Eric Loh

Done and dusted as destined by the powerful old elite clique refusing to relinquish their hold and pushing aside the voices of the majority. So another Prime Minister will bit the dust and kept out of politics for 5 years. Gue sera sera. This power display by the judiciary for a consecutive 4 prime ministers (all oppositions) is so obvious and blatant and it will only sooner rather than later that the people will react with anger. They have push them too hard and too far. If it happen, just don't reward Suterp with a neutral prime minister. Let the caretaker government continue, agreed on reform, hold an election (guess who will win again) and implement the reform.

All Jutaporn is saying is that people mandate should be respected, not trampled and violated. If you believed in democracy, you should cheer for him. Give the UDD the right to elect and they will go home. Simple.

NO he isn't. He IS saying if we can't get our own way legally then we will TAKE it anyway we want.

If YOU believe in democracy then you will know that it is NOT just a vote that makes democracy.

It is also honesty, transparency, accountability, personal responsibility, working for the the benefit of ALL the Thai people and not just the favoured few and ignoring the rest.

It is respect for ALL the laws and rules, court judgements both for and against you, like it or not.

The PTP have taken the vote, claimed the majority and trampled on the rest of the lines that I wrote above.

Sadly they believe that they are above all the people of Thailand and the rules and laws that apply to EVERYBODY don't apply to them.

Why is election not legal? It's Suterp that is acting illegally and want to TAKE it anyway he wants albeit with the help of the judiciary.

The judiciary acted in a way that people cast suspicion and has done that before. They have behaved in a way that showed double standard. If you can't see that than I felt you have not researched hard enough.

I can agree a vote is only part of democracy but a people council is outright non democractic.

All Jutaporn is saying is that people mandate should be respected, not trampled and violated. If you believed in democracy, you should cheer for him. Give the UDD the right to elect and they will go home. Simple.

Seem that a simple election will stop all these madness. However we have one side insisting and persisting with undemocratic power grap with help of the judiciary. If you keep ousting a democratically elected government by means of a putsch thrice in just 9 years, you got very angry people whose freedom of choice has been trampled again and again.

_{The polarization of the upper house is a reflection of the political division of the country. The partisan judiciary and independent agencies deepen the senators division with their idiosyneratic verdict. The political struggle forces people to take sides and that include the upper house. If we have a fair and just judiciary, independent agencies taking up their responsibilities without any bias and all political parties chosing election campaigning instead of undemocratic means to form the government; there will be less upper house tension and division. Then better non partisan senators can perform their rightful role.}

I am confused. Thought the Constitutional Court mades ruling on constitutionality of laws that are deemed compromised. Is holding an election breaking any law? Especially when it is royally endorsed. Is CC guilty of LM? Ah, the intricacy of skewed politics.

Just love it when said on 1st April.

After Saturday's mega flop, he's still dreaming of a glorious victory? Reminiscent of the Battle of the Bulge, 1944

What an analogy - Suthep commanding the 101st Airborne, surrounded by those desperate Nazi storm trooper red shirt fanatics under the command of Obersturmbanfuhrer Jautupon. The red leader is hiding away in the wolf's lair buker deep in Dubai while is troops prepare for the ultimate sacrifice,

Wonder who will play Patton coming to the rescue?

Interesting that only you and the other PTP adorers see Saturday as a flop. Seemed more like a large number of people yet again showing their disapproval at the Yingluck regime and its efforts to cling on to power as instructed from the bunker.

It is a flop when the walk around did not achieve the desired results. There was no Million as Dear Leader boast. The day ended like any other day which is Nothing. Life resumed after the Sunday walk around. The caretaker government is still there and Yinglck has not resigned. There was no instigated violence and military stayed away I will call that a misery flop.

The sun must have got to his head. He forgot that he said the same thing months ago. My advise is that he put on a cap or sun screen or his brain will scrambled. He even got the numbers wrong on Saturday from 1 M in the morning to 30k most in the evening.

Bangkok Pundit see this right and it is nothing but a conspiracy to nail Yingluck.http://asiancorrespondent.com/121140/veera-yingluck-and-the-nacc/

has anyone seen a list of the 'reforms' required before elections are 'allowed' ? I mean other than YL leaving the country.

The Democrats have put forward 7 areas of reform, some before, some for after the next election.

1. Tougher anti corruption measures.

2. Reform of the justice system, greater equality under the law.

3. Narrow the income gap, introduction of a property or land tax

4. Reform and update the educational system

5.Decentralisation.

