A plan proposed by Thailand’s ultra-conservative Senate to set up a so-called “virtuous council” to oversee matters related to morality has raised concerns that it will amount to little more than another effort to inculcate young Thais with outdated mores such as unquestioning obedience. The idea of the council was proposed by one of the country’s 250 unelected senators in the upper house of the National Assembly last week with the aim of “reforming the national culture to ensure its progress, discipline and morality,” according to a report. “The bid for a virtuous council is intended for internal politics. It is the last gasp of a declining regime that seeks to reverse the tide of history,” Thana Boonlert, a journalist and political commentator, wrote in a commentary for the Bangkok Post on Sept. 6.
Thai morality push ‘last gasp of a declining regime’ – UCA News
Thai morality push ‘last gasp of a declining regime’ – UCA News
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