As one deputy leader, who runs the government, has given an unconvincing and feeble defence about him taking a nap at work, another deputy, who runs the Royal Thai Police, has pursued a retaliatory lawsuit against a lawyer who dared to bring up a case of his office's incompetency which wrongly sent her client to jail.
What they share in common is a lack of remorse for something they should not just feel sorry about but also take steps to ensure won't be repeated. What they represent is typical characteristics embedded in our breed of public office leaders. Yes, I am talking about Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon and deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul.
Surasak Glahan is Deputy Editorial Pages Editor, Bangkok Post.
