Police with shields vow to block march of pro-poll group

[JimmyTheMook]

What color shirts are they supposed to be wearing?

 

sufficiency economy  

[khunpa]

Just now, bristolgeoff said:

if it grows who knows what will happen,give the people a vote that seems the reason for the march

I think it is more a matter of when it grows. It will grow and then someone new will take over. Some years after that, it then starts all over again ?

[Wake Up]

To the people that have lived in Thailand many years. How did  this type of political potential for violence affect the value of the baht during past times. 

[TKDfella]

Earlier this year thousands protested in the UK ref. NHS. Here a couple of hundred protest against junta/election and the police/military get excited (and some posters here too). I continue to say what I've already said a few times. Unless the people en-mass back such a small protest then I don't think the junta have much to worry about. If the Thai people in general don't care one way or the other (about elections and related activities), fine, it's their country and their prerogative but if they do care they will have to do more, much more, than this, support the junta or not.

However, what concerns me more, as an expat, if military continues here will it affect us expats...eventually? I have been told 'this & that' will affect us but I regard this as just hearsay since I have seen no proof.  Maybe someone here knows better.

[Hong Bong Dynasty]

the proverbial " the calm before the storm" seems to be on the horizon...

[Telly]

10 companies of BIB..  now we know where the inactive posts went to. 

 

The junta is seriously misreading the people. Letting them march in peace banging drums would have been easier as blocking them gets more negative media attention. 

 

And with what just happened in Malaysia more and more will get emboldened. 

 

The old leaders and 1st Lady are being hung out to dry. 

 

I doubt Mr 25 watches can get away,  too prominent already. 

 

The next step starts with the first martyr bloodshed. 

[300sd]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

if they come in to these areas there will be a prison sentence of up to 6 months," deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul told reporters.

I always thought the police tell the courts what to do! They have too much power for the wrong reasons.

[whaleboneman]

4 hours ago, Wake Up said:

To the people that have lived in Thailand many years. How did  this type of political potential for violence affect the value of the baht during past times. 

Yes, a country is in turmoil and people are suffering but how will this affect my finances???

[jgarbo]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai protesters march in Bangkok, police set up barriers

By Panu Wongcha-um and Aukkarapon Niyomyat

 

Anti-government protesters gather during a protest to demand that the military government hold a general election by November, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters began marching in Bangkok on Tuesday from a university in the Thai capital to Government House to demand that the military government hold a general election by November.

 

Government House and surrounding streets have been declared a no-go zone by police for the opposition march marking four years since a May 22, 2014, coup and have warned protesters not to defy a junta ban on public gatherings.

 

Police set up barriers along some roads near the university and carried out security checks on Tuesday.

 

More than 100 demonstrators walked in a line behind a truck with loudspeakers as police looked on, according to Reuters reporters at the scene.

 

One of the protest organisers, Sirawith Seritiwat, also known as Ja New, said protesters planned to march peacefully.

"I hope they will let us walk out. We have no intention to prolong today's activities. I think they will try to stop us ... we will not use violence," Sirawith told Reuters.

 

Police said around 200 protesters had gathered.

 

"Authorities will use the law 100 percent. If they walk out we will use the law immediately. We have put forces all around Government House ... if they come in to these areas there will be a prison sentence of up to 6 months," deputy national police chief Srivara Ransibrahmanakul told reporters.

 

"Police have no weapons. They are carrying only batons," he said.

 

Activists complained of a military crackdown ahead of the gathering.

 

On Monday, Sunai Phasuk, Thai researcher at the New York-based Human Rights Watch group, said two activists had been held incommunicado at a secret detention centre.

 

"Their alleged 'crime' is providing loud speakers for anti-junta rally," Sunai wrote on Twitter.

 

They were later released.

 

PERCEPTION CRISIS

The junta, known as the National Council for Peace and Order, is facing a public perception crisis, according to international and domestic polls that say corruption is as endemic as ever.

 

The government has also repeatedly delayed the general election, which was first tentatively set for 2015, with the latest date now February 2019.

 

Some fear the date could be pushed back again.

 

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told reporters gathered at Government House the protesters were welcome to send a representative to the prime minister's office.

