No campaigning until at least December: Dept. PM

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

An undated photo of Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krue-ngam. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — Political campaigning may or may not be allowed in December, a deputy prime minister said Friday.

 

Wissanu Krea-ngam said the longstanding ban on political activity will also apply to social media platforms such as Line and Facebook. It will be in effect until restrictions are relaxed, a long-promised development he said would likely happen in December.

 

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"They're stuck in a Catch-22 - they delay calling an election because they don't think they can win, but the longer they delay, the less chance they have of winning."

 

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"...he deputy premier added that the junta and Election Commission are keeping close tabs on the matter, including attempts to perform stealth campaigning via social media..."

 

Hmm... What about stealth campaigning via 'mobile Cabinet meetings'?

 

Hypocrites.

 

 

7 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

"...he deputy premier added that the junta and Election Commission are keeping close tabs on the matter, including attempts to perform stealth campaigning via social media..."

 

Hmm... What about stealth campaigning via 'mobile Cabinet meetings'?

 

Hypocrites.

 

 

Splendid chap-he has glasses just like mine.?

Just embarrassing now. Completely out of ideas and putting themselves into a corner. 

 

You've had over 4 years and article 44 and you completely messed it up. Colossal imbeciles. 

December of which year?

54 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

No campaigning until at least December

Unless your making the rules.

28 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

"...he deputy premier added that the junta and Election Commission are keeping close tabs on the matter, including attempts to perform stealth campaigning via social media..."

 

Hmm... What about stealth campaigning via 'mobile Cabinet meetings'?

 

Hypocrites.

 

 

To be expected. 

 

 

A bit late in the game to be drawing a time measure as to when perspective candidates can/cannot. 

 

Most have been promoting themselves and campaigning, in one capacity/venue or another, for some time now.....

Why not just let it be, allowing to run it's course? 

 

Closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. A bit whimsical. 

 

It's all a bit moot, anyway - 

As the present standing powers don't want any such elections and look for any excuse to delay and move it up. 

 

Why bother. 

We'll call it an autocracy and leave it at that.

Shameless and unforgivable.   No love for the process of a free and untainted election.  Oh but Thaksin bought votes they say.   What the junta is doing is far worse than Thaksin could ever dreamed of.   The democratic soldier is nothing more than a tinpot, whose legacy will be laughed at and reviled. 

Well Wissanu keep up your BS, the more you do it, the more nonsense you spout, the more people with see what a bunch of fools/ liars you and your lot are, the less chance you have of winning an election.

43 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

Shameless and unforgivable.   No love for the process of a free and untainted election.  Oh but Thaksin bought votes they say.   What the junta is doing is far worse than Thaksin could ever dreamed of.   The democratic soldier is nothing more than a tinpot, whose legacy will be laughed at and reviled. 

Even more so, a democratic soldier might be considered a term of extreme contradictory.

The PM has unashamedly and unrestrained been on the election campaign trail now for many months using public funds (Thai Niyom Scheme) to buy popularity and votes for the Junta Party. This money has been spread with great largesse around provincial and village leaders to use as they wish on "projects". Naturally it will never have to be accounted for.

The big advantage the Junta Party has is that they have the civil service infrastructure including the PM's own public relations staff to assist and promote the campaign. Some may recall the government granted FREE housing to his PR staff and families at strategic locations all around Thailand presumably for this exact purpose. Plus he uses military equipment and personnel to move his election campaign caravan around the country. 

Meanwhile the Junta Party's electoral competition has to remain under lock and key until just prior to the election.

 

Look, why don't we all accept that we live under an autocracy (there is another word for it), run by a bunch of people who care less than zero about fairness, equity and justice, and will continue to do so. Let's put an end to all this tiresome pretence of this being anything other than an autocracy or becoming anything else.

 

The Thai people clearly are prepared to put up with it all (in their millions and millions and millions). They don't care too much about figuratively being trashed and disrespected on a daily basis. So that's it. That is the clear, in-our-face reality after more than 4 years. We have got the 'government' that the Thais - from Day One of the coup - have allowed to grow and grow and grow. Not even any symbolic defiance is being shown (apart from a handful of courageous young folk).

 

So:

 

move on to the next thing - oh, the much more important Thai soap operas on the box ...!

13 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Just embarrassing now. Completely out of ideas and putting themselves into a corner. 

