Congratulations to Thailand, the Thai government, and the people of Thailand as a whole for Thailand passing the democracy exam for the first time. in the eyes of foreigners After failing exams repeatedly for decades Now an organization called The "Economic Intelligence Unit" (EIU) gave Thailand's Democracy Index 55th place out of 167 countries.
The EIU's report revealer, Mr. Anucha Burapachaisri, a spokesman for the government, stated that the Thai Democracy Index in 2022 was 6.67, ranked 55th in the world, higher than 2021's score of 6.04, ranking 72nd. Thailand was ranked 4th among ASEAN countries.
after Malaysia
Philippines and Indonesia
The EIU measures democracy based on five factors: the electoral process;
performance of government duties
political involvement
political culture
and civil liberties
Thailand got the highest score of 8.33 in terms of political participation.
But it scored low on political culture and freedom.
Thailand received a relatively high score of 8.33 in terms of political participation.
But it received a low score of 5.63 in the political culture category.
but still considered passed
But it was a survey in 2022, if checked until 2023, it may fail in the performance of government duties.
in which the parliament has already become paralyzed
Even the performance of government duties
It fell into a depressed state after parting ways between the two colleges who had hugged each other for decades, but now Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha and Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan have to walk separately.
scramble for votes
for Prime Minister
Slash each other's faces until they are afraid of colliding with each other someday.
The EIU divides world government into two categories: absolute democracy.
democracy is flawed
(Thailand is in this group) Democracy is intertwined.
It can be similar to half-democracy and authoritarianism, which can mean dictatorship.
Both the right wing and the left wing
The EIU states that
many countries in Asia
refusing to be democratic
Of the 28 Asian countries surveyed, nine were democratic, seven were not, and 12 were democratically declining, some such as Afghanistan, Burma and North Korea. When compared according to Buddhist principles, it is similar to becoming a lotus that is stuck in the mud, refusing to emerge, possibly becoming food for fish and turtles.