Junta says protesters will ‘face restrictions’

By The Nation

 

Panitan Wattanayagorn

 

Adviser to Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, Wattanayagorn, said on Monday that any political moves right now would face restrictions.

 

Panitan noted that security officers were suppressing political assemblies. However, he viewed that this is normal.

 

Every time political space is opened up, people tend to make moves in response to it, he added.

 

Panitan said that the activists involved in recent movements were “fairly experienced” to – even though almost all of them are still university students -– and said security officers were investigating their connections with other people.

 

“They are political groups who want to show themselves to the public, as the political space is more open,” he said. “What the security officers can do is suppress them.”

 

Panitan added that these groups were being closely monitored by the junta, which did not want to see “any incidents by a third party”, and would face legal if they violated the law.

 

National Council for Peace and Order spokesperson Colonel Winthai Suvaree said the junta would try to ask for cooperation from, and create understanding with, the groups, including Democracy Restoration and Start Up People. However, security officers would step up measures in response to any political moves. At this point, however, the police were in charge of the situation.

 

Winthai downplayed the groups’ impact on public perception, questioning the credibility of their speakers and dubbing them "hard talk persons".

 

Prawit, meanwhile, said the junta would keep its political ban order in place, despite the fact that local elections will soon take place.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30339706

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-02-26

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

Adviser to Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, Wattanayagorn, said on Monday that any political moves right now would face restrictions.

so what are we to conclude from the blathering of this advisor ? that 'something might happen'?

Seem many Dem Party working for the junta like ex-spokesman Panitan. With so many in the junta camp, might as well change their party name. 

31 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

so what are we to conclude from the blathering of this advisor ? that 'something might happen'?

Don't be too hard on advisors. Advisors are only evidence that the fools who run the country can't think for themselves or verbalise what they want to say. It must be an unenviable job being advisor to any one of those the dunces in Cabinet. So they employ advisors speak on their behalf so they don't have to publicly look stupid. 

There is one fool who is an exception to this rule and Blind Freddy would know who that is.

Edited February 26, 20188 yr by Cadbury

Restrictions?  You mean like handcuffs, tear gas, jail cells, and maybe even real bullets? 

Ok, so nothing has really changed then, right? 

 

“any incidents by a third party”

 

Who is this third party the junta can't seem to stop talking about, Republicans making a move?

'Chai yen yen' Khun Prawit. Our resident junta supporters say nothing to worry; just a few hundred.  

'What the security officers can do is suppress them,' says this twit of a Dinosaurship a-licker.

 

Suppress, suppress, oppress, oppress - that is all this terrified and cowardly bunch of 'ruling' morons know to  do. Again, what big brave boys they are! Young students and the like - unarmed - wanting to speak out for their Constitutionally guaranteed rights (as sovereign Thai citizens) - and all the Dinosaur and his bloated autocrats (viz. watch-lover, Prawit) can do is suppress, block, muzzle, oppress and silence.

 

Don't these idiots realise that if you keep holding down the lid on a steaming kettle, with no outlet permitted, eventually there is going to be one hell of a giant explosion?!

1 hour ago, Eligius said:

'What the security officers can do is suppress them,' says this twit of a Dinosaurship a-licker.

 

Suppress, suppress, oppress, oppress - that is all this terrified and cowardly bunch of 'ruling' morons know to  do. Again, what big brave boys they are! Young students and the like - unarmed - wanting to speak out for their Constitutionally guaranteed rights (as sovereign Thai citizens) - and all the Dinosaur and his bloated autocrats (viz. watch-lover, Prawit) can do is suppress, block, muzzle, oppress and silence.

 

Don't these idiots realise that if you keep holding down the lid on a steaming kettle, with no outlet permitted, eventually there is going to be one hell of a giant explosion?!

 

Maybe in a few generations, but at the moment I see no evidence at all of any steaming kettle. The mass of the population seem content to be led. If anything they seem to be getting more docile. They are have long been conditioned to assume that a uniform provides the patrimonial right to lead. They mainly want a quiet life.

 

Another consideration is that the ruling class do represent a large number of Thai people, including fairly ordinary civil servants proud of their white-uniforms - it's like they have their own political faction with no need for elections - great for them. In short, I don't see one-man-one-vote democracy emerging any time soon.

 

Btw, I tend to think that foreigners should keep their objections regarding Thai politics discreet, as our diplomats do, for the benefit of all foreigners living here. I can't help suspecting that there is at least a slight correlation between the amount of anti-establishment baiting on a site like this and the amount of form-filling and photocoping they put us through at immigration.

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Prawit, meanwhile, said the junta would keep its political ban order in place, despite the fact that local elections will soon take place.

And he wonders while people are not happy.   A totally nonsensical statement.  The parties are going to have a week to campaign ?  The word sham just keeps popping up. 

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Wattanayagorn, said on Monday that any political moves right now would face restrictions.

Does it mean the general's populist promotion tours throughout the rural areas are cancelled?

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Adviser to Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, Wattanayagorn, said on Monday that any political moves right now would face restrictions

Bit like restrictions on voting then  ?

Wake up your regime is finished the numbers are against you. Nice little move with Thai nyim stunt..A mask to campaign.

You won't win it's laughable

On 2/26/2018 at 8:21 AM, CharlesSwann said:

Btw, I tend to think that foreigners should keep their objections regarding Thai politics discreet, as our diplomats do, for the benefit of all foreigners living here.

Excellent advice. I discuss politics and religion only with the Thais I know very very well. Even then, I tread lightly.