 

You've had over 4 years and article 44 and you completely messed it up. Colossal imbeciles. 

You are right of course but just think  about those above him who are pulling the strings,  that  have creamed of billions  upon  billions of baht  from the country in the last 4 years. Bet they are not embarrassed ? 

50 minutes ago, Esso49 said:

You are right of course but just think  about those above him who are pulling the strings,  that  have creamed of billions  upon  billions of baht  from the country in the last 4 years. Bet they are not embarrassed ? 

They are not embarrassed because they're anonymous.  Their identities are almost like a state secret.  There are suppose to be about 30 families that run Thailand.  Only about a half dozen are famous.  The rest live in the shadows.  Unless I am wrong, the rich in Thailand protect the identities. 

No campaigning ( for anyone apart from us of course) until at least December.

 

Headline fixed.

14 hours ago, Odysseus123 said:

Splendid chap-he has glasses just like mine.?

I get the creepy crawlies every time I see a photo of this snake. ?

No offence to you but it has nothing to do with his glasses. It is more about his treacherous persona. 

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

may or may not

Nothing like some good  old  fashioned clarity!

5 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Even more so, a democratic soldier might be considered a term of extreme contradictory.

So all soldiers are fascists or totalitarians unfit for political office?

You mean like churchill  or Eisenhower?

Yes we need more draft dodging altruists like trump to lead the nation

Allowing only 2 months of campaigning is a load of crap. But then they the iron fisters will say it is totally fair as no one has been campaigning all equal. And if someone says that is a load of crap, then the defamation charges come out. 

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

a long-promised development he said would likely happen in December.

 

 

Likely as in maybe - not sure - probably not - forget about that ever happening

21 minutes ago, Expatthailover said:

So all soldiers are fascists or totalitarians unfit for political office?

You mean like churchill  or Eisenhower?

Yes we need more draft dodging altruists like trump to lead the nation

F me sideways with a pogo stick! Trump! Seriously?! Trump again?! 

 

This forum was bombarded with "But Thaksin..." posts for years, now it's "But Trump...". I swear there'd be a thread about how much manure to sprinkle on rosebeds...and you'd bring Trump into it. ?

They'll probably allow parties in competition with the junta to campaign 30 days or less before the elections - precisely because they pose 'competition' with the junta. 

13 minutes ago, connda said:

They'll probably allow parties in competition with the junta to campaign 30 days or less before the elections - precisely because they pose 'competition' with the junta. 

And I can guarantee that anything substantive that is said against the junta - truly exposing their crimes (which is what they are)  -   will see the speaker or writer ending up with the very real threat of jail hanging over his/her head.

 

Junta rule is: 'You can campaign - maybe for a week or so - but you must not say ANYTHING that will cause public confusion or which is against the good "morality of people"'.

 

It's all a sick joke.

4 hours ago, yellowboat said:

They are not embarrassed because they're anonymous.  Their identities are almost like a state secret.  There are suppose to be about 30 families that run Thailand.  Only about a half dozen are famous.  The rest live in the shadows.  Unless I am wrong, the rich in Thailand protect the identities. 

Sadly, a similar cancer has been sucking the life out of my country, the USA for decades.  It's one major reason I bailed out and became an expat way back in 2005.  I wish my fellow Americans would wake up just like I wish the Thais would wake up and fight this <deleted> cancer. 

Will make no difference these imposters are finished 

13 minutes ago, Media1 said:

Will make no difference these imposters are finished 

These power usurpers WILL be finished when the mass of the Thai people decide that they are finished - that their day is done.

As ever, power resides in the hands of the Thai people - to whom, even according to this militarised Constitution, 'sovereignty belongs'. 

Allow free campaigning on Dec 1. Then on December 2nd call an immediate snap election to be held on the 3rd! Guess who would win.

6 hours ago, Media1 said:

Will make no difference these imposters are finished 

Don't bet the farm on it.

They always find a way.

 

Historic precedent might explain how these things work. 

12 hours ago, yellowboat said:

They are not embarrassed because they're anonymous.  Their identities are almost like a state secret.  There are suppose to be about 30 families that run Thailand.  Only about a half dozen are famous.  The rest live in the shadows.  Unless I am wrong, the rich in Thailand protect the identities. 

Some are famous.  Very much so. Although they are the least talked about.