Eric Loh

6 minutes ago, Artisi said:

The party she represented might have won the election, Thai style democracy of course and appointed by the owner of the party, not elected by the people - the question remains, was /is she of any use to the country, not that the current debacle is any better. 

 

What better way than let the people judge her. 

19 minutes ago, Ozman52 said:

Oh Eric, you forget some us have a memory. Her first big act with water was to refuse to allow the dams to release water ahead of the big flood. Then after she was blamed for making the flood worse, she ordered the the dumping of the dams (for flood mitigation) just ahead of years of drought.

 

By comparison doing nothing is a godsend, because what that really means is allowing the experts to do their jobs without political interference.

You should really leave those complicated accusation to the expert.

THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission (NACC) yesterday dismissed the charges against officials including former prime ministers Abhisit Vejjajiva and Yingluck Shinawatra for alleged mismanagement which resulted in severe flooding in 2011 (Sept 2016).

16 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Yeah I do agree and it seemed to work and the farmers got a little bit of money to us it wasn't much but the farmers thought it was great and much better than plans and strategies for buying stuff or playing lottery.I think the rest of her behaviour was probably not much different from the rest of those that came before as she is Thai after all,I'm not trying to excuse her just saying the farmers feel they were better off,not even a lot but every bit counts.It may not have the intention to make the farmers happy but it did.

There were reasons as to why the rice farmers still resonate and loyal to her and her brother even now. Not patronizing both of them but that is the fact of life; life was better under them with their subsidies and health-care. Inequality and regional disparities are on the decline under post coup government. Will have to see whether this government can deliver and addressed the plight of the farmers; not only the rice farmers. 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-election-farmers/in-post-coup-election-thai-rice-rubber-farmers-rethink-old-divide-idUSKCN1R20RM

3 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Your not happy, face the truth, and how many times have you deflected to totally different comments / subjects when you don't have any answer to comments thrown at you?

Be an adult and stop interjecting in my comment in response to Steven’s post. 

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

 

Corrections you say...

 

Gee I hope nobody lists the corrections needed to hundreds of your posts, many with blatantly untruthful comments, the full list would be too long to publish in one day...

 

 

Maybe you start with my current comment whether that was untrue before you start flapping your gums. 

5 minutes ago, steven100 said:

'The government has incorporated an integrated national water management plan into the country’s 10-year Strategic Plan. We will push forward the plan and make appropriate adjustments along the way.

Steven, couple of corrections. The Strategic Plan was for 20 years and only comes into effect in October 2018. Nothing was actually done from 2014 to 2018 even with his absolute power.  

11 hours ago, ZeVonderBearz said:

Hopefully all the generals, all 250 of them, will be there so they can mass debate. I wonder who will be the best mass debater.

Best massdebater! Sound vile. 

So the average age of Phalang Pracharat will be in the mid-70s and by next election in 4 years time (assuming they last that long), the party will be a party of octogenarians and septuagenarians. The young new voters will be in millions and the party will die of a natural death (pun intended). 

25 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

EEC was pushed through under Article 44.

That's telling enough.

I believed that large tracts of land in Chonburi and Rayong belongs to the Navy. 

According to Thai Chamber of Commerce, large percentage of people in debt incurred mainly by daily expense and household purchase. Surely the minimum wage is a big factor. 

Reduce VAT, raise wages, lower bank rate and tax the rich to pay for the revenue lost. 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The Democrat Party will not opt out of the Bangkok governor election late this year for the sake of coalition leader Phalang Pracharat Party, Democrat deputy leader Ong-arj Klampaibul said on Tuesday.

Oh yes, we believe you. 

The Grim Reaper beckon. 

My advise is to go smart before intelligent. Thailand has yet to reach the level of a smart country where information and communication technology are extensively used more efficiently and in delivering better service to the people. To jump to an intelligent country where the people work in a broadband economy will be like learning how to run before you can walk. 

3 hours ago, davehowden said:

IMF is not my father !

Father gave USD23 B loan to Thailand post 1997. 

I am surprised that the aging population and technology disruption issues are not addressed. 

Meechai has written an iron-clad constitution that will be tremendously hard to change or even amend. Past constitutions, only MPs and senators had that perogative but not this constitution that required referendum. He has classified them into 3 types of amendment. The first type is unthinkable which involved the changing of the form of the state aka constitutional monarchy. The second involves monarchy, people, liberties, rule of law, check and balance duties, reforms, charter amendment and others. The third type that don't require a referendum but just the parliamentary process will still be very difficult and involves both houses votes, Even the readings of the amendment will have to survive a 2/3 votes of both houses. I think the oppositions know that it will be close to impossible to change or amend but chose to push for change to demonstrate and remind the people of the highly skewed and bias constitution that got this government into power and certainly not a level playing field. In short, reminding the people that they have been screwed by this corrupt government.