6. Reform of the police force.

I'm sorry, I can't remember number 7.

7 should be the reform of the military. Anyway the 6 reforms are something Thais talk about for ages including the time when the Dem was the government twice over. Let's see some details as they are so general.

Very sensible, the 7 reforms mentioned how many of these important reforms did Yingluck take on board ????? 3 years and nothing.

Had they concentrated the time on improving things here such as these the country would not be in turmoil.

Problem area most of the PTP time was spent on the amnesty bill to get Thaksin off the hook, with the PMs overseas visits to prevent her from question time/debate on TV and taking care of the rice problem. When you look at the timespan of the government, most things that were created by them have fallen foul.

Please if you answer lets talk about what they could have done if they had the time again, NOT come back with the SU/DEM/YELLOW/ Elections and running a democratic government are two separate items.

So we have a democratically elected government but after being sworn in did NOT run it as promised. IT FAILED. it has to be removed, not given another chance at the ballot box.

I do agree with you on some.

Government flawed in concentrating on amnesty and constitution changes - agree

Land reform was in government program. Higher tax for agri land not use. Dem knows that land reform is a bureaucratic mess and long process. Their Sor Kor Por plan was wired in tedious bureaucratic intricacies.

Same as education, income equality (rice scheme was exactly that), justice system overhaul was high on the agenda, decentralization was discussed and corruption is an on going process.

Not trying to defend the government but all these reforms take a long time and need a government to enact the right laws. It mades Suterp idea of reform within a year or so really unrealistic.

has anyone seen a list of the 'reforms' required before elections are 'allowed' ? I mean other than YL leaving the country.

The Democrats have put forward 7 areas of reform, some before, some for after the next election.

1. Tougher anti corruption measures.

2. Reform of the justice system, greater equality under the law.

3. Narrow the income gap, introduction of a property or land tax

4. Reform and update the educational system

5.Decentralisation.

6. Reform of the police force.

I'm sorry, I can't remember number 7.

7 should be the reform of the military. Anyway the 6 reforms are something Thais talk about for ages including the time when the Dem was the government twice over. Let's see some details as they are so general.

what an absolute moron this woman is, she keeps doing the wrong thing and expects everyone to just let her get away with it, then she says she hasnt decided if she will attend the meeting herself, obviously she knows she is too stupid to be able to answer questions herself and needs others to do it for her. This is what happens when an uneducated moron with no experience is placed in the pm's job, she gets exactly what she deserves. Maybe now she is starting to realize this isnt just like going shopping for fun and that there are consequences for what you do or dont do.

And how many multi billionaire's do you know who would not do the same. She is so stupid she ran one of Thailand largest business empires. I wish I was as stupid as her.

You really need to stop getting ALL your information from the Red press. Ms Yingluck was an executive at Shin Corp. and not CEO, so she didn't 'run' anything. Her position was eliminated by the new owner (Temasek) in Singapore after the sale. It was a make-work position for baby sister to have some income and something to say she did. I think you can stop wishing now, as you may already be as stupid as her.

p.s. Yingluck is not even a Baht billionaire according to her financial disclosure when she became PM.

From Bloomberg Businessweek, her work background

Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra served as Executive President, Acting Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of SC Asset Corporation Public Company Limited until June 30, 2011. Ms. Shinawatra served as Acting President of SC Asset Corporation Public Company Limited since December 1, 2006 and its Acting Senior Vice President of Business Development. Ms. Shinawatra served as President of Wireless Communication of Advanced Info Service Public Co., Ltd. since 2002. Ms. Shinawatra served as Senior Executive Vice President, Wireless Corporate Planning of Advanced Info Service Public Co., Ltd. from 2001 to 2002. She served as President of Advanced Info Service Public Co. Ltd. from 2002 to March 1, 2006. She served as Manager at Shinawatra Directories Co., Ltd from 1991 to 1994 and as General Manager from 1995 to 1996. She served as Vice President at Shinawatra Directories Co., Ltd from 1997 to 1998 and as Executive Vice President, Service Operation at Advanced Info Service PLC from 1999 to 2001. She has been the Chairman of the Board of OAI Asset Co., Ltd., Up Country Land Co., Ltd. and V.Land Property Co., Ltd. since March 1, 2006. She serves as an Executive Director of Manchester City F.C. She has been Secretary/Director of Thaicom Foundation since 2006. She served as a Director of SC Asset Corporation Public Company Limited since March 1, 2006. She completed a Master's Degree in Business administration from Kentucky State University, USA. She also completed Director Accreditation Program (DAP) Class in 2006, Finance for Non-Finance Director (FND) Class in 2006 and Director Certification Program (DCP) Class in 2006 at Thai Institute of Directors. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=3733926&ticker=SC:TB

You mean she has that lot of impressive corporate experiences and business background compare to Ahbisit whose only working experience is a short stint as lecturer in the military school.

