Thaksin hopes for new govt by next Songkran

By The Nation

 

Photo : KhomkaoTV24 Facebook

 

Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra posted on Facebook on Friday for Thai New Year, wishing all Thais well and that the country will have an elected government by next Songkran.

 

“For this Songkran, I wish all the fellow Thai people happiness and good health,” Thaksin wrote.

 

“I want to be a moral support for everyone to get through any obstacle and let’s hope that in the next Songkran, we will finally have a government elected by the people.”

 

The post was the first since March last year. In the afternoon, KhomkaoTV24 Facebook page posted two photos of Thaksin pouring water on a Buddha image and his sister; former premier Yingluck Shinawatra and her son; Pike, pouring water on Thaksin's hands on the occasion of Songkran Festival.

 

 The caption reads these happened in Thakin's residence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

 

The Constitution Court on Wednesday accepted the petition to review the constitutionality of the MP election organic bill. It is expected that the election currently planned for February next year will be postponed again.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30343112

 

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Hell, I even miss  Batista.

Edited April 13, 20188 yr by watcharacters

As if it is anything to do with him.

 

This made me chuckle. Stupid Boy.

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Yingluck Shinawatra and her son; Pike

 

I agree with the only elected PM who served a full 4 year term.

47 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

“I want to be a moral support for everyone to get through any obstacle and let’s hope that in the next Songkran, we will finally have a government elected by the people.”

Spot on Mr.T......!!

Time to throw the armed dinosaurs out...

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

In the afternoon, KhomkaoTV24 Facebook page posted two photos of Thaksin pouring water on a Buddha image and his sister; former premier Yingluck Shinawatra and her son; Pike, pouring water on Thaksin's hands on the occasion of Songkran Festival.

Interesting....The "government' claiming they are doing their utmost to locate Yingluck...

She left without her son, who is a minor.....Still this young man has managed to locate his mother...

 

Edited April 13, 20188 yr by JOC

Well he would say that.

Clearly he wants to get back the money he rorted from thailand and its people while he was PM.

Plus his cronies must be feeling the pinch .

 

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra posted on Facebook on Friday for Thai New Year, wishing all Thais well and that the country will have an elected government by next Songkran.

As long as we're wishing, I wish him a long and joyless life in Dubai.

9 minutes ago, ramrod711 said:

As long as we're wishing, I wish him a long and joyless life in Dubai.

I wish him a lot of suffering before his body stops working. 

8 minutes ago, ramrod711 said:

As long as we're wishing, I wish him a long and joyless life in Dubai.

Hopefully, as a despised foreigner. Perhaps with the government blaming him for all things amiss in Dubai, just as he has been doing since 2000...

1 hour ago, JOC said:

Like it or not......The Thaksin Brand is alive and well......Any party supported by him and Yingluck will win by a landslide....

If so, then I am truly sorry for Thailand! IMHO, Thaksin is a bad mix of Al Capone and Hitler. Thailand may not have a real chance of democracy until he is either dead, or retires from politics.

A post containing an aberrant misspelling of Thaksin's name has been removed.

 

A post containing a disallowed reference to the current PM has been removed. 

 

And a post containing off topic speculations has been removed as well. 

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

wishing all Thais well and that the country will have an elected government by next Songkran.

Yes, let the chips fall where they may. 

 

30 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

If so, then I am truly sorry for Thailand! IMHO, Thaksin is a bad mix of Al Capone and Hitler.

Capone, maybe.  Anything beyond that is over the top.  Why would you compare him to genocidal monsters ?

4 minutes ago, the guest said:

Any reason why the editors thought this was newsworthy ?

1) The Thaksin Brand is still strong

2) Any party backed by him and Yingluck will win a landslide in a free and fair election

3) He is still very popular with a lot of people because of the 30-baht healthcare scheme

4) Corrupt?.....Yes.......But not to a greater extent than the politicians before or after him

5) He didn't need arms to control people

6) He actually managed to do a full 4 year term, before the army with support of the elite staged a coup

 

So yes it is newsworthy, because, like it or not, Thaksin still influences the political landscape in Thailand...

And it would be nice to have PM, that doesn't have Gen. before his/hers name...

27 minutes ago, JOC said:

1) The Thaksin Brand is still strong

2) Any party backed by him and Yingluck will win a landslide in a free and fair election

3) He is still very popular with a lot of people because of the 30-baht healthcare scheme

4) Corrupt?.....Yes.......But not to a greater extent than the politicians before or after him

5) He didn't need arms to control people

6) He actually managed to do a full 4 year term, before the army with support of the elite staged a coup

 

So yes it is newsworthy, because, like it or not, Thaksin still influences the political landscape in Thailand...

And it would be nice to have PM, that doesn't have Gen. before his/hers name...

Sorry you very wrong 

Meny Thai people don't like him they have learned how bad and corrupt this family are

He didn't need army to control people yes that's why so meny Thai is out of control now and are me first generation 

Army try to clean up after all this family corruption and it start working but slowly 

Meny tourists will ofcores not be happy because the bars prostitution will disappear in future 

The only one there will benefit of this family are the gangs criminals etc if power go back to them 

10 minutes ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Sorry you very wrong 

Meny Thai people don't like him they have learned how bad and corrupt this family are

He didn't need army to control people yes that's why so meny Thai is out of control now and are me first generation 

Army try to clean up after all this family corruption and it start working but slowly 

Meny tourists will ofcores not be happy because the bars prostitution will disappear in future 

The only one there will benefit of this family are the gangs criminals etc if power go back to them 

Very eloquently written, you have a strong case in your favor.  Seems you and your Thai colleagues know what is best for the country.

