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With all the attempted washing you yourself have done over the years with regards Thaksin and the red shirts, and their sordid, inextricable links, guessing you must be all out of washing powder anyway.No that won't wash.Abhisit may have pretended to distance himself with the aim of having his cake and eating it.But the reality is that the Democrat leadership is inextricably linked to Suthep 's mob and thus morally compromised.
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So, out of any credible arguments or indeed any interesting points at all you resort to puerile vapourings.Please don't confuse vulgar abuse with witty invective.
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These Thai are proposing to "appoint" a new PM rather than have an election.
Its a shame that many Thailand Visa members have forgotten the greatest start of Democracy in modern Times
It is a sad day when Thais understand True Democracy better than Farlang
Thailand is no longer a democracy but a group of corrupt men looking after them selves and not the country
How many times must I read farlang going on about forming an unelected group to run the country, and turning away from the American Revolution when the founding fathers were also unelected yet they managed to establish one of the greatest governing democracies in modern history
Taskin himself now understands Yinglucks days are over, she will bear the blunt of his greedy wants and will pay the price, in Taskin's democracy family members must be sacrificed for his self game
That has caused even more problems as he has already made it clear that he wants Suwat Liptapanlop to be the next PM as his sister goes down in flames, and Charlerm Yubamrung is not happy as he wants the job. so has gone Power mad with the police to prove to Taskin he deserves the position
With a drunk in charge, well I guess we can do no worse
As well what does it help if some very bad leader is democratic elected....Hitler was democratic elected. Democracy is a system to get the best, the best accepted leader. If that doesn't work, and there is no hope that it will work in future because the laws are already changed to guarantee that the same family will win again (vote buying, fraud, no separation of power, no free media), than the complete talk of democracy is nonsense.
The Shinwatras clearly try to develop a Democracy "North Korean style" (yes North Korea is a Democracy, so was East Germany, just you couldn't change something with your vote).
There is a legitimate argument that Thailand needs independent checks and balances that work well.
But democracy is not a system to get the best.It's a system that gives power to the people, albeit hedged by checks and balances (see above).A system to get the best is an aristocracy though the meaning has been debased in modern times to mean a hereditary class.The exam based system of Imperial China is perhaps the best example of theoretical government by the best - although in practise it wasn't
Elections are only part of democracy - but an essential beginning because free and fair elections must take place for the possibility of full democracy to exist at all.
The myth that Hitler was elected is repeated again notwithstanding it has been disproved time and time again.The purveyers of this myth never apparently read histories of the time, relying on internet cliches.The background is a little complicated but the Nazis never had a majority in the Reichstag, and Hitler's ascension to power was a backstairs deal (like that of Abhisit - just kidding).I could go into more detail but for those who believe the myth truth is not that interesting, not least because it exposes their ignorance and lies.
All credible sources verify Thai elections while not free of abuse have been free and fair.Abhisit has made this point very recently in explaining why he left office and gave the new government a chance.
He laughably calls elections in North Korea and Eastern Germany democratic.That's a measure of his integrity.
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I had to laugh at the post that said that Jonathan Head is a well respected journalist. He's a complete <deleted> and a pisshead to boot. The only respect is when he buys a round at the FCCT.
Most foreign media I've looked at don't even scratch the surface of Thai politics & social strata. The journalists usually attempt to fit the local events into their home country's way of life. 'It's the lefties versus the righties' has been the BBC's coverage since 2009.
They also don't understand that an election in Thailand is not just people walking to a voting centre & casting their vote. They don't see the kamnan or local party organiser outside ensuring that 'his' people have voted in the way that they were paid to do. Or that in some areas (e'g' red-shirt villages) people are so intimidated that they are afraid to vote. Or that the huge sums of money spent (illegally) on the election has to be recouped afterwards. Or that the rule of law hardly applies in Thailand. I could go on as there are so many deficiencies with everything from voting to governance here that are not looked at by foreign journalists as they do it differently at home.
Overseas friends constantly ask me 'am I ok?' or 'what's happening in Thailand?'. They haven't a real clue because their local media is fed bullshit from the media reps here.
He's a fellow Old Alleynian but as a journalist I cannot defend him and I won't.
But let's face it, the BBC isn't what it was any more.
No it isn't I'm afraid - it used to the bastion of honesty and impartiality when they had REAL reporters that could do the job.
I joined global minds and I laid into Jonathon Head in the comments section at the end.
