As for the Srettha government, a defeatist attitude is not an option, not least because the next eruption of this volcano may spare no one.
At the height of the pandemic in May 2021, he was appointed deputy director of a government committee tasked with coordinating between relevant state agencies to combat the worsening situation in Bangkok and surrounding provinces.
Whether or not the government is capitalising on the police clash is debatable, but here we go again