“For heaven's sake, give us the facts…”
The Flood Relief Operations Center at Don Mueang Airport, set up by the government, has been hit from all sides.
In any case, the population no longer has confidence in the command center that has already sent wrong messages to the world twice or too little information indicates: this was recently revealed by a poll by Abac. Columnists and editors-in-chief of Bangkok Post also denounce the operations, or rather the fumbling of the government.
After the recent flooding of the Navanakorn industrial estate and the breached dikes on the north side of Bangkok, many residents of Bangkok are disappointed with the 'amateurish way the government is handling the crisis', the newspaper writes today.
'Despite all its miscalculations and underestimation of the flood problem, as well as poor management of the situation, the worst drawback of this government appears to be the lack of political will to do what is necessary to save the capital.'
Voranai Vanijaka previously compared the ministerial team to a 'hairy, fat plumber who puts on ballet shoes to dance Swan Lake'.
And columnist Sanitsuda Ekachai writes today: 'Watching the flood centre's daily press conferences is like watching a group of hospital receptionists telling seriously sick patients that they are still doing fine with their paracetamol.'
She sighs: 'For heaven's sake! Give us the doctors, the water professionals, the facts.'