I think That the TV forum has put me in good stead for this!!!
I challenged Jonathon Head to reply to me but unfortunately he didn't bother. I would have slaughtered him as he is on the 'losers' side of the fence in supporting the corrupt Shins..
Jonathan Head is not only a great journalist familiar with all aspects of Thai society but also extremely well educated, Cambridge University (my alma mater) if I'm not mistaken.Looking at the feeble quality of your posts and those of others keen to traduce him , I don't think in any kind of dialogue of wits the smart money would be on you guys.JH has explained in detail the challenges of reporting for an international audience.He has never claimed omniscience or that he is free from errors.The bile from you people seems mainly because he believes there are many voices in Thailand worth listening to and reporting on, not just the Bangkok establishment and middle class.
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the PDRC is mainly the PADocrat faction of the DemocratsHMMMMMM.... But isn't saying the Dems are the PDRC over-simplifying the issue to the point of distortion?
The democrats and the PDRC are totally different and don't even totally agree on a lot of issues.
I think you need to explain that the Dems never once voiced support for the blocking of the election. They just didn't agree with it.
No it is not - it is some Democrat MP's (who resigned) from the party to form a movement to remove the Shinawatra's from Thai politics where they don't belong.
They disagree with some of the protesters actions and Abhisit has stated this on more than one occasion!!!
No that won't wash.Abhisit may have pretended to distance himself with the aim of having his cake and eating it.But the reality is that the Democrat leadership is inextricably linked to Suthep 's mob and thus morally compromised.
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HMMMMMM.... But isn't saying the Dems are the PDRC over-simplifying the issue to the point of distortion?
The democrats and the PDRC are totally different and don't even totally agree on a lot of issues.
I think you need to explain that the Dems never once voiced support for the blocking of the election. They just didn't agree with it.
the PDRC is mainly the PADocrat faction of the Democrats
Thank you for that very insightful contribution to a debate which was actually proceeding quite well...!!
You say the debate was proceeding well.I can assure you that many reading your earlier brainless comment that Jonathan Head is an embarrassment to us all will have queried that assumption.JH is an excellent journalist and is highly regarded by many influential Thais including Khun Anand Panyarachun.
In truth the original article was fair enough and both the newsmen concerned have sound reputations.However there is even from these guys a suggestion that Thailand is a complex society outsiders struggle to understand.Normally this simply means some Thais can't bear scrutiny of their society's weaknesses and divisions.Far more complex societies such as that of Japan and China have numerous foreign experts and analysts.It is seldom however that locals complain foreigners dont "get it".
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Yes, you reds do like your violence, don't you?The first stage of the war on the shutdown of Bangkok has begun.
Seems a rather odd statement to make given the different approaches for clearing the city centre in 2010 and now.The former if you recall involved the army shooting innocent victims.The latter involves internationally praised patience and restraint.
If I may strain your recollection, this is exactly how the Abhsit government started clearing protest sites, with riot gear *only*. Protesters retaliated with grenades, forcing the authorities to arm the troops.
You forgot, or you have a case of selective recall?
I relied on the independent accounts particularly that of HRW which while exculpating no party made it clear the military murdered many innocent civilians.
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Yes, you reds do like your violence, don't you?The first stage of the war on the shutdown of Bangkok has begun.
Seems a rather odd statement to make given the different approaches for clearing the city centre in 2010 and now.The former if you recall involved the army shooting innocent victims.The latter involves internationally praised patience and restraint.
The former also included armed terrorists shooting at and firing grenades at innocents, as you well know.
The current patience and restraint has more to do with worrying about the consequential backlash, from the military, the large cross section of the populace originally inflamed by the attempted whitewash of a crook and his pals, as much as any concern for human rights, public safety and international opinion. The current regime has played the patience / waiting game, hoping the threat of legal and financial actions, coupled with sporadic shootings and bombings would encourage the protesters to go home. This was working until the farmers woke up to the lies and bullshit and threaten to march on Bangkok and throw the caretaker regime out. Now they have no option - they can't risk the farmers and myriad of other protesters joining forces. Also, some world press are now waking up to the corruption and losses associated with the rice scheme and reporting accordingly (even the usually pro PTP AFP).
They have to do something. The farmers, the possibility of increased protesters over the holiday weekend, the snowballing corruption probes, the increasingly bad world press, etc etc. Very importantly they have to do something before 1st April. Otherwise they will be out of office when the Amnesty Bill comes back.