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Suthep announces intention to fight to eliminate Thaksin's regime

BANGKOK: -- People's Democratic Reform Committee spokesman secretary general Suthep Thaugsuban made an announcement at the Royal Plaza to reaffirm the PRDC's commitment to fight to eliminate the Thaksin regime.

He said the regime was a danger of the country. He said the PDRC would join hands with the people to fight to reform the country so that the nation would have genuine democracy for the real benefits of the people.

-- The Nation 2014-03-29

Didn't he said that 4 months ago?

And what's wrong with it?

Really he should said that he will fight to eliminate Taksin regime by beating them at the polls.

Let's put this to rest when anointed PDRC mouth piece Bangkok Post reported that today protestors are only in ten of thousands and much less than previous rallies. Bottom line, the protest is losing steam and losing supporters and fading fast. Nobody believe a word from Suterp and his final push. Call that too many times like calling wolf.

Lets put this to rest! Its been 4 months since this has started, and still there are 10's of thousands that come out. After 4 months of of crazy traffic and business loss they still come out in the thousands?

Why? why would people do that?

Nobody likes Suthep, but they still come out to support him and oppose this govt. Why????

Its really not hard to understand, they dont support Suthep, they oppose this government and what it stands for. It could be Satan himself leading these protests and people will follow. They are just sick and tired of the Shin clan dictating their lives and want to rid this plague from their lives.

I can agree with you that the are people the are just sick and tired of the Shin family and there are also people who love them. That's reflected in all election. Taksin related parties do not get all the votes. People choose who they like in an election. Suterp isn't even allowing people to chose and insist on an unknown, untested and illegal appointed people council to govern for a period of time. That is like throwing yourself into a pool of piranha.

Let's put this to rest when anointed PDRC mouth piece Bangkok Post reported that today protestors are only in ten of thousands and much less than previous rallies. Bottom line, the protest is losing steam and losing supporters and fading fast. Nobody believe a word from Suterp and his final push. Call that too many times like calling wolf.

Bangkok Post is now a pro pdrc paper? Any paper prints some you news you don't like and they automatically become pro pdrc mouthpiece? Jesus.

I guess when they allow Veera to run his mouth every week, they deserved to be called pro PDRC. As a major mass media, BP should present more objective article like by Khun Voranai and Songkran.

Let's put this to rest when anointed PDRC mouth piece Bangkok Post reported that today protestors are only in ten of thousands and much less than previous rallies. Bottom line, the protest is losing steam and losing supporters and fading fast. Nobody believe a word from Suterp and his final push. Call that too many times like calling wolf.

Relax, the day is over. The PDRC has gone back to Lumpini. Norhing achieved except for a nice tan. The Dem meeting is done and their stand is still the same as before i.e. no move till Suterp order. Let's enjoy Sunday free from politics. Next week will be the event changer.

A progressive party will invite the activist in and hear his views instead of bashing him up. I guess only Ahbisit and Sutetp views are accepted and others will not be entertained.

Where will you go in KL besides Batu Cave, Twin Tower, Central Market, Chinatown. Just can't think of anymore attractions. Nearest beach is Port Dickson which is dirty and not very safe. Yes certainly boring even for me who stayed in KL for 10 years. Oh, the police are very corrupted too. Plus the airport is like 40 km away from the city is a negative.

Dem dissolution case was acquitted due to technicality ( papers were submitted late). NACC still processing Ahbisit dereliction of duties for his rice guarantee scheme. Samak was convicted because a trivial cooking case. She got a point.

Yingluck said that she had an opportunity to learn from Thaksin about his ideas, vision, and the style of his political work.

The good news for all crooks is:

According to this, every corruption, law breaking and accepting advantage will rightfully get a carte blanche in court, as long as you tell the judges: “Your Honour, I was driven to do it by ideas, visions and my style of political work.”

Why bother to defend when the courts have already made up their mind. The Courts just refer to previous judiciary coup references and sentence. The hearing is just a side show.