PM Prayut urges local leaders to help maintain peace

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PM urges local leaders to help maintain peace

By THE NATION

 

 

KEY GOVERNMENT figures yesterday asked for cooperation from local community leaders to help maintain peace and order in the run-up to the election.

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said village heads and kamnans have to help “prevent any political disorder from happening again”. He added that otherwise the government might be accused of plotting to postpone the election.

 

Prayut, who also heads the ruling junta National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), had earlier warned that an election would not take place unless there was peace in the country. That had prompted critics to accuse the junta of making excuses to put off the national vote.

 

With the law on MP elections being promulgated last week, the general election is now expected to be held sometime between February 24 and May 5. Certain government figures appeared to treat February 24 as the tentative election date.

 

The PM yesterday called for cooperation from local administrators in helping the government “build democracy” for the country.

 

“The election is coming soon. Kamnans and village heads must be careful and not allow chaos to happen again, or some people may again say that the government does not want the election to take place,” he said.

 

“Don’t listen to distorted information. Today, the military, police and authorities are working for you. We are building a castle, a home for us all. We are building democracy and making it strong. Devotion and sacrifice from all of us will strengthen this castle of democracy and prevent it from collapsing,” Prayut said.

 

He was addressing about 1,500 local residents and officials gathering at Rajabhat Loei University in the northeastern province. The PM and his entourage were on a visit to Loei province yesterday to inspect the progress of development projects.

 

Local community leaders, particularly village heads and kamnans (chiefs of village clusters), often act as political canvassers and prove effective in influencing decisions by rural voters at the ballot box.

 

The PM’s deputy, General Prawit Wongsuwan, who is also the defence minister, also sought cooperation from village heads and kamnans yesterday during his visit to Phetchabun province. Prawit said community leaders should be aware that election campaigning was still not allowed at this time. He reminded them that the law on MP elections would take effect only 90 days after its promulgation last Wednesday.

 

“The village heads and kamnans who are political canvassers must be careful,” he was quoted as saying by Defence Ministry spokesman Lt-General Kongcheep Tantrawanit.

 

Prawit was speaking to a gathering of officials from lower northeastern provinces at Phetchabun’s Provincial Hall. He instructed local officials to help maintain peace and order, as well as prevent political violence in the run-up to the election.

 

“There can be differences in political opinions but there must be no use of violence,” Prawit said, directing his instruction at provincial governors.

 

He also told district chiefs to call meetings with village heads and kamnans every month to inform them about “what the government has done for the people”, particularly the poor.

 

Meanwhile, Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday called for a complete lifting of the junta’s political restrictions.

 

Abhisit, a former prime minister, said that the present political bans were in fact restricting the rights of citizens, rather than political parties. He explained that parties honestly seeking innocent support from voters have to keep in touch with electorates.

 

“The more you limit exchange of views [between parties and the electorate], the more you help political parties that are not looking for innocent support from the people. I want to ask the NCPO what kind of politics they want,” he said, referring to possible vote-buying to woo voter support.

 

After the junta issued an order to relax political restrictions last week, parties scheduled their general meetings from the latter half of this month until early next month.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30354669

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-09-18

[Thaiwrath]

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

Local community leaders, particularly village heads and kamnans (chiefs of village clusters), often act as political canvassers and prove effective in influencing decisions by rural voters at the ballot box.

[Samui Bodoh]

"...Today, the military, police and authorities are working for you..."

 

Stop it! You are killing me!

 

 

"...We are building democracy and making it strong..."

 

My stomach hurts from laughing!

 

 

"...He also told district chiefs to call meetings with village heads and kamnans every month to inform them about “what the government has done for the people”, particularly the poor..."

 

It's hilarious!

 

 

Comedy gold!

 

[webfact]

Deputy PM Prawit urges security officials to maintain peace, order before and after election

 

PHETCHABUN, 18th September 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, inspected the work of security officials in the lower northern provinces of Thailand, and instructed them to maintain peace and order before and after the next general election. 

The Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Lt. Gen. Kongcheep Tantravanich, said Gen. Prawit led a team of officials to inspect the operation of the 1st Cavalry Division on Monday (Sept 17) in Phetchabun province. 

Lt. Gen. Kongcheep said Gen. Prawit has instructed the 1st Cavalry Division to always be prepared to protect the border area and face all types of threats. to protect border and face all types of threats. 

