Election Bill Enacted, Paving Way For 2019 Poll

[bergan]

35 minutes ago, MaxLee said:

You're wasting your time for nothing, dude, wanna bet?

You don't think there will be an election? The army didn't rewrite the laws for no reason. That being said, the army should always be above and able to command the army, not the other way around.

[chama]

9 hours ago, tigermoth said:

There is no way Prayut will become prime minister. He is intensely disliked by the Thais and any party would be commiting suicide by having him as their nomination. The only way he can possibly return is if the elections are fixed which looks alarmingly an increasing possibility with full freedom of speech not being lifted. This will cause severe sanctions from many western and even some asian countries.

Your right...and your prediction that a fix may ultimately decide the results is very likely. Do the Thais have enough insight to see what is happening, it seems like the students might. As you point out there are other countries that will respond harshly but what will the Thai people do? Will they accept that their country has been stolen or will they fight back? A new junta? A popular uprising or a shrug of shoulders and a flush?

[Eligius]

11 hours ago, chama said:

Your right...and your prediction that a fix may ultimately decide the results is very likely. Do the Thais have enough insight to see what is happening, it seems like the students might. As you point out there are other countries that will respond harshly but what will the Thai people do? Will they accept that their country has been stolen or will they fight back? A new junta? A popular uprising or a shrug of shoulders and a flush?

The vast, vast, vast bulk of the Thais will whisper behind their hands - when the 'election' is rigged and democracy once again stolen from them - and say: 'What can we do? They have got guns ....!'

 

Hopeless.

[gk10002000]

On 9/12/2018 at 4:20 PM, webfact said:

Thailand is just a few steps away from a general election – an event that last took place in February 2014. 

I disagree with the article's assertion on that point.  I think by any generally accepted world wide standard, the last proper general election happened when Thaksin was re-elected.  Everything since then has been staged, couped, pre-positioned, etc.

[baboon]

21 hours ago, tigermoth said:

There is no way Prayut will become prime minister. He is intensely disliked by the Thais and any party would be commiting suicide by having him as their nomination. The only way he can possibly return is if the elections are fixed which looks alarmingly an increasing possibility with full freedom of speech not being lifted. This will cause severe sanctions from many western and even some asian countries.

Other countries won't do jack as long as they think there might be a bob or two in it for themselves. They have done shag all so far, so why would one more outrage tip the scales?

No, the Thais are on their own. 

[MaxLee]

16 hours ago, bergan said:

You don't think there will be an election? The army didn't rewrite the laws for no reason. That being said, the army should always be above and able to command the army, not the other way around.

You're wasting your time, PERIOD.........