Let’s see the junta’s exit strategy

[ovi1kanobi]

33 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Check the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index; any appearance of change in the amount of corruption are an illusion promoted by junta propaganda and censorship.

 

What are these other good changes you refer to?  Restrictions on freedom of speech, press and assembly?  The prudish crackdown on closing times, alcohol promotions and increases in alcohol and tobacco taxes?  Detaining people incommunicado without charge?

Corruption has improved drastically!

[heybruce]

11 minutes ago, ovi1kanobi said:

Corruption has improved drastically!

Oh.  Well obviously your subjective impression is much more credible than the internationally accepted Transparency International Corruption Perception Index.

[Jonah Tenner]

7 hours ago, ovi1kanobi said:

Corruption has improved drastically!

For the corrupt?

[spidermike007]

As was recently stated in a very well written editorial by the BBC, the military understands this will probably be the last coup in Thai history. The moral authority that existed, and allowed so many coups for the past 70 years, no longer is with us. The Thai people will not back the next coup attempt. It would have to be a bloody coup, a la Egypt, in order for people to get behind the military next time around.

 

So, as a result, they are clinging to power, with an utter sense of desperation. Let us not forget. The reason they said they would stay, is long past. No more excuses. Just a lot of nonsense from the incompetent neophytes.

[nausea]

Well we know Prawit's exit strategy:

Defence Ministry rejects rumours that Prawit held meeting with Thaksin in London

[Eric Loh]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

As was recently stated in a very well written editorial by the BBC, the military understands this will probably be the last coup in Thai history. The moral authority that existed, and allowed so many coups for the past 70 years, no longer is with us. The Thai people will not back the next coup attempt. It would have to be a bloody coup, a la Egypt, in order for people to get behind the military next time around.

 

So, as a result, they are clinging to power, with an utter sense of desperation. Let us not forget. The reason they said they would stay, is long past. No more excuses. Just a lot of nonsense from the incompetent neophytes.

After October, all bets are off. The key junta leaders are worried post election. There will be one as there are no more reasons for another delay. Any delay will put the junta at more perils from the populace backlash and their exit will not be pleasant.

 

Perhaps the U.K. meeting really took place to agree on an amicable exit arrangement. Yingluck "escape" under the tight control by the junta is a indication of some sort of amicable back ground deal. 

 

 

[spidermike007]

On 9/17/2017 at 3:34 AM, Eric Loh said:

After October, all bets are off. The key junta leaders are worried post election. There will be one as there are no more reasons for another delay. Any delay will put the junta at more perils from the populace backlash and their exit will not be pleasant.

 

Perhaps the U.K. meeting really took place to agree on an amicable exit arrangement. Yingluck "escape" under the tight control by the junta is a indication of some sort of amicable back ground deal. 

 

 

 

One can only hope. I smell desperation. It smells quite foul. Nothing about this junta is benefitting the Thai people, at this stage. They are sabotaging the economy, decimating quality tourism (sorry, but I am not counting the 9 million Chinese tourists, as they contribute little to the local economy), and adding nothing to the mix. No talent, no creative juice, no honesty or integrity, no vision for the future, nothing.

Edited September 19, 2017 by spidermike007

[Jip99]

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

 

One can only hope. I smell desperation. It smells quite foul. Nothing about this junta is benefitting the Thai people, at this stage. They are sabotaging the economy, decimating quality tourism (sorry, but I am not counting the 9 million Chinese tourists, as they contribute little to the local economy), and adding nothing to the mix. No talent, no creative juice, no honesty or integrity, no vision for the future, nothing.

 

 

Yes, you can see what an adverse impact it is having on the Baht...... for raping the economy look back to the stewardship of the Thaksin clan.

[spidermike007]

5 minutes ago, Jip99 said:

 

 

Yes, you can see what an adverse impact it is having on the Baht...... for raping the economy look back to the stewardship of the Thaksin clan.

 

My guess is that most economists would find your view rather simplistic. There are so many factors at stake here. To put it rather simply, the high value the baht is primarily due to cash inflows, and monies being invested in the markets here, rather than the general health of the economy. 

 

Near-record foreign exchange reserves and a current-account surplus have burnished the baht’s appeal as a regional haven and attracted foreign capital to Thai bonds. The currency is the strongest performer in Southeast Asia in the past year. The super baht, however, is a complication for policy makers trying to nurture a recovery in an economy where exports account for about 70 percent of gross domestic product.

 

Yet private-sector investment has been subdued since the generals seized power in a coup in 2014, while a run-up in household debt is weighing on consumers. Economic growth is accelerating on a nascent export recovery, tourism income and government outlays. But it remains the weakest in emerging Southeast Asia at just over 3 percent.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-29/thailand-copes-with-super-baht-20-years-after-currency-crashed

 

 

[Eric Loh]

1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

 

My guess is that most economists would find your view rather simplistic. There are so many factors at stake here. To put it rather simply, the high value the baht is primarily due to cash inflows, and monies being invested in the markets here, rather than the general health of the economy. 

 

Near-record foreign exchange reserves and a current-account surplus have burnished the baht’s appeal as a regional haven and attracted foreign capital to Thai bonds. The currency is the strongest performer in Southeast Asia in the past year. The super baht, however, is a complication for policy makers trying to nurture a recovery in an economy where exports account for about 70 percent of gross domestic product.

 

Yet private-sector investment has been subdued since the generals seized power in a coup in 2014, while a run-up in household debt is weighing on consumers. Economic growth is accelerating on a nascent export recovery, tourism income and government outlays. But it remains the weakest in emerging Southeast Asia at just over 3 percent.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-29/thailand-copes-with-super-baht-20-years-after-currency-crashed

 

 

He will never understand what you post. His mind is more simplistic with a singular hate Thaksin mindset. 

[GarryP]

1 minute ago, Jip99 said:

 

 

Yes, you can see what an adverse impact it is having on the Baht...... for raping the economy look back to the stewardship of the Thaksin clan.

How about raping the tax payer to pay for toys for the boys in green. Funds which would be better used to improve healthcare, for example. 

 

With a few exceptions, this bunch is out of touch with reality. But why this necessity to compare them with Thaksin. He's gone. Get over it. Just because Thaksin was lining his family's pockets and those of his cronies is not an excuse for this government.  It should be judged on what it is doing, not what someone else was doing.  There are some good projects, but it is not really taking the country forward. It is oppressive and feels like a totalitarian state. Defamation suits are out of hand, the Computer Crime Act is being used to silence dissent. I have never heard so much dissatisfaction from people where I work. People who welcomed the army are now wishing they would eff off. They have overstayed their welcome and are serving their own interests, more than the interests of the country.  

[Jip99]

46 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

 

One can only hope. I smell desperation. It smells quite foul. Nothing about this junta is benefitting the Thai people, at this stage. They are sabotaging the economy, decimating quality tourism (sorry, but I am not counting the 9 million Chinese tourists, as they contribute little to the local economy), and adding nothing to the mix. No talent, no creative juice, no honesty or integrity, no vision for the future, nothing.

 

 

https://news.lovepattayathailand.com/local/tat-tourists-pattaya-outlook-good/