madmitch

6 hours ago, kimamey said:

It's odd because the retirement age for government employees is 60 as far as I know.  It certainly is for my wife in part of the Ministry of Labour.

Yep. Over 60 is too old for regullar Government employees but the norm for MPs, especially cabinet ministers. Prawit is 77, the speaker is 79 and the rest keep the local hair dye shop in business.

It's must be quite depressing for the younger generation to look at the picture above and see a table of twelve sixty plus men. Yes, that's the demographic that again is going to have control of the country.

Have they ever heard of redaction? Not difficult to publish a report but hide names.

Borrowing from loan sharks, friends and family hardly gets a mention in the article but it's a major problem. They borrow with no idea how they will repay, then borrow from someone else to repay or simply don't bother. 

I don't get why the senate were allowed a say in whether Pita could stand a second time. They are not elected Parliamentarians and this wasn't a vote for PM as such. But I obviously don't know the ins and outs of the clause in the constitution that gives them such powers.

Anyway, there's a precedent set now: if Sreetha gets the coalition nomination and fails, he won't be able to stand again in the event of a new coalition. The worry about that is who would stand? And this is where the likelihood of the olld guard regaining power comes into play.

Dreadful situation!

So the caaretaker Government are still making rules two moonths after been ousted in a general election!

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

And here they are in all their splendour...

 

https://www.senate.go.th/view/1/Members/EN-US

Do they get a monthly supply of hair dye as one of their perks?

43 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

The Thai people need to develop a sense of conviction, and moral outrage. They seem to be very competent at the netizen outrage thing. Where is the action now? Why don't we see 7 million people in the streets? Why don't we see government offices being boycotted? What will it take before these people say ENOUGH!

 

An election  appears to have been stolen by hooligans and thieves. The moral rot and degradation is astonishing. Yet, the people accept it? huh?

Early days yet. 

I anticipate relative calm if the coalition gets the PM job, even with a PM who isn'f from MFP.

I expect angry, violent protets if Prawit or similar get the job, which will be escalated further if Pita is disqualified and/or MFP dissolved.

Watch this space.

I hope whoever gets into power rips up the draconian defamation and ridiculous computer crime laws and replaces them woth something out of the 21st century!

Those who abstained are spineless, those who failed to turn up are just pathetic.

The required vote number should take into account those not in the chamber, so 75 absentees should mean only 338 votes required. Still wouldn't have made it today but would have been a lot closer.

Not that these unelected military stooges should have a vote anyway but it is currently the law....a bad law.

50 minutes ago, h90 said:

it is not the duty of the senators to mirror the election.....there job is one of balancing it. You can find that right or wrong, but that is their job

It's also highly undemocratic. If they were an elected body then perhaps it would be acceptable but they're not. They are extremely biased in favour of the military and the monarchy.

The real job of an upper house is checks and balances. This is impossible with a group entirely selected by one side of the political spectrum. 

53 minutes ago, anchadian said:

BREAKING: The Democrat Party has resolved after a meeting on Wednesday they will not support Move Forward Party PM candidate Pita Limjaroenrat in tomorrow's bicameral vote. The 25 MPs will simply abstain from voting

 

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1679026263279960064

 

About time they changed the party name as what they stand for is hardly democratic.

29 minutes ago, ourmanflint said:

Do the public know who are the members of the EC and where they live? Police had better get them some protection soon, as think they will need it. Thailand is not the same country it was, people young and old alike have lost patience

Here you go. Six men who look loke they'e been keeping the local hair dye shop in business. And this is the demographic that's been keeping Thailand in the dark ages. 

7 minutes ago, IamNoone88 said:

30 years ..... you get less for murder. The UK is a country in decline.

It's a good idea to read previous comments before making posts. 30 years combined for the entire gang 

Events that may happen in the next few weeks, if the will of the people is overturned, could put a dent in that projection.