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What a poor, snake-like, slimy start for a new prospective PM. Putting himself in office with such a big election lie. I'm amazed that the PT base allows this to happen so easily. As for the decision now to go to bed with the old junta parties, I doubt that the PT base has sanctioned it.

If the coalition of the 8 parties had held out together until the end of May next year, they would probably have made it. Just go through 10 months of political blockade. The coalition could have presented one PM candidate after the other, pulling the mask down on the nonsensical construction of the Senate. True democracy is not for free.

555 PT has sold its political soul. The big promise not to ally with old junta parties broken. Now the coalition with the coup makers who don't care about the people and democracy. Many PT voters will certainly feel betrayed. Disgusting.

Srettha also said that the Move Forward party will definitely be in his coalition, so the government would get full support from the people, adding that he will ask Pheu Thai not to nominate anyone with a bad reputation for a ministerial post, to reduce public resistance. Let's see what will happen on July 27th.

Yes, I'm relatively new here, I've only been living in Thailand with my Thai family for 30 years. Thanks for asking. Maybe Prawit wakes up from his sleep and becomes PM. Who can predict that, but he will not be able to rule against a 2/3 majority in parliament. That's just my newbie opinion.

I see essentially the same thing. I can't imagine PT joining forces with the old junta parties. That would be political suicide. The PT base also wants the old guard to go. Just think of the whole history, of the bloody street battles. Allying with the class enemy and putting a PM in power from the junta camp, I think that would destroy the very essence of the PT and its raison d'être.

Well, Thailand needs a functioning government, which requires a majority in parliament to pass laws. If the coalition holds together, I don't see how, for example, a Prawit or Anutin can govern with a minority in parliament.

You are right. There was a strong will to stop the apparent rice scheme corruption and nepotism. That was also Prayut's official opening statement. However, the strong argument to end the bloody street war with many deaths weighed heavily. In his first year, Prayut did a good job of tidying up. Just think of the corrupt police general who made billions from his illegal oil deals. The turning point was the corruption scandal surrounding the Hua Hin statues. Then pro-democratic anti-corruption activists were taken off the trains and locked up. From there it went all down and back with Prayut. Just think of Prawit's watches, the Partymember with drug dealer history, the nonsensical army procurements, the education camps for dissidents, the coupmakers go free constitution, the escape to Australia of the police general who exposed human trafficking in the south and much more. So after 9 years under Prayut it is normal, that people changed there minds.

A minority government cannot pass legislation in Parliament if the majority of Parliament is against it. Although the Senate could order its preferred candidate in, but it would not result in a functional government.

If the Senate would not aprove Shretta, then they would oppose the will for change of 2/3 of the population. First Pita then Shretta. That would mean that the will of 2/3 of the Thai population would be suppressed. Then FT and PT supporters would probably join forces on the streets. I don't believe that the Thais will silently allow themselves to be robbed of the election results. I hope it not comes to bloody protests, but I don't know any Thais who let their butter be stolen from their bread.

Theoretically possible, but as a clear minority in parliament they could hardly pass any laws against the majority in parliament.

PT has kept to the agreement. Srettha should now run as a PM candidate from the existing coalition of eight parties. As long as the future government reflects the election results of the population, ok. The senators cannot afford to saw off Srettha like Pita before. Would be nice to see where the Senate stands in the third approach. For the sake of the Thai people or not.

lol He worries about the inconveniences of some senators. But in his limited horizon he no recognizes currently that the very first sentence of the Thai constitution (Thailand is a democratic state .....) is endangered in its basic form.

It sure has changed. The election results showed that 2/3 of the population want a different government sure other people than the previous actors. But the previous actors do not accept it and pull on the strings of their previously appointed puppets.

If the coalition sticks together (MF + PT + the other 6 parties); and PT brings Srettha on the starting line as the new PM candidate, the Senate can no reject him on flimsy grounds or they would have MF and PT supporters on the streets.

That would be political suicide for PT. They're not that stupid.

Soon embassies will issue warnings to tourists not to be in public places in Bangkok. Tricked out the will of 2/3 of the Thai population. Now this can end badly.

It makes no difference. Pita and the coalition are a threat to the establishment and the rich. 112 is just an advanced argument, just like the share theater or the accusation that Pita is too young. What we experience in life is that the powerful want to keep their power with all conceivable tricks and means. A small minority with a supposedly high status commands the majority and reduces their votes to nothing.

Pita doesn't seem like one of those snake-like, slimy politicians who make promises before the election and break promises after the election, ultimately betraying their electorate. He has his ideals and stands by them. Unfortunately, Thailand is missing again another great opportunity for a better future, especially the younger Thai generation.

I think embassies will soon issue warnings to tourists not to be in public places in Bangkok. Tricked out the will of 2/3 of the Thai population. Now this can end badly.

Jakkrit clarified that the iTV shares remained in his NACC account because they could neither be transferred nor sold on the stock market due to the company’s status. Even though he possessed over 40,000 units, their worth amounted to zero baht. What he had done was create an official document detailing the transfer of shares to his cousin. Jakkrit said… Almost the same case as with Pita. If a company is suspended from the stock exchange, you can no longer get the name off from the list of shareholders, even if you give away the shares to a third party for free. iTv has been shut down for many years and no longer broadcasts. That itv may have exerted any political influence on the population, nor that there were any advantages in the political election campaign - is definitely out of question. Here a mosquito is artificially inflated into a Murdoch or Berlusconi. The original meaning of this sensible law (the avoidance of a politician having very great individual media power) is deliberately twisted and misinterpreted here.

That's obvious. Especially when you consider how many coups Thailand had. In previous coups, the military went back to their barracks. But that hasn't happened since the last coup in 2014. Meanwhile, 9 years with Prayut and still no end in sight, despite a clear election victory of the pro-democracy parties.

Those are enormous sums. Over 1000 million baht. It would make sense if the Anti-Corruption Commission would compare the information with the tax returns of the last 10 years.

Furthermore. If Senators or MPs are not present at the vote, the simple majority should be based only on the total number of people present. Example of 750 eligible voters only 600 are present. Then the simple majority would be 301 and no longer 376.

The functional problem of the Senate is that they are unelected and thus have no mandate from the people of Thailand. When the decisions of the Senate go against the will of the majority of the population, tensions are inevitable.