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.