They will have been encouraged by the US comments against military intervention and maybe feel the military will stay out of things.
Sadly, it seems they have decided it's "do or die" - and it won't be any of the clan or its cronies doing the dying.
You may choose to speculate on why the current government in contrast with that of Abhisit/Suthep has shown good sense,patience and restraint.I wouldn't question the assumption that the stance was determined by self preservation as much as distate for bloodshed (again in contrast to the Abhisit/Suthep regime).The point is that there has been restraint, a disaster averted and the international community has recognised this accordingly.
You invoke the threat of the farmers to the government.The next general election will confirm where their loyalties lie.I suspect that most will recognise political opportunism of the most transparent kind.
I am afraid you are deluded about the world press.I monitor it closely.Certainly there has been discussion of Thaksin's faults and the ill advised amnesty.But overall the world press has been overwhelmingly critical of Suthep,the myopic Sino Thai middle class and of course .the cynicism and incompetence of the Democrats.The fact is they have received no support from serious sources hence the comical invocation of the fruitcake Tony Cartalucci and that latter day Ed Murrow, Michael (donations please) Yon.
The hopes of the old elites (and their myopic middle class supporters)who hate democracy lie with the courts packed with their judges.They may well achieve their objectives at least in the short term
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The former involved armed authorities being used against armed protesters. If armed protesters turn up here, armed authorities will also come out, and unarmed protesters will probably be the victims.
Yes, you reds do like your violence, don't you?The first stage of the war on the shutdown of Bangkok has begun.
Seems a rather odd statement to make given the different approaches for clearing the city centre in 2010 and now.The former if you recall involved the army shooting innocent victims.The latter involves internationally praised patience and restraint.
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Armed protesters have already showed up.As to 2010 I prefer to rely on neutral bodies like HRW.Most protesters then were unarmed but certainly there was violence on both sides-though there has never been a satisfactory account of the MIB.But it is beyond doubt that the majority of victims were innocent victims shot by the army - under the direction of Abhisit and Suthep That's why they face murder charges in contrast to the international praise for Yingluck's forebearance.
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You mean Thaksin's police are coming into a protest site that is trying to topple Thaksin. I won't be surprised if they find Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Now I am no megalomaniac like Thaksin, BUT if a groups of people wanted to remove my sister from power for abusing that power and my people went into their house I would tell them to plant weapons as well cause they want my sister out.
An element of the PDRC are no angels. Far from it yet with all these weapons found not one seems to be used against the police coming in. Strange isn't it? Why have all these weapons, but don't use them against the police unless it was for self defense against the red shirts.
So in light of the police being offered NO resistance by the protestors one could assume the weapons were;
- Self defense against red shirts
- Planted by Thaksins men (police)
I won't even mention 2010. The comparison has been done to death.
As for Richard Barrows. The most politically polarized unbalanced blogger in Bangkok.
Are you implying Barrow is biased AGAINST Suthep's fascist mob?! He makes them sound like angels! I regularly criticize him on Twitter for pandering to those thugs and minimized their violent nature!
Actually Richard Barrow is a genuine non political and thus a valuable commentator given his neutrality.
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Yes, you reds do like your violence, don't you?The first stage of the war on the shutdown of Bangkok has begun.
Seems a rather odd statement to make given the different approaches for clearing the city centre in 2010 and now.The former if you recall involved the army shooting innocent victims.The latter involves internationally praised patience and restraint.
In 2010 before a single bullet was fired the peaceful protestors threatened to blow up LPG truck, grenade attacked at Thai banks, attacked Thai charity with grenades, stormed parliament, attacked NPP and TPI buildings with M16 and grenades, stormed police hospital, stormed TV station, bomb attacks on electricity pylons, 2 police taken hostage, destroy CCTV cameras, dumped tyres on sky train tracks and beating soldiers to within an inch of their lives. Abhisit should have got a Nobel Peace Prize for showing restraint. After all this he gave the protesters 48 hours to clear or the soldiers would come in. 48 hours latter the soldiers came in. No back tracking. No changing his mind. A resolute leader were the people knew where they stood.
The latter is Chalerm stating every few days for weeks now we will come in and break the protests up yet he never does. Telling them he will come in in disguise and arrest Suthep. Never did. Have an emergency decree that states no more than 5 people can gather yet they have and continue to. More buildings have been taken over during the decree than before it. The CMPO (centre for maintaining peace and order) telling the EC they are responsible for maintaining peace and order. The latter reminds me of how the PTP managed the floods in 2011. With absolute incompetence. Reminds me of how they ran the rice scheme. With absolute incompetence.
