As a Thai, I sincerely believe that Ms Koike's criticism on the opposing Ms Yingluck Government is unfair. Her conclusion that "So, in essence, what is happening in Thailand is an attempted nullification of democracy by the opposition and the country's……from ever again choosing a government that goes against their will" is purely one-sided judgment, taking into account inaccurate information about what currently is happening in Thailand. If she has received sufficient information and consumed proper media reports, she would see that we are protesting to "oust" a heavily corrupted government and "abusive" politicians, and asking that the reformation of the overall-system are taking place peacefully before the election. Thais have not, and will never, opposed the election. Thais are on street, regardless of Mr Suthep's leadership, to flight against corruption and abuse of power by the politicians. Ms Koike's remark that we attempt to nullify the democracy because of 'dislike' government is also not correct (and is somewhat "insulting"). If she could recall, the Yingluck Government has been freely running its office for 2 years since it won the election, until the 'amnesty bill to free corruption' incident and Yingluck's P PhuenThai Party declared that it would not accept the judgment of the Constitutional Court against it. Thai farmers are suffering from not being paid for their rice sold at above market-proce to pile up as the stock for the Government to export - making Thai Baht half a million million loss. Yingluck's Government also proposed a bill that allows them to use "open-end" budget for mega-infrastructure projects without projects' details and proper review process. To that end, Ms Koike appeared to make a point that the corruption is acceptable to her so long as the government has come from election, and the opposition to this is not acceptable because in her view it is an attempt to nullify the democracy.



Japan is different from Thailand. Our politics are under-developed due to the lack of professionalism, discipline and good moral of the politicians, who are acting for those financially back-up them, in order to rule the country. I do respect Ms Koike's views as the outsider. Please however she should see the situation from a neutral perspective - because at least Thais need to do the right things to dispose of corruption and to restore our country's peaceful climate. This is nothing related to regional democratic situation and China's factor on the region as Ms Koike's mentioned.

Sincerely,

