“คืนคำพิพากษาให้ผู้พิพากษา” “คืนความยุติธรรมให้ประชาชน”
“คืนคำพิพากษาให้ผู้พิพากษา” “คืนความยุติธรรมให้ประชาชน”
“Return the judgments to the judges.” “Return justice to the people.”
With the greatest respect for His Majesty,
A person who is a human, not any kind of speck of dust
The king addresses the people, but the people do not address the king. Yet this is exactly what Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul did on 19 September 2020 as part of the #ReturnPowerToThePeople demonstration organized by the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD).
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