2 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Sorry you very wrong 

Meny Thai people don't like him they have learned how bad and corrupt this family are

He didn't need army to control people yes that's why so meny Thai is out of control now and are me first generation 

Army try to clean up after all this family corruption and it start working but slowly 

Meny tourists will ofcores not be happy because the bars prostitution will disappear in future 

The only one there will benefit of this family are the gangs criminals etc if power go back to them 

I seriously doubt that. The sex industry in Thailand provides an income stream for the top cops and military officers. The cops get money from the brothels and bars and the military officers get money for trafficking underage girls to the brothels and bars.

16 minutes ago, stephen tracy said:

I seriously doubt that. The sex industry in Thailand provides an income stream for the top cops and military officers. The cops get money from the brothels and bars and the military officers get money for trafficking underage girls to the brothels and bars.

And where are your evidence of army trafficking underage girls stop your beer bar talking and show evidence 

I had been in army almost all my adult life and my son is a proud officer in Royal Thai Army sorry to meny sex pat in Thailand and think you know everything but come out of your bar and see the reality Thailand don't need sex industry it is nothing the economy are better than your think 

Just now, Henrik Andersen said:

And where are your evidence of army trafficking underage girls stop your beer bar talking and show evidence 

I had been in army almost all my adult life and my son is a proud officer in Royal Thai Army sorry to meny sex pat in Thailand and think you know everything but come out of your bar and see the reality Thailand don't need sex industry it is nothing the economy are better than your think 

I'm not a sex tourist or sexpat. I know that might be hard for you to understand.  The sanctimonious White Knight foreigners you find in LOS often think they're the only foreigners in Thailand that don't have sex with hookers. Well, I've got news for you, your not alone. And don't lecture me on the bloody military. I've been working with the US and UK military since 2003. As for the Royal Thai Army, they wouldn't stand a chance of defending Thailand's territorial integrity from any hostile invading force. The army here only exists to deal with internal unrest and to protect the socio-economically backwards patronage system at the behest of the Amart. Useless, lackey lapdogs. They're good at enriching themselves, shooting at unarmed civilians and beating new conscripts to death but that's about it. Prayuth himself is a clueless buffoon who likes to dress up as a soldier but would defecate himself if he were ever faced with a real battlefield. He's part of the so-called Eastern Tigers (total misnomer) mafia who originally enriched themselves by trading gems with the Khmer Rouge. He's threatened anyone who questions his wealth. Ever wonder why? No offense to your son.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/10/asia/thai-investigator-australia-asylum/index.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40652012

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

I want to be a moral support for everyone to get through any obstacle

vague contentless generalities; trouble is, even he and his rotten corruptness, through and through, look a decent alternative at this point;

we will see him n his again and ,strangely, if he is smart (?!) he should be planning a short reign and then another coup

4 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

I had been in army almost all my adult life and my son is a proud officer in Royal Thai Army

Umh, how so? The army will not accept mixed race men as officers...

Say what you want about Thaksin but he still got the moves and continues to show how far out of their depth Prayut and all the rest of his corrupt cronies really are. With one photo he just totally screwed Prayuts Songkran, that's power.

Edited April 14, 20188 yr by starky

9 hours ago, HLover said:

Very eloquently written, you have a strong case in your favor.  Seems you and your Thai colleagues know what is best for the country.

I had always thought Henrik was a traditional Thai name thanks for reaffirming my thoughts.

Underneath this facade of family unity and all, there's this burning desire to go back home, i'm yet to meet a Thai who doesn't love their homeland, food, culture and missing family and friends terribly, so they can put on an act as much as they like, but inside their hearts are broken....

Edited April 14, 20188 yr by ezzra

I know that this photo/story will enrage Prayut and the Junta, so thanks Nation for publishing it. 

 

It just must eat their souls to know that if a free and fair election were held today, either of these two would soundly defeat the Junta. Can you imagine going to sleep every night knowing that, despite all the effort and cheating that you can possibly muster, two 'fugitives' have the love of the Thai people and you do not?

 

The truly sad part is that the Thai people don't get the representatives that they want...

 

The truly funny part is the ulcers that these two give Prayut. 

 

 

Edited April 14, 20188 yr by Samui Bodoh
Lack of coffee

9 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Underneath this facade of family unity and all, there's this burning desire to go back home, i'm yet to meet a Thai who doesn't love their homeland, food, culture and missing family and friends terribly, so they can put on an act as much as they like, but inside their hearts are broken....

I have never met a Chinese/Thai  western educated multi-billionaire former Prime Minister, but I am sure he relates closely with your Thai associates that miss home.

1 hour ago, starky said:

I had always thought Henrik was a traditional Thai name thanks for reaffirming my thoughts.

To be fair it's not far off Heinecke

Edited April 14, 20188 yr by Happy enough
spelling

Forget for the next years to have an election, the military government enjoy the power and will not step down soon. 

7 minutes ago, peperobi said:

Forget for the next years to have an election, the military government enjoy the power and will not step down soon. 

Yes but they have been busy setting everything us to give everyone the ILLUSION that the new election was democratic. Nothing will change until the dinosaurs have died out.

11 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Sorry you very wrong 

Meny Thai people don't like him they have learned how bad and corrupt this family are

It sounds like you are speaking to those in a Bangkok bubble.  There are still many who would be vote for a Shinawatra backed government.  Sutep said as much.  The military and its love of bling and unneeded weapons has achieved nothing for the Thai people accept defiling their choice as to who they wish elected.  Appointed MP's are an outrage and that is solely the army's doing. 

Edited April 14, 20188 yr by yellowboat