and climate crazies. This sly opinion piece never mentions the UN's involvement for obvious reasons.

Recent failures and resistance to the World Health Organization's pandemic treaty and persistent undermining of national sovereignty by the UN have generated much opposition from freedom-loving people around the globe.

To put things in perspective, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the Global Plastics Treaty is convened and organised by the United Nations Environment Program under a mandate from the United Nations Environment Assembly.

Sounds extremely globalist in nature, doesn't it?

As a human being, I have zero input into this process, and at the national level, input is dictated by the UN's climate change propaganda.

Thankfully, the parties involved are refusing to agree to the constraint of their sovereign economic activity by zealots running rampant at the UN.

Science is solving the plastics problem as we speak. New, completely biodegradable plastics made from starch and calcium carbonate (abundantly available in Thailand) are now on the market and being enthusiastically embraced by consumers.

Their demand for such products will drive change.

Everyone knows plastics have been a huge problem for decades.

But people refuse to sacrifice their freedom to those who use environmental issues to control them for selfish reasons. We just love freedom more than the corrupt, nasty beasts at the UN, the OECD, the WEF, and all the rest.