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All over Thailand the same with chairs, boxes, or something else....even they dare to ask money for parking a car near markets as nowhere a permission is found that there is a paid parkeing

No experience and father will rule in the end behind the scenes.. That is not constitutional I think and should be stopped

Not only in Pattaya but all over Thailand...If the RTP should start working things would be better

Hope he will not be it as it would the worst choice surely for the foreigners and tourists in this country..Besides that he has done a  lot of harm with the Covid too

Good to hear at last there is a party that stands up against the dinosaurs and elite who think they can do everything they like....Those days will be over

Same with other things.. nothing will be achieved as long as the conservatives get their grip on the power

And gone is the same sex marriage bill and the digital wallet.. it was to be expected as the same sex marriage bill is not published yet...and the Digital Wallet is ma burden for the country.. But what will the people do and accept everything? The winners of the elections are dissolved, the government is now dissolved untill a new PM and will the old guard take over?? Prawit, Anutin or even Prayuth??? Or will it be again a Shinawatra one??   O my God what for a country is this, where the EC and the CC have more power than the Government?? They should be dissolved too

New elections now.. The Government is fallen

It is better to do something about the poverty in Thailand. With daily wages of 400 THB a day and rising costs for living it is impossible for many to make ends meet and when low educated and from poor family it is difficult to find a decent job too... I know there is much money that is spend  for nothing in Thailand and by the superrich they can pay more taxes or start paying tax. 

And now ban all Chinese and other nationality based organizations to protect the Thai industry and businesses.. and we will see how much new businesses will register in the second half of this year

Okay Mr Setthra, you have the law that nobody can do anything a THai can do so why are there Chinese based restaurants?? close them all and even the transport business only for Thais, and even a better idea, ban all non Thai companies out of the country.. It will give a boost to your economy, up or down that is for your account.. Thailand has very skilled and educated people enough so no need to import them from other countries. Protect everything and everybody in Thailand and see how far it will bring the country

If it is all so gold what they write I don't understand why the tourism sector is complaining and hotels are asking for support

All over the world reforms always start with students.. I admire their courage to challenge the judges..

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Rather naive.....While the idea of free trade promotes the efficient allocation of resources, increased competition, and consumer benefits, in reality, trade between nations is influenced by a myriad of factors that prevent it from being entirely free. Most international trade operates within a framework of rules, regulations, and negotiations that reflect the complex interplay of economic, political, and social considerations.

 

i agree with you but still free trade...even with rules and regulations, but the panicking here in Thailand because of some Chinese products is over the top, only to protect their own business, which also low quality. But Thailand protects everything that is why it is difficult to do anything as you need a workpermit for all and all jobs are protected and you can't protect everything  

Never heard of free trade??? If the local product are too expensive make them cheaper....

45 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

Would you like to bet on that?  It doesn't matter how many parties are formed or rise from the ashes of Future Forward or Move Forward, they will not be allowed to take up and meaningful positions, should they win any future elections.  The establishment will take comfort in the fact that Move Forward were not allowed to put forward a Prime Minister without reaction from the people and then the party was 'disolved' - again without any protests.  Do you seriously think they will not do exactly the same again?

 

Change and reform in Thailand may well be long overdue but unless the people rise up and rise up seriously, nothing's going to change.  Such a rising would involve considerable bloodshed and the evidence so far points to them not having the stomach for that.

 

Part of the problem as I see it is that apart from not having the stomach for serious protest, the public themselves are complicit in what I believe is the country's biggest problem - corruption.  Corruption appears to take place at all levels of society - as I've been discovering recently whilst trying to help a Thai friend find a job in local government.  It seems that its not how well qualified you may be to do a particular job, its how much you are prepared to pay for it. That's one aspect, another is cow-towing complicity such as paying 'fines' for made up traffic offences. Unless the public are prepared stop being complicit in such matters, they can hardly baulk at the dinosaurs that are their masters.  Those dinosaurs have the power and resources to quell any serious unrest - as they showed not too long ago with the Red Shirts.

 

At the 'Establishment' level, reform is what is required - reform of the sort that Move Forward proposed. However, the people themselves need to reform - stop paying for jobs and stop paying 'fines' for made up traffic offences - and I'm picking on just two aspects there.  The more I look into it, the more I discover that the entire system in Thailand is rotten.  There is also the issue of eating s h i t that Thai's put up with when dealing with officialdom.  

 

What happened after the last election and the lack of reaction to the dissolution of Move Forward seems to indicate that whilst the people want reform they neither have the stomach for any meaningful protest nor are they prepared to reform themselves.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Corruption is very hard to stop... We all do it, because it is convenient. If you get a traffic fine for 500 THB with a ticket or 300 THB without a ticket is is not difficult to choose.. And if you want something and you can get it if you pay a few thousand THB nobody will say, no and going to take the difficult way. That is why corruption is so difficult to get rid of.   

The CC is always making decisions in the advantage of the government .. We will see tomorrow and we saw that opponents are being punished, same as protestors, who will not get bail and huge jailterms for expressing an opinion