false hope that over time i think erodes and collapses under the weight of people who s aspirations are not being met. you i know you didn t direct that question to me, but i just wanted to make sure the prime minister didn t get put on the spot without me having something to say about that. all right? and my answer i think talk about the basics of the economic growth, i think to believe that said that the democracy will be the fundamental. but this is the one way of basic fundamental because as you have stability in the political. so it will be the stability of economy. but anyway, in the economy, will be have to understand the cause and root cause of the problem, the right way to solve the problem and also,
appropriately, but my hope is that we will continue on a positive track and hopefully nigh visit will be able to encourage that. for myself on the situation, i think now we can see that from my observation and also, i have several chance see a lot of progress on the political reform, and i think from the we believe that the potential of and stability of democracy. because people in the region believe that democracy will be the way for the country to be free and fair and also, that s why we believe this is the right destination.
and the notion somehow that you can take shortcuts and avoid democracy and that that somehow is going be to be the mechanism whereby you deliver economic growth i think is absolutely false, i think over time when you look at the most prosperous nations on this earth, they are the ones in which every individual, every citizen feels like if they put in the effort, if they a re working hard that those efforts bear fruit. that a government respects them and observes rule of law and doesn t take their property without due process and they don t have to pay a bribe to start a business or get a telephone installed. and you know, it s worked for us for over 200 years now. i think it s going to work for thailand, it s going to work for this entire region and the the alternative, i think, is a