Eric Loh

Thought the military check-points fully manned are supposed to protect the general public. If they don't stop attacks, might as well dismantle them or are they there for another reason.

Neutral Prime Minister...what a joke. This guy has been in Thaksin's pocket for years.

If an election was the way out, we would be out of problems already, wouldn't we???

Who comes up with this crap. Oh yes, I forgot, the Thaksin Propaganda machine

You sure about that? His party was in Ahbisit government coalition. What a joke !

EC asked government to postpone the election. Nice little trap. Do that and the Dem will petition the Constitution Court to charge the government for ignoring the Royal Degree to have election before 60 days. BTW, 2 Feb election was in its 50 something day. Just admit that the EC is in cahoot with the oppositions. Be a man and stop shifting blame.

The PDRC and UDD events could not be more contrasting :

PDRC events : a call for reform before an election

a call for the strengthening of the independent agencies

a call for accountability and addressing of corruption

UDD events : a call for the dismantling of the independent agencies

a call for the impeachment of judges on the Constitutional Court and the appointment of new judges

a call for secession

a call for ten million Thais to arm themselves with guns

The answer is easy... "are the independent agencies independent..??"

depending on your answer (or how you get it to be from your Point of view) you know who is right..

Would corruption accountability also include judiciary corruption and also Suterp's corruption? Didn't see your PDRC events to call for disarming of their own men.

For those who have Bluesky, they can see live. From what I see, the days of crowds standing on the payment blowing whistles and waving Baht are gone. Lots of guards and key leaders trying to put up a bold front with sporadic waving. The big smiles are gone as supporters dwindle and perhaps protest fatigue or just pure feed-up with this continuing economy sapping political circus.

Court has ruled and it's now water over the bridge. A new election will be held. Court verdict only harden the government supporters with no hope for the Dem to win them over. For staunch Dem supporters, they can enjoy this moment of false victory. For the neutrals, they will be disgusted with the Court and the Dem second boycott and may not vote or cross over. Dem loss. All told, ball at Dem/PDRC court and it's now their dilemma on how to move forward. They are the one to be sweating while PT just sit cool and win the next election.

So any party that feel that they will lose can block any polling stations, prevent registration and it can void an election. Precedent set and a slippery slope to chaos. Any neutral can see that the court has failed to provide a decent explanation. What will the pro-government supporters feel?

Gweiloman, maybe you can explain what you meant by own and control. It's like Suterp finance 1/3 of the Dem Party and he is on many arrest warrants and that he control all the policies of the Dem Party. It's the same?

Every PDRCists claimed corruption. Will one of these people showed me just who in the government has been charged and convicted. The NACC charge is PM dereliction of duty. Thank you.

Think you meant 'socialism' being promoted.

If you think that removing Yingluck and creating a political vacuum is promoting socialism then who am I to argue with that!!

Really no argument here. Election is democracy. Appointment is for socialism. That simple.

Think you meant 'socialism' being promoted.

No use speculating as the scene has been set. Most analysts know that the independent agencies will remove Yingluck and her entire cabinet to creat a power vacuum and claim any election can't be held and the need to nominate a PM of their choice. That's why the bold statement of non election participation by the Dem. No need for all the charade. Hold your breathe for what comes next. Democracy is again being cheated.

I am looking forward to a break-up of the Dem Party. Forward looking moderates forming another party and leave the heavily influenced and dominated 'Suterp' party. They can also leave behind the puppet party leader who has not shown any strength and conviction to be his own man.

Losers always have their excuses. If they can't win, just don't take part. Never trying to improve their negatives. Always needed outside help to get them in government. Pathetic.

Doesn't matter what each opposite sides said. One man with a gun out of the street and that's what matter.

You just can't avoid seeing the repeating trend by the courts to interfere with politics since the '06 coup. Everytime the sponsored anti democractic force runs out of ideas, the courts will step in with their selective judgement and initiate a judiciary putsch.

Did that with Samad over a cooking show when the PAD could not dislodged him in '08. The government survived and court step in again in '09 and dissolved the PPP.

Just how many knocks can democracy take when even the courts betray our trust.

_{Singapore had Songkran celebration for years in Beach Road were most Thais congregate. Just that this time the media reported it and got the Thai Tourism officials ruffle up. Copyright? This as funny as the Malaysia trying to copyright Penang Laksa or the Indonesian trying to copyright a common Malay folk song.}