Going by the PTP track record I will let you behead me if the streets of Bangkok are empty of protestors tomorrow night. That is how incompetent I think the PTP are at leading. Inappropriate to say I would let you behead me? Apparently it is OK because the PTP Deputy PM, Labour Minister, Head of CMPO said it too.
Your all garbage if you disagree. Is that appropriate? Apparently it is because another Deputy PM said it. So don't tell me I am talking inappropriately because if you do then you would not support a party that thinks those comments are acceptable.
So you believe Abhisit deseves the Nobel Peace Prize notwithstanding he faces charges for murder.I suspect the authorities in Stockholm may take a different view.It certainly defines your fruitcake status.
I don't think anyone suggests this is the end of protests simply the clearance of detritus and the re taking of government buildings.Indeed as Suthep and his backers grow increasingly desperate I would expecr their intimidation and violence to increase.They have already lost the international case.
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Yes, you reds do like your violence, don't you?The first stage of the war on the shutdown of Bangkok has begun.
Seems a rather odd statement to make given the different approaches for clearing the city centre in 2010 and now.The former if you recall involved the army shooting innocent victims.The latter involves internationally praised patience and restraint.
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So Abhisit has taken his bat and ball, and says I am not going to play cricket until you change the rules. But won't say or elaborate on what the new rules are?
Don't you think it would be wrong for Abhisit to dictate rules ? wouldn't it be better to have a peoples forum with input from the people to set up new rules ?
That's an interesting and innovative thought.You mean that the people should choose representatives for an assembly and then after due course confirm them or otherwise according to how well they perform.It's rather like a democratic system where the people choose members for parliament.Oops I forgot..you don't like rhat idea.
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It's been a standard type of offer for many years.For foreigners it is usually a requirement to have a work permit and/or permanent residence.In practice I suspect hotels would be flexible if you showed you lived in Thailand.
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I don't normally have time for Chalerm's insulting behaviour but in the case of Suwat I'll make an exception.
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I would be ashamed to come up with a foolish statement like this.For an honest and intelligent analysis Chis Baker has done a first class summary.Google it.
On the broader front the New York Times has an interesting article including reference to a damning indictment of the Suthep mob by Virabongsa Ramangkura, and an interesting take on the army/coup option.
Well I would be ashamed to submit many things you have submitted.
As always in your posts you go for belittling the writer rather than constructive discussion.
I provided a credible authority for an election analysis and an interesting link.You provided a pointless personal comment.I have no objection to being taken to task if done with intelligence and wit, qualities manifestly absent from your post .
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You call it an 'credible authority' and that's your prerogative.
I call it an article which is strongly and obviously lacking in balance and totally omits factual / critical points.
All educated and intelligent people regard Chris Baker as a credible authority on Thai politics, and one notably free of partisan bias (though he is a trenchant critic of Thaksin).
Your ignorant comment categorises you in a way I suspect you do not fully comprehend.
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Sorry Pipkins, Suthep got far more votes than Yingluck.
He told people not to vote and 53%of the electorate didn't.
That's about 23 million people!
I would be ashamed to come up with a foolish statement like this.For an honest and intelligent analysis Chis Baker has done a first class summary.Google it.
On the broader front the New York Times has an interesting article including reference to a damning indictment of the Suthep mob by Virabongsa Ramangkura, and an interesting take on the army/coup option.
Well I would be ashamed to submit many things you have submitted.
As always in your posts you go for belittling the writer rather than constructive discussion.
I provided a credible authority for an election analysis and an interesting link.You provided a pointless personal comment.I have no objection to being taken to task if done with intelligence and wit, qualities manifestly absent from your post .
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I must have missed the news in which the courts announced it proven that it was the troops responsible for the temple shooting.I very much suspect that the troops who were involved in the temple shootings from the sky train tracks were very carefully selected and briefed. I doubt that they were conscripts. Those shootings were sending a clear and emphatic signal to the redshirts, it was carefully planned and executed. It worked. The message still stands today.
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But then again, I don't watch much Truth Today TV so that might explain why I missed it and you didn't.
I don't think anyone seriously now suggests the army was not responsible for shootings at the temple.Do you?