The Spokesman went on to say that Gen. Prawit has also urged the 1st Cavalry Division to cooperate with the administrative sector and police to maintain a peaceful atmosphere and foster love and unity in the area before and after the general election as well as support solutions to people's problems, especially informal debt.

 

-- nnt 2018-09-18

 

[zzaa09]

.....and if they repeat such things often and loud enough, it all becomes true and real.

 

?

[Cadbury]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

KEY GOVERNMENT figures yesterday asked for cooperation from local community leaders to help maintain peace and order

Some might argue that the only threat to peace and order comes from the junta itself.

[Eligius]

We now see what the next excuse for delay is: 'not yet peace and order in the land' (after 4+ years of junta rule). The fact that the head of the junta, Prayut, reiterates this point is pretty clear indication that he is going to run with this one. I can hear him now:

 'We cannot have the election yet  - as bad people are still not respecting Thai peace and order. What do you want? Chaos? Our duty is to protect the Thai people from bad people and chaos. That is REAL democracy. Thai democracy!'

[gunderhill]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

but there must be no use of violence

Says the man holding all the guns!

[z42]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Deputy PM Prawit urges security officials to maintain peace, order before and after election

 

PHETCHABUN, 18th September 2018 (NNT) – The Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, inspected the work of security officials in the lower northern provinces of Thailand, and instructed them to maintain peace and order before and after the next general election. 

The Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Lt. Gen. Kongcheep Tantravanich, said Gen. Prawit led a team of officials to inspect the operation of the 1st Cavalry Division on Monday (Sept 17) in Phetchabun province. 

Lt. Gen. Kongcheep said Gen. Prawit has instructed the 1st Cavalry Division to always be prepared to protect the border area and face all types of threats. to protect border and face all types of threats. 

The Spokesman went on to say that Gen. Prawit has also urged the 1st Cavalry Division to cooperate with the administrative sector and police to maintain a peaceful atmosphere and foster love and unity in the area before and after the general election as well as support solutions to people's problems, especially informal debt.

 

-- nnt 2018-09-18

 

By this he must mean stop people pointing anything out that portrays the current regime (and its deeds from when it has had unopposed power for 4 plus years) in a negative light, and in essence, anything resembling fair and balanced campaigning that is done in basically any proper democratic election.

It looks ever more likely there'll be a Burma like situation rather than a Hun Sen system. Either way, the boys in green aren't taking their filthy snouts out of the trough anytime soon

[colinneil]

The PM asks for cooperation from community leaders.

What he clearly meant was, i am the man with the guns, keep the peasants in line or else.

[Lungstib]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Today, the military, police and authorities are working for you. We are building a castle, a home for us all. We are building democracy and making it strong. Devotion and sacrifice from all of us will strengthen this castle of democracy and prevent it from collapsing,”

More buffalo dung about democracy. He uses the word as if he really knows what it means all the time creating a system which is quite the opposite. As we all know castles were built hundreds of years ago to keep the elite inside and safe, the serfs outside, slaving away to keep them in luxury. But he did inadvertently manage a useful warning.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

“Don’t listen to distorted information

Where is that computer crimes act when you really need it?

[bluesofa]

Someone once said, "Any country with the word 'democratic' in its name usually isn't."

I'm sure the same principle can be applied to an organisation with 'peace and order' in its name.

 

[Oziex1]

2 hours ago, Cadbury said:

Some might argue that the only threat to peace and order comes from the junta itself.

Yes, and all this talk is the instructions for the preparation of the inevitable crackdown when the people attempt to reject the Junta. I hope I'm wrong. 

[unamazedloso]

Local leaders? What a joke. They are the problem. Remove them from the equation entirely or atleast make them civilised, take their gun licenses, cease there illegally obtained land and money from from bloated useless projects and tell the police to stop calling them god dam it everytime a police report is filled which ends up stopping all progressing for the better. Its literally mafia behavior. 

[Lupatria]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

PM urges local leaders to help maintain peace

In other words: load your weapons gentlemen we will have an 'election'

[Eric Loh]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

We are building democracy and making it strong.

You and your kinds are a threat to democracy. You are destroying democracy. You keep weakening the foundation with your regular coups and creating the situation for the color wars. Stay out and allow democracy to flourish. 

[Ossy]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He added that otherwise the government might be accused of plotting to postpone the election.

