When building a house, hiring a contractor whose credentials are more about demolishing structures than building new ones could turn into a nightmare. You could hardly blame such an inexperienced contractor if your house collapsed.
The Thai people's reliance on the current regime to restore democracy is just as haunting. Its most notable achievement so far has been killing democracy by catapulting itself to power through the 2014 coup. It now aspires to bury democratic principles out of sight and "build" a kind of Thai-style democracy.
During a mobile cabinet meeting in Loei on Monday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told people there that the military, police and other authorities are working hard to build and strengthen democracy and prevent it from collapsing.
