Three major parties joined a Black May Memorial Day event yesterday to commemorate those who lost their lives 31 years ago when a military-headed government cracked down on demonstrators.
Chaithawat Tulathon, secretary-general of the Move Forward Party (MFP), was one of those attending the event remembering Black May 1992 at a memorial on Ratchadamnoen Road. He said what occurred taught people about democracy and how much power the military has in politics.
“There was no military reform after the incident. As such, there is no guarantee that the military will not return to the political scene in the future,” he said. But Mr Chaithawat said many lessons from the bloody incident where the military cracked down on anti-government protesters had not been fully learned, with no investigation reports being released.
The military-headed government of the time, led by…
