Tanasak urges ‘calm’ as NCPO considers lifting political ban

By The Nation

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Tanasak Patimapragorn.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Tanasak Patimapragorn on Monday urged political parties to keep calm and wait for the ban on political gatherings to be lifted, adding that the National Council for Peace and Order was considering the issue.

The deputy prime minister said parties should bide their time as the easing of the ban was imminent, given that the NCPO had been discussing the issue.

 

If the ban were lifted now, it might disadvantage several parties as only a few were ready to commence political activities, he said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30330949

 

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Catch 22. Since preparing to commence political activities is itself a political activity and political activities are banned, it's hard to see how any political party can ever be ready.

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

National Council for Peace and Order was considering the issue.

To this day, the mention of this makes me cringe.  Gravy train would be a more fitting name. 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

If the ban were lifted now, it might disadvantage several parties as only a few were ready to commence political activities, he said.

Obviously the army party is not yet ready to commence! 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

considering the issue

Sure!

They are making sure the opposition will be so weak. Oh the army party is already commenced They are in power now

He looks overweight. If he's unable to take care of himself, how can he take care of the foreign affairs of a whole country? 

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Tanasak urges ‘calm’ 

Seem the NCPO is un-calm and pretty high strung by now with all the negatives piling on them. Political parties just biding their time. They are calm.