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The New York Times is a mouthpiece for the Globalists of the Carlyle Group and Bilderburg Group for which Dr. Thaksin is their front man. New York banks seek control of the World, Thailand included. For my part, I would prefer Thai elites to exploit Thais rather than Global elites exploit Thais. Poor people the World over will always be exploited. This battle is to decide if Thais control Thailand's government and economy or Globalists do. The New York Times is good for wiping you ass if you have nothing else.Sorry Pipkins, Suthep got far more votes than Yingluck.
He told people not to vote and 53%of the electorate didn't.
That's about 23 million people!
I would be ashamed to come up with a foolish statement like this.For an honest and intelligent analysis Chis Baker has done a first class summary.Google it.
On the broader front the New York Times has an interesting article including reference to a damning indictment of the Suthep mob by Virabongsa Ramangkura, and an interesting take on the army/coup option.
Yes that"s the Cartalucci line - not only crazy as a fruitcake but a conspiracy theorist gone ape.If you prefer to spout his demented output that's an entirely a matter for you but don't expect to be treated seriously.
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Sorry my sense of humour passed you by Jayboy.
It did! We don't usually agree but I'm aware you have a good brain - so I was too quickly out of the trap.
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Sorry Pipkins, Suthep got far more votes than Yingluck.
He told people not to vote and 53%of the electorate didn't.
That's about 23 million people!
I would be ashamed to come up with a foolish statement like this.For an honest and intelligent analysis Chis Baker has done a first class summary.Google it.
On the broader front the New York Times has an interesting article including reference to a damning indictment of the Suthep mob by Virabongsa Ramangkura, and an interesting take on the army/coup option.
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Dem have never won any election in the past 20 years. Why can't the Dem accept that?
This from Time magazine should help towards explaining and understanding it. Throughout the world and in Thailand itself the DP and AV are considered beyond the margins.
Thailand’s Democrat Party Is Hilariously Misnamed
Don't believe Yellow Shirt talk of a "people's revolution" — what's being demanded is nothing short of a putsch
The Democrat Party last won a majority in 1992. Its power base is the Bangkok bourgeoisie, described as “timid, selfish, uncultured, consumerist and without any decent vision of the future of the country” by Cornell University Professor Benedict Anderson.
As such, the party finds no support among the rural poor of the nation’s northeast — which is Red Shirt territory — and flounders at the ballot box. But instead of developing manifestos and platforms that could compete for rural votes, the party alienates the heartland electorate further by petulantly calling upon powerful allies — such as the military or judiciary — to undermine its rival.
These are thuggish politics. The Democrat Party might cling onto its name, but seeing many of its supporters swap yellow for black shirts seems strangely apt.
Read more: Thailand’s Democrat Party Is Hilariously Misnamed | TIME.com http://world.time.com/2013/11/28/thailands-democrat-party-is-hilariously-misnamed/#ixzz2sfvZXv4R
I expect that in the coming hours, there will be half a dozen posts saying TIME Magazine is on Thaksin's payroll.
The reality is that Abhisit and Suthep have utterly lost the international case.There is no support of any kind at any serious level,and the international media reports reflect this.This is why the Suthep led movement have to rely on joke media figures like Michael Yon and Tony Cartalucci, and a few dinosaurs like Cunningham, Race etc.Similarly the international community while retaing diplomatic restraint is clearly of the same view.
This is not the same thing as suggesting the battle is won in Thailand - far from it.But as far as the rest of the world is concerned Abhisit and Suthep have lost the argument.It doesn't matter what the usual pack of reactionary "expatriates" have to say.
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0K then icommunity. Abhisit has not run away from his responsibilities and is still in Thailand. Abhisit is not a fugitive. Abhisit has not been listed by Amnesty International in 18 separate political assassination cases as has Thaksin. Abhsit was attacked by Thaksin's red shirts when the red shirts disrupted the International conference in Pattaya (remember?). Abhist did not set up a rice scheme and defrauded the farmers. Abihsit is not a convicted criminal. Abhisit has been voted in to Govern, Thaksin has never personally won an election. Abihsit never ordered any extra-judicial killings, includng those of political opponents similar to the 2500 killed by Thaksin during the drug wars. Abhisit didn't pay 90 senators 100000 baht per month inorder that he could change the laws on selling a major Thai Company to overseas buyers. Abhisit never sold a company and then avoided paying tax o the proceeds. Abhisit hasn't bought huge chunks of land outside Chiang Mai so that he can sell it back to the Government for a new Chiang Mai International Airport. Abhisit is not in bed with major corporate financiers from Wall Street who are manipulating world economic events. Abhisit did not create a force of 300 men in Black to act as his personal guerilla army. Abhisit's does not play golf with Hun Sen, the tin pot dictator of Cambodia who achieved power through a coup. Do you want me to carry on? I'm quite happy to write another 1000 words for you. Because you see there is a world of difference between the criminal sociopath of Dubai and Abhisit.
