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Elections are the only legitimate way to change governments? No democratic country follows this alleged consensus. All of them have impeachment proceedings and criminal courts that can remove government leaders. Maybe the OP should take a brush up course in political science. ,

Yingluck's popularity had largely eroded towards the end of her reign. Prayuth probably would win a general election, but not a parliamentary election where party politics dictates the results.

The impeachment proceedings are a good thing. It will give the public an opportunity for a complete review of all the violence and atrocities associated with the 2010 redshirt protest. Abhisit diplomatically (Abhisit's biggest fault) says there were violent elements mingling with the redshirt crowds. The evidence will show that the violence was part and parcel of the entire redshirt protest movement in 2010. The NLA can evaluate the threat to the public, the lack of response by the police, and determine whether Abhisit should have used less lethal means to disperse the protesters. Even if all judgments are pre-defined, as the PTP supporters claim, the impeachment will be an important reminder of what can happen when the redshirts are allowed to control the streets of Bangkok.

"He also insisted he fully complied with the law related to marine transportation and tourism."

But he obviously failed to provide sufficient tea money to police and harbour officials to look the other way as to this minor offense (allowing tourists to feed the coral fish).

Better that they get beheaded or abused by IS than to return home as radicalized terrorists. The UK will discover that 2nd generation Muslims are a threat to their national security. Good riddance.

I recall a Russian couple was robbed at this same helipad landing a few weeks back. Perhaps authorities should close it off to the public, or construct some other safety precautions.

How is this news, and why does anyone care he has a BB gun? Did they become illegal?

Read the news article. This guy entered the country illegally, probably with a forged document claiming he was a political refugee. He has no passport and has a prior arrest warrant for dealing in pornography. Exactly the type of vermin that needs to be rounded up and either locked up or sent back to his home country.

"Further checks revealed that Mr. Mihaisin had resided in Thailand for 15 years without a passport and we discovered that he was arrested in 2008 under arrest warrant number 1357/2550 issued by the Pattaya Provincial Court on a charge of 'participation of persons to make, produce, participate in obscene movies or other tape recordings'".

Not a bad proposal. Let PTP provide the guns, grenades and bombs. Then have a free for all in government house, no survivors. Only by wiping the slate clean of these "politicians" can there be a proper government in the future.

Got to be lots of low grade rice laying around warehouses for dear Mr. Putin. Can even accept trade for Russian vodka and caviar.

Bangkok has a head start on this as it is already a RAT hub.

It's no surprise that Thailand will need to import foreign labor. There's a mechanism in place to do it, ASEAN integration. But, Thailand will screw that up with overly burdensome immigration policies and protectionist labor regulations.

If Thailand can't improve their record on human trafficking, they will improve on animal trafficking. Good work, but don't forget the ivory trade while you're at it.

Thaksin, of course, wants to prove to his foes and the world that he's innocent on all charges levelled against him, which means he would accept nothing short of a complete wiping of the slate.

-- The Nation 2015-02-21

The only way to prove innocence is a trial. Thaksin elected to flee rather than prove his innocence at trial. Fleeing speaks volumes as to his claimed innocence of the charges.

Maybe they should use the money to pay down the debt from Yingluck's rice pledge scheme.

I guess he thought he was entitled to early access to his virgins.

If they want to boost the economy, they will improve the international gateway and stop interception of internet traffic for censorship and monitoring purposes. Increasing the number of users won't boost the economy, if the internet is slow, and new social media users are added. They need to boost international internet speeds if they want to attract IT and high-tech business investment.