This cretin has the ethics, not just of a child but of a deranged child. For him to try that pathetically threatening line on village kamnans reveals the desperation that is creeping into the NCPO's modus operandi. What on earth will this big pretender be telling the world at his next careering cabinet stunt? Does he employ a professional script-writer or does he think-up these gems himself . . . whilst sat on the dangleberry, perhaps? The mind boggles.

[yellowboat]

5 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

"...Today, the military, police and authorities are working for you..."

 

Stop it! You are killing me!

 

 

"...We are building democracy and making it strong..."

 

My stomach hurts from laughing!

 

 

"...He also told district chiefs to call meetings with village heads and kamnans every month to inform them about “what the government has done for the people”, particularly the poor..."

 

It's hilarious!

 

 

Comedy gold!

 

Yeah, fearless leader is more like the Thai version of Elmer Fudd.  Too bad snarky rabbits and clever little black ducks are in short supply from the cartoon known as Thai politics. 

 

He is asking them to keep the peace when that is the function of the police.  He knows how effective the police are.   

 

When visiting an intellectual desert, bring a book 

[Srikcir]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

He also told district chiefs to call meetings with village heads and kamnans every month to inform them about “what the government has done for the people”, particularly the poor.

Blatant political campaigning in violation of the law.

If there's anything without end it's the hypocrisy of Prayut's regime.

 

 

[Khun Paul]

5 hours ago, gunderhill said:

Says the man holding all the guns!

And who is unable to reform that other Uniformed force the RTP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluesofa]

15 minutes ago, Khun Paul said:

And who is unable to reform that other Uniformed force the RTP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember Prayut a few years ago saying he was going to reform them.

The only logical solution, to my mind, is that either he can gain financially from not reforming the RTP, or, he's just to scared to do it - perhaps too much internal opposition?

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by bluesofa
grammar

[candide]

6 hours ago, Eligius said:

We now see what the next excuse for delay is: 'not yet peace and order in the land' (after 4+ years of junta rule). The fact that the head of the junta, Prayut, reiterates this point is pretty clear indication that he is going to run with this one. I can hear him now:

 'We cannot have the election yet  - as bad people are still not respecting Thai peace and order. What do you want? Chaos? Our duty is to protect the Thai people from bad people and chaos. That is REAL democracy. Thai democracy!'

It's time to plant a few weapon caches with a some of the black T-shirts they have seized.

[candide]

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by candide

[Ossy]

25 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I remember Prayut a few years ago saying he was going to reform them.

The only logical solution, to my mind, is that either he can gain financially from not reforming the RTP, or, he's just to scared to do it - perhaps too much internal opposition?

 

It would mean treading on his Interior Minister's toes - Anupong, I think - since the RTP falls within his remit. And, as we've all come to learn from various scenarios during the past year, Anupong seems to be a law unto himself … ever since those puppies that Prayuth bribed him with peed down his pants. Yes, that pretty well explains a zero action, across at the cop shop. The solution's simple . . . fire both the sleeping Anupong and the head, chief commander, Colonel of the RTP who would appear to be equally sleepy. Or put it this way . . . can you tell me of ONE thing that the top cop has done in the past 12mths?

[zzaa09]

6 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I remember Prayut a few years ago saying he was going to reform them.

The only logical solution, to my mind, is that either he can gain financially from not reforming the RTP, or, he's just to scared to do it - perhaps too much internal opposition?

 

Consider the source and remember who Prayut is under the employ of.

[DM07]

"He also told district chiefs to call meetings with village heads and kamnans every month to inform them about “what the government has done for the people”, particularly the poor."

You gotta be #@¢%[emoji767][emoji768] kiddin' me!?

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[Ossy]

13 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Consider the source and remember who Prayut is under the employ of.

Please explain both points but, re P1's employer, he made it clear to the world, when he pulled Article 44 out of his drawer, that he had total control over everything and that he is answerable to no-one. Doesn't that make him his own employer?

[Srikcir]

1 minute ago, Ossy said:

Please explain both points but, re P1's employer, he made it clear to the world, when he pulled Article 44 out of his drawer, that he had total control over everything and that he is answerable to no-one. Doesn't that make him his own employer?

Not to speak for zzaa09,

Money = Power = Money

While Prayut and his military cronies ("associates" for political correctness) are wealthy, they are not immensely wealthy that is supported by generational wealth.

https://moneydoneright.com/generational-wealth/

[Redline]

Why don’t the police do anything?  The problem is the police do nothing, and the government tries to pass it off to the people or tech