Here's a differennt view:
Thaksin:
admiration much broader than North and North-East, rural communities were and are beneficiaries of village loans (to escape from loan sharks and manage their own finances) and One Tambon One Product, all poor and lower middle income from 30 Baht hospital care, all Thais for dramatic recovery from the SEAsian Financial Crisis (paying off the IMF early) and expansion of telecommunications, mobile phones and the International Airport.
Thaksin’s wealth increased while he was PM apparently below the average increase in share value on the SET. The wealth of certain bankers and others apparently increased much more than did Thaksin. The sale of shares in his telecomunications company to Temasek was tax-free which anyone investing in Thailand is aware except of course the PAD was happy to ignore.
Thaksin fall from grace:
just ask the question whether any other reasonable democracy would accept that the military, police, etc should be out of control by the government of the day?
The new constitution created and imposed by the military junta introduced a royalist incestuous cycle of appointments of “good” people into the checks and balances institutions, Constitution Court, National Anti Corruption, Electoral Commissions and half appointed Senate. Despite huge efforts at framing Thaksin the only real convictions recorded have been his 2 years gaol for signing his permission for his wife to purchase land in a public auction and confiscation of a large amount in lieu of the aforementioned tax that he legally didnt pay.
Democrats take office:
the military were heavily involved with coup threats and by control of the police when PAD took over the airports and of course behind the political negotiations in bringing Democrats into the coalition government.
Yingluck 2011:
Abhisit’s Democrats lost this election (as they have everyone since 1992) because they seemed to rely on huge spending on vote buying (supposedly 3 times the spending by Peu Thai on fewer seats), as you point out apparently not realising that they needed policies to attract votes.
The Rice Mortgage scheme is seen as income support for Thailand’s main farm and export product something that is common in major economies around the world, USA, France, etc, has not been shown to be unsustainable except that the recent protests apparently accidentally and now purposely have obstructed the governments normal processes for rice sales and farmer payments.
Yingluck and the Peu Thai party have been faced with the Constitution Court creating new and contradictory rulings to deny changes to the Constitution, the most obvious being to declare that requiring all Senators to be elected rather than half appointed is unconstitutional. Peu Thai made a controversial amendment to an Amnesty Bill that would have absolved senior people including Abhisit, Suthep from their charges of ordering murder in 2010 and also Thaksin as well as rank and file under threat for politically related crimes since 2006. The parliament has passed this bill but Yingluck recognised its rejection by the protesters and has vowed not to introduce the bill for ratification.
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I'm not sure there is much uncertainty in this case.
1.The government has a legitimate case but it seems petty and vindictive picking on a foreigner (albeit thoroughly assimilated) when it doesn't dare pursue overt law breakers like Suthep etc.
2.Sympathy for Mr Sehgal should be shown but in a limited way.He should be allowed to remain in Thailand but told to exercise more discretion in his political activity.
3.Having studied Mr Sehgal's speech and comments he has clearly shown lamentable judgement (though the Sino Thai middle class sheeple will applaud him).The fawning attitude toward the establishment is standard and typical of the wealthy foreign community.If there was a North Korean type leadership in Thailand the Sehgals of this world would be the first to express fawning adoration.
One of those cases where nobody emerges with much credit.
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The Wall Street Journal eviscerates the Democrats and the partisan Constitutional Court, and has some words about judicial coups.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303442704579360272255058790.html?dsk=y
I wonder what the Wall Street Journal thinks of corruption, graft, illegal votes, politicians plotting, and trying their very hardest, to achieve the plundering of the treasury and the return of $1 billion which was legally confiscated by the courts, to a convicted criminal. Show me an article where they support that. Come to think of it, don't bother, who gives a s--t what they think.
Quite so.How can foreigners (except right wing former sex tourists and Michael Yon) expect to understand the essence of Thainess?
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Foreign media strive to avoid simplistic portrayal of Thai woes
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But you didn't make a point or even a coherent statement.Some gibberish about my washing Thaksin.If you have a serious contribution I'd be happy to consider it but in the mean time grow up.
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