Sudarat rightly rebuked over her ‘flower campaign’

[webfact]

Sudarat rightly rebuked over her ‘flower campaign’

By ATTAYUTH BOOTSRIPOOM 
THE NATION

 

 

A FLOWER campaign that came at the wrong time has backfired on a veteran Pheu Thai politician. On Sunday, Sudarat Keyuraphan was seen riding on a vehicle around Bangkok inviting people to plant and deliver marigold flowers in honour of His Majesty the late King.

The old Thai political proverb that says “Too quick to introduce yourself, too bruised you will become” could be well applied in this case.

 

Sudarat’s activity on Sunday was widely seen as political and earned a swift rebuke from junta leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, who said it was inappropriate at this time.

 

It also goes against the tradition of her party, which prefers its prospective leaders to have a low profile until the right time comes. Yingluck Shinawatra is a case in point. She was not introduced to the public until the election of 2011 drew near. She looked fresh in the eyes of the public and did not take much time to step up to the top.

 

Taking the junta’s road map into consideration, the period of time until the election is considerably long enough for any prospective leader of a major party like Pheu Thai to keep a low profile to avoid being bruised before their time. 

 

Any prospective leader of a major party would easily be a political target, and so it was with Sudarat, who has until now generally been seen as sophisticated in coordinating with groups of various interests, including the junta itself. 

 

Sudarat may have support from the party’s influencers, including former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but within the party, some friction has been reported. Sudarat is not Thaksin’s direct heir, and she leads only the party’s MPs in Bangkok. As for MPs from other regions, several have objected to the suggestion that she lead the party to the coming election, and have not shown as much support as expected. Her weak point, in their view, lies with the fact that she is on good terms with the junta.

 

Thus, any of her actions will be interpreted in a negative way, including this latest ride for flowers. 

 

Sudarat’s move makes her look alone and isolated. Politically, she has already been bruised despite her flowery campaign on Sunday.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30329416

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-17

[bannork]

Disliked by the important women in PT: Potjaman, Yingluck and Yaowapa I reckon she has no chance of leadership of PT. 

[Thechook]

24 minutes ago, bannork said:

Disliked by the important women in PT: Potjaman, Yingluck and Yaowapa I reckon she has no chance of leadership of PT. 

And being aligned to the junta and putting herself up to lead pheu thai probably doesn't help her leadership ambitions either.

[Zooheekock]

Interesting that exploiting the funeral for political ends is deemed inappropriate but the almost universal exploitation of the funeral for commercial ends is not. It's - apparently - OK for a department store to have some installation honouring the king, when the cynicism of the move is completely transparent. Perhaps it's that buying superfluous crap in monstrous temples to overconsumption is taken as such as a core activity, while electing politicians to even partially and incompletely reflect the people's will is such a transient superficial irrelevance, that noticing this is beyond most people's ability. 

Edited October 17, 2017 by Zooheekock
Clarity

[trogers]

Only shows one vital character in this politician - Opportunistic.

[jgarbo]

4 hours ago, bannork said:

Disliked by the important women in PT: Potjaman, Yingluck and Yaowapa I reckon she has no chance of leadership of PT. 

A witch. How did she scrounge a KY?

Edited October 17, 2017 by jgarbo

[Srikcir]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Taking the junta’s road map into consideration, the period of time until the election is considerably long enough for any prospective leader of a major party like Pheu Thai to keep a low profile to avoid being bruised before their time. 

Unfortunately in Thailand, there is no "Use Before Date" for freedom of expression, whether it be political, sympathetic or empathetic.

[Sydebolle]

There's this old saying of "don't teach your grand mother to suck eggs"; Sudarat has been in the political arena since 1993; did her stints as minister in charge of agriculture and cooperatives and later on in the same capacity running the public health ministry. 

She's an old hog in politics; interesting indeed is the fact, how fast she is going for the next the next trough of power. Possibly executing rather than legislating? Expect more whistles to blow as of early next month - let's wait and see ....... 

 

[billd766]

6 hours ago, bannork said:

Disliked by the important women in PT: Potjaman, Yingluck and Yaowapa I reckon she has no chance of leadership of PT. 

 

Yet she is a far better politician than any of them with a better chance of leading the PTP to an election victory than any of them.

 

She is not, however, "family" and will most probably be ignored by the "family".

 

Sad for her and unlucky for them.

[pornprong]

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

 

Yet she is a far better politician than any of them with a better chance of leading the PTP to an election victory than any of them.

 

She is not, however, "family" and will most probably be ignored by the "family".

 

Sad for her and unlucky for them.

How is she being ignored......Thaksin has chosen her to lead.