Angry Prayut says media should ‘get over’ Thaksin

By The Nation

 

File photo: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s temper flared on Wednesday when he was asked about a recent poll by King Prajadhipok’s Institute that showed fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had a higher credibility rating while in office than Prayut has now.
 

“I am so over him. But you [the media], you’re not. And you keep reporting [news] about him,” Prayut responded after first pretending not to hear the question and asking the reporter to repeat herself.

 

Asked whether he was also “over” his former boss – former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who recently fled the country – the general said he was “over” everyone from conflicting parties. But it did not mean he disrespected them, he said.

 

“By getting over them, I mean I don’t think of them. I don’t give importance to this kind of stuff, because I’m not like they say I am,” he said.

 

He said he “got over” these people since his very first days in office, and now he just wanted justice to prevail.

 

Clearly upset, Prayut continued: “I’d really like you to do the same and start asking better questions. Ask about my trip to join the BRICS meeting. Ask me if I’m tired or how much Thailand is welcome there. But you never care.”

 

Prayut said that matters involving the Shinawatra siblings were being handled in the judicial process.

 

He said the best thing was to forget them and leave them to the justice system. If not, the country would not go anywhere.

 

“Do you get that there are wrongdoings there? Please report so,” he said. “For my part, I can only tell the international community about the wrongdoings. Whether or not they are guilty depends on the justice system.

 

But because of their flight, they cannot proceed with the cases. That’s it.”

 

Prayut said the government did not want to “go after” anyone, but the wrongdoings had occurred before he took power.

 

The prime minister went on to say that the issue had been neglected in the past and this had resulted in people coming out into the streets to fight one another.

 

He asked whether the media was trying to provoke the people again. Clearly irritated, Prayut said that finally the blame would be put on him.

 

“Don’t think that I do not follow your [the media] work. I always do. But I only read what matters and I skip the nonsense,” Prayut said.

 

Before leaving he added: “I want to know why you never asked whether I’m tired, whether I will be back, where I have been. But don’t ask me now. It’s too late. I’m back here and the first thing I get is these questions. It’s you that never get over them.”

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30325965

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-06

Yikes.


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Yeah,

 

He is soooo over it!

 

Edited September 6, 20178 yr by Samui Bodoh

29 minutes ago, webfact said:

the general said he was “over” everyone from conflicting parties

Says it all

lucky he wasnt asked if he knew where Yingluck was!!

I am so over himoh no your not.

He is the bogey man that keeps you awake at night.

He is just paving the way for people to accept Yingluck is gone never to be seen again. As far as him and his associates having Yingluck gone forever means they can now get on with how they do things without an opposition. He would have never made such statements if he knew she was coming back into public view.

Just repeating the line that Prawit used - get over the disappearance of Yingluck. Get over everything. Don't remember the past. Be stupid and pretend that nothing has ever happened.

And I see now as I went to look at other topics that Prawit is essentially saying get over the 2010 deaths. Why not? It's worked before - get over 1973, 1976, 1992, the war on drugs, Tak Bai, Kru Sae, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013-14. The land of forgetting.

4 minutes ago, tomta said:

And I see now as I went to look at other topics that Prawit is essentially saying get over the 2010 deaths. Why not? It's worked before - get over 1973, 1976, 1992, the war on drugs, Tak Bai, Kru Sae, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013-14. The land of forgetting.

 

Maybe the hub of getting over it. Instead of the hub of getting a leg over?

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Prayut responded after first pretending not to hear the question and asking the reporter to repeat herself.

sounds like he prefers everyone else's tongues be cut out

The media may get over Thaksin, but the majority of the Thai population is a different story. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

because I’m not like they say I am,” he said.

i see; 'judge, your honor, i am not what they say i am'; .....specifics please ?

boo hoo, nobody cares about me

14 minutes ago, harada said:

The media may get over Thaksin, but the majority of the Thai population is a different story. 

Most thais cant remember who he is.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Clearly upset, Prayut continued: “I’d really like you to do the same and start asking better questions. Ask about my trip to join the BRICS meeting. Ask me if I’m tired or how much Thailand is welcome there. But you never care.”

They don't care, because those questions don't matter.

6 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Will the posters obsessed with the Shin clan take their hero general's advice?

Let's hope not.

 

That would equate to the removal of the right to think and freedom of speech.

 

Even those who believe in the myth of the shins {and I am not one of them} have the right to do so.

Has that journalist been seen since ? Talk about light the blue touch paper and stand well back

 

20 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

That was eroded by Thaksin and fully removed by the military juntas. 

All the more reason to refuse to go along with it. 

This the Thai prime minister's standard way of talking to the media; ordering what to ask and what not. 

The IQ is obvious.

53 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Will the posters obsessed with the Shin clan take their hero general's advice?

 

Doubt it - the usual ones who still come on to pretend they're innocent of everything, past present and future will still post the same tripe. Regardless of fact and reality because they just can't face the truth.

46 minutes ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

That was eroded by Thaksin and fully removed by the military juntas. 

 

This forum is still open. You can and do criticize the Junta whilst defending the Shins.

12 minutes ago, chinostar said:

This the Thai prime minister's standard way of talking to the media; ordering what to ask and what not. 

The IQ is obvious.

The irony of it, exactly the same as Thaksin did.

31 minutes ago, longtom said:

The irony of it, exactly the same as Thaksin did.

I still remember the whole ''red card/green card'' debacle of a press conference.

Well if Yingluck is found innocent she will be back

2 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Clearly upset, Prayut continued: “I’d really like you to do the same and start asking better questions. Ask about my trip to join the BRICS meeting. Ask me if I’m tired or how much Thailand is welcome there. But you never care.”

Poorly handled by the media. They should then have then asked Him about His trip to the BRICS meeting and walked off en masse as soon as he began speaking...

A troll post containing a disallowed reference to the PM has been removed. 

You didn't ask him if he's tired after his trip,......?

Edited September 6, 20178 yr by dotpoom

sounds like this guy came close to Totally losing it in public; not an honorable trait in a leader