Government of national unity would not be practical: poll

[rooster59]

Government of national unity would not be practical: poll

By The Sunday Nation

 

Suan Dusit Poll

 

MOST people (about 71 per cent) think a “national government” might bring peace to the country, but they disagree with it and don’t believe it would be possible for Pheu Thai, the Democrat Party and Phum Jai Thai to unite and form such a government, according to a Suan Dusit Poll released yesterday.

 

The best way to achieve national reconciliation, 82.9 per cent of the poll respondents said, was for the government to listen to the opinions of all parties.

 

Less than one-fifth, or 18.4 per cent, of respondents were confident that the idea, floated last week by former Democrat leader Pichai Rattakul, was possible. Some 33 per cent were not so sure that the three biggest parties could band together with the military to run the country, the survey found.

 

However, 42.8 per cent did not agree with the idea of a national government while 30.8 per cent did. The remaining 26.4 per cent of the people surveyed said they were not sure.

 

The poll was conducted by Suan Dusit University on 1,140 people from across the country from September 11-15 after the idea of a national government – a solution political elites turn to when the country faces deadlock – resurfaced again.

 

More than two-thirds, or 68.9 per cent, said a national government was not appropriate for Thai politics. And 63.2 per cent said an election should be held.

 

Some 54 per cent said it was uncertain whether the idea could be realised and 50.8 per cent said a national government would be undemocratic.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30326879

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-16

[Get Real]

National Unity + Thailand = MI5! In other words it just an Impossible Mission.

[Samui Bodoh]

The only reason that I can think of for a 'national unity' government would be to prevent the current occupant of the PM's office to continue. And yes, that would be a very good reason.

 

In the light of the provisions in the new constitution preventing political parties from doing anything meaningful and being blamed for everything, I would argue that they should all sit out of forming a government and go into opposition. Yes, that sounds a bit counter-productive, but if you can't do anything, why be blamed?

 

If I were the two main parties (and especially the 'Red' side), I would run on a platform which explicitly stated that I would NOT form a government. Rather, I would force the military to use their hand-picked senate stooges to form a government, then scream to the high heavens about their legitimacy. Further, the government of the last three years has emptied the treasury for their toys, let them take the blame as Thailand's economy slides.

 

The current PTB have messed up the country; let them deal with it and take responsibility. And sit on the sidelines criticizing their every move.

 

[piersbeckett]

If a country is 'not ready' for democracy, the more complex arrangement of a coalition government seems to me as Get Real says, a 'mission impossible'.

 

The answer was, directly after the coup, (irrespective of whether or not it was, itself, a manipulation) for representatives of the military to preside along with social science, political science and economics academics over the proper reform of the judicial, parliamentary and education systems not 'with the aim' but actually to bring about a fair, just and well educated society free from corruption at least in the public sector including the police and military.

 

But TIT.

[Lupatria]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

but they disagree with it and don’t believe it would be possible for Pheu Thai, the Democrat Party and Phum Jai Thai to unite

In other words: it would only be possible if the price paid to party representatives is right.

[yellowboat]

Political solutions usually end in grand failure.  To heal the country, the yellows must produce a leader that will admit their party's failures and then mend the rift.  The animosity and finger pointing is failing the entire country. 

[gandalf12]

6 hours ago, Get Real said:

National Unity + Thailand = MI5! In other words it just an Impossible Mission.

MI5 is a part if the British secret service

[Samui Bodoh]

7 minutes ago, gandalf12 said:

MI5 is a part if the British secret service

 

AHA!!!

 

That is the mysterious force behind all the troubles here.

 

Somehow I knew that the British were behind it all...

 

 

[Get Real]

17 minutes ago, gandalf12 said:

MI5 is a part if the British secret service

I take a wild guess and believe that you didn´t get that one. 

It´s also the shortcut used for Mission Impossible 1-4 movies with Tom Cruise. I thought MI5 in this case would make the new next movie. Other actors off course, but I would guess it will make a nice and entertaining comedy when crazy words talks louder than action in this part of the world.

[gandalf12]

2 minutes ago, Get Real said:

I take a wild guess and believe that you didn´t get that one. 

It´s also the shortcut used for Mission Impossible 1-4 movies with Tom Cruise. I thought MI5 in this case would make the new next movie. Other actors off course, but I would guess it will make a nice and entertaining comedy when crazy words talks louder than action in this part of the world.

I know I have seen all the movies but I was pretty sure someone would ask the question so I thought I would in sonething to push things along 

[hawker9000]

It's not just Thailand.  We live in a divided world.  'The providers vs the entitled.   It's symptomatic of overpopulation and the intensifying competition for increasingly scarce resources;  food, energy, water, even space.   The more overpopulated the world becomes, the worse this is going to get.   (And that's happening on an exponential basis!)

[Srikcir]

12 hours ago, rooster59 said:

a “national government” might bring peace to the country

A one-party system seems to work in China, Vietnam and Laos. Cambodia appears to be headed in that direction as well. That is if the objective is absence of any political discourse in the nation.