Srikcir

A baton can be a metaphor wherein leadership is passed from one member of a group to another member in the group. In the subject case it is not a baton that is passed but a theft of political power.

Ten Muslim countries are Malaysia Kuwait Oman Egypt Indonesia Turkey Morocco Saudi Arabia Pakistan Qatar Are any of these nations dominated by a Buddhist government, military and non-arabic language? Have any of these nations been under a continuous State of Emergency for more than a decade that can waive constitutional rights? All I can speculate to a seemingly political hypocrisy is that the preservation of wealth as Sovereign Muslim States for trade with Thailand appears to override decades of ideological Thai subjugation that is embedded in the Malay Muslim South region.

Going forward in the Parliament, Is it possible the MFP coalition could sustain a "no confidence vote," thus triggering another election? In such a case, maybe PTP (and Democrats) because of their demonstrated disdain for MFP progressive policies would lose further votes to MFP and create an even larger coalition on Parliament that could hold the government?

Don't underestimate the continuing political power of the Senate and PTP.

"estanged" - a loss of affection, a turning away from someone. Still married and husband does what he feels will improve their relationship. In the long run might be financially cheaper than a divorce.

Aside from adverse weather fluctuations, prices for agricultural products may be more determinable by distributors/wholesalers than by producers when it comes to volume sales. In 2021 Thailand imported $12M in rice with largest purchase of almost $2M from India. If the other major exporters of rice (Singapore, USA, Pakistan and Japan) do not increase their export of rice to Thailand albeit likely at higher prices, wholesale price for Thai rice should remain stable as Thai rice producers are able to sell more stockpiled rice to the distributors. Rice farmers make more money by selling more product without trying to raise prices. Otherwise the Thai government has authority to control the commercial retail price to control price gouging by retailers and wholesalers.

Con man

Out of ten ASEAN countries (2022/2023) Thailand ranks #4 in terms of Nominal GDP per capita compared to Singapore #1, Brunei #2 and Malaysia #3. Thailand may be in "backwater" but it has a high tide. China, India and Japan have been surfing its economy with increasingly higher FDI inflows from 2000-2021.

How is it constitutional for the Court to order the removal of Pita as a member of the House when it has not ruled on his quilt or innocence to allegations that he is disqualified as PM/MP? It feels Pita is presumed quilty unless he can argue successfully before the Court his innocence beyond a shadow of doubt. This is not a tenet in the rule of law in a democracy.

Recall that the EEC was created by the junta government using its absolute power to override any local protest and environmental laws (ie., available water for new and expanded commercial and industry vs legacy agriculture being bring a major issue). The oversight body is the 22-member (13 cabinet ministers, 2 honoray directors, a Budget Bureau Director, 3 secretary generals and 3 industry chairmen) EEC Policy Committee headed by Chairman Prayut. As such one might imagine that such persons will have a continuing economic interest beyond the end of the Prayut regime.

Isn't this the same Charter Court that remained silent when the military junta overthrew the elected government in 2014, abolished the 2007 Constitution and claimed absolute power to govern? But oh so concerned about adhering to the letter of the law and the Constitution when it comes to a freely-elected populist government taking control of the government.

Never rejected but for nine years I just mailed via EMS a pre-filled printed copy with date updates and added original signature.

Make sure there's a manual backup to the AI

Huh? Four vehicles (2 lorries, one pickup, one sedan?) in two separate crashes or is the sedan considered a pickup in a crash with one lorry..

Sailors, if you'll be at sea be sure you know where your life vest is.

"there were 43 senators who abstained from voting last Thursday, meaning there were 10 senators who attended the prime ministerial selection meeting but did not make a choice." Ok, let's follow the Constitution: Senators VOTE for PM when the candidate does not achieve a majority vote in the House. A total 43 Senators did not vote "yea" nor "nay" for PM Pita. Isn't such failure unconstitutional regardless of the reasons for such failure? The Constitution does not provide directly nor indirectly any latitude for a Senator to fail to vote. Any excuse is irrelevant. As such, 43 "missing" Senatorial votes should NOT be included in the total vote with House votes to determine majority for PM. Such interpretation is consistent for ANY citizen who fails to vote in the National election, regardless of the excuse. One does not add missing citizen votes to determine party candidates for the House. In fact I believe there was a situation (at least initially) wherein Thai citizens living in Australia did vote by early absentee ballot that their vote in the 2019 election wasn't counted. While the votes were received timely by the Thai embassy, the embassy did not timely deliver the votes to the EC and thus, uncounted.

Western and Asia-Pacific democratic regimes have sold out support for a vigorous democratic Thailand since the 2014 coup with indifference and business as usual. Many have recently formalized trade agreements (MOU's and FTA's). Even the UN puts a militarized Thailand on a pedestal as a successful democracy. The Thai people have become aliens in their own nation.

POTUS Trump vs Biden: Smoke vs Apples

Thailand isn't in Europe, Thailand isn't a European democracy and PM Prayut once admitted it took his junta government four years to RESTORE (not advance) the economy to what it was before the military coup.

Booting out the entire NCPO-appointed Senate requires a constitutional process aside from another coup that could unilaterally re-write the constitution. From limited sources I believe that a Royal Decree can order a "selection" (but not election) of a new Senate and it would be the new government (MFP Coalition headed by PM Pita?) to request and present such a Decree for royal approval and publication. Note that the President of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is also the President/Speaker of the House that will come from the MFP Coalition. So there should be agreement between the elected government and NLA for such a decree. As the current Constitution does not allow election of the senators, the selection process might follow as precedent the same process used by the NCPO wherein the NCPO as the 'Thai government' heads the selection committee of senators and can also directly choose (as NCPO had) 50 senators and keep another 50 in a reserve list.

It's called "Thai-styled" democracy wherein there is only a one-party system. What I call "Faux democracy."

... a return to absolute power, change the constitution and laws to support absolute power with amnesty past, present and future. But somehow 88% of the electorate disagreed. Prayut is quiting what he doesn't have and will not have.

Yes, don't be fooled by extraordinarily low cost for "hi-end" watches in Thailand. For example check Thai digital market places. Men's Patek Philippes: upwards to 23,000 baht (excl. delivery) Men's Rolex: upwards to 5,000 baht (excl. delivery) Men's Richard Mille: upwards to 6,000 baht (excl. delivery) By the way I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you.

Meanwhile Thailand is not capable to minimize global warming: "On the first day of March, the TNAC was granted permission from the Royal Forest Department (RFD) to make use of approximately 3,700 rai of forest land situated in Tambon Sakhoo."

True in theory but in reality the government typically borrows the cost, ie., from China for the dual rail high-speed train. If the operator revenues cannot provide sufficient return of capital and return on capital (ie., like with China's intra-country high speed rail system) due to underpriced fares or insufficient cargo/ridership/tolls to meet debt service and maintenance, tax dollars must be used for the shortfall.