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Military ‘has nothing to do with politics’: Prawit

By The Nation

 

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Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Wednesday that the idea of major parties joining forces against the military would “not have anything to do with the military”, and it would continue working as usual.


The military, he added, has not made any political act, so it could not be the parties’ competitor in politics. 

 

Prawit was referring to suggestions that the military might run candidates of its own in the upcoming national election. 

 

Meanwhile, another deputy PM, Wissanu Krea-ngam, said amendments to laws needed for the expected local-administration elections would be submitted to the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) by early next year. 

 

He said he could not confirm at this point whether those elections could be held before the national election because he did not know how long it would take for the NLA to discuss the laws.

 

There are six related laws to be deliberated.

 

However, he said the local elections should not be held at the same time as the national election, or problems could arise.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30332797

 
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7 hours ago, stephen tracy said:

I personally think he's at best, unhinged, and at worse, quite insane. 

I suspect that he is so accustomed to lying cheating and being grovelled to as the chief power-broker in the military clique he heads up, that he assumes that what ever he says is true.

 

The emperor has no clothes?

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17 hours ago, webfact said:

The military, he added, has not made any political act, so it could not be the parties’ competitor in politics. 

Attacking the Shinawatras rightly or wrongly has political implications.  So no they are not apolitical.   Plus they pass laws in their rubber stamp, appointed parliament.  That would be political.  Maybe from his autocratic view on the world, it was seem apolitical. 

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51 minutes ago, Jonmarleesco said:

Has Prawit missed his true vocation, or is there still time to step onto the stage, I wonder?

Yes . . . the Wells Fargo one, hopefully, that rode into the sunset and was never seen again.

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