 

"The prime minister works hard ... the NCPO these four years has worked everyday ... All NCPO members have worked hard," Prawit said.

 

Suchada Saebae, 55, a market vendor, disagreed.

 

"I came since 6 a.m. this morning because I think the NCPO has done a rubbish job these past four years," Suchada said.

 

Some protesters held Thai flags and others held signs with cartoons of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha as Pinocchio.

Protests against military rule have taken place intermittently in Bangkok since the start of the year.

 

Some of them have been led by young activists. Others have been attended by former "red shirts", or supporters of ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled in 2006 and fled abroad.

 

His sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, was ousted in the 2014 coup and also fled abroad before being convicted in absentia of corruption.

 

Thailand has been rocked by pro- and anti-government street protests for more than a decade, some of them deadly.

The military says it carried out the 2014 coup to end the cycle of violence.

 

(Additional reporting by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat; Writing by Amy Sawitta Lefevre; Editing by Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-05-22

You're quoting Reuters? Those stenographers print what they're told, not what's really happening. Who next? BBC, CNN, FoxNews? And don't forget Mickey Mouse, fearless reporter for Disney World.

This paid mob are financed by the NED (aka CIA) and George Soros's Open Society NGOs regime changers. After the Army kicked out the US puppet Thaksin and his sister Yingluck, Prayut has been draining the swamp, but it's deep.

For the real story try: https://journal-neo.org/2018/05/11/us-regime-change-targets-thailand/

 

[bandito]

18 hours ago, poohy said:

Hmm its starting!

 

14 October 1973 suddenly springs to mind !

Which also started at Thammasat University.

Martial Law was in force until in1977.

From 2400 till 0400 no one was allowed out on the street and soldiers were patrolling the streets.

This article about that demonstration gives me the creeps as I was here that time as a tourist.

What goes around comes around.

[humbug]

18 minutes ago, bandito said:

 

 

45 minutes ago, jgarbo said:

You're quoting Reuters? Those stenographers print what they're told, not what's really happening. Who next? BBC, CNN, FoxNews? And don't forget Mickey Mouse, fearless reporter for Disney World.

This paid mob are financed by the NED (aka CIA) and George Soros's Open Society NGOs regime changers. After the Army kicked out the US puppet Thaksin and his sister Yingluck, Prayut has been draining the swamp, but it's deep.

For the real story try: https://journal-neo.org/2018/05/11/us-regime-change-targets-thailand/

 

you are quoting Russian backed web sites and journos,( aka land destroyer and tony cartulucci) good luck with your click bait propaganda nonsense. Funny how you and a few other trolls have thousands of anti-democracy photos and nonsense links at the ready.

 

p.s not meaning to quote you Bandito( mistake on quote button)

just quoting the troll

Edited May 22, 2018 by humbug

[a977]

19 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Yup, they've worked hard alright.. Everything is just about ready, all ducks are in a row.

 

Granted ourselves immunity ? Check

Bias constitution ? Check

Political parties shackled ? Check

Not very subtle populist policies in place ? Check

BS machine on full throttle ? Check

 

Ok, lets "promise" an election then...

 

Snouts still firmly entrenched in the trough?  Check

[The Teacher]

On 5/22/2018 at 11:44 AM, colinneil said:

This is democracy Thai style.

The PM has stated he wants to bring happiness to the people.??

This is happiness Thai style, sad so sad, we are the rulers, you do anything, we will stop you by force.

Yep, say anything or express your voice against the current Government and they will try to stop you from telling the truth or high lighting their lies 

[Elkski]

When will the people rise up and get their share Tracy Chapman

[Wake Up]

17 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

Yes, a country is in turmoil and people are suffering but how will this affect my finances???

You are funny. We both can choose what we do and think and say and affect. I choose to take care of my finances or I will be the one suffering. 

 

Seriously what can you do and what have you done to solve the worlds problems other than worry and talk? Save the preaching for the Pope. 

Turmoil and human suffering has occurred continually for thousands of years and will continue thousands more because we are human and perfection in humans does not exist and disagreements over wealth and power create conflict. So I asked a fiancé question. The value of the baht will have more influence on this country than anything you say or do I am sure of that. Take care brother