FM Says Thailand Doesn’t Need Foreign Election Observers

[webfact]

FM Says Thailand Doesn’t Need Foreign Election Observers

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

An undated photo of Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. Photo: Matichon

 

BANGKOK — The foreign minister said Wednesday it would be “inauspicious” to have foreign election observers for elections slated for February.

 

Don Pramudwinai said Thailand has dignity and is not a problematic country so it doesn’t need foreign observers.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2018/11/01/fm-says-thailand-doesnt-need-foreign-election-observers/

 

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[colinneil]

Of course Thailand doesnt need/want foreign election observers, because they might see some of the underhand tricks going on.

[darksidedog]

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

The foreign minister said Wednesday it would be “inauspicious” to have foreign election observers for elections slated for February.

Yes, getting caught blatantly cheating would be quite inauspicious, wouldn't it? There goes any chance whatsoever of the elections in any way being free and fair then, though I think we all pretty much knew that was the way it was likely to be anyway.

[petermik]

Something to hide methinks.........

[ezzra]

Not if the elections will be held in a flooded cave they will not need any foreigners help...

[ThreeEyedRaven]

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

Don Pramudwinai said Thailand has dignity and is not a problematic country so it doesn’t need foreign observers.

Thailand does not have dignity, it has "face" and there is a big difference. Face allows them to pretend they have dignity. The rest of the world know from this statement that they intend to be dishonest. Of course they will deny it to save face, but his statement is utter rot.

[Eligius]

Oh my God, oh my God! Just when you thought that Thailand could not insult everyone's intelligence any further - they come out with cosmically ridiculous rubbish like this! Having international observers of the Thai election would be 'inauspicious', would it? You don't say! Yes it would be - for all the scumbag criminals clinging to ill-gotten power and trying to hide their deceptions. The Thais really should be opposing the 'election' by now - it is clear it will be a complete scam.

 

And this guy even says that most Thais do not complain about a certain Law, so it's fine? Of course the Thais don't complain about it- because they dare not! They don't fancy languishing in a Thai jail for 15 years ...

 

God give me strength! These  spokesmen of illicit Power are either complete and total idiots, truly brain-damaged, genetically mutated morons - or else they are the most demonic, vicious and infernal liars ever to walk the face of this earth.

 

Or maybe they are a bit of both!

 

 

[Aussie999]

Doesn't "need," should be doesn't "want."

[AGareth2]

so it is going to be rigged

[darksidedog]

1 minute ago, AGareth2 said:

so it is going to be rigged

Clearly. If they had nothing to hide, they would encourage international observers, so that they could be seen to be doing the right thing. The ONLY reason not to is when you know you are going to be cheating and don't want to be caught red handed.

[ThreeEyedRaven]

14 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

Doesn't "need," should be doesn't "want."

Not sure about the doesn't need or doesn't want, desperate not to have, would probably be the most appropriate way of putting it.

[nikmar]

Not often that so much complete bo##ocks is spoken in one go,almost like he is going for a B#llsh#tt#r of the Year award.

[the guest]

Everyone knows the outcome before its even started, its just smoke and mirrors!

[JAG]

11 minutes ago, nikmar said:

Not often that so much complete bo##ocks is spoken in one go,almost like he is going for a B#llsh#tt#r of the Year award.

Hmm, some stiff competition from his colleagues...

[billd766]

OTOH if international observers were permitted then the world could see that it was a free, honest and fair election.

 

Aha!!

 

Now I can see the conflict of interest.

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The foreign minister said Wednesday it would be “inauspicious” to have foreign election observers for elections slated for February

Interesting definition of the word here:

"The definition of inauspicious is something that is an omen of bad things to come or an unlucky beginning."

www.yourdictionary.com/inauspicious

 

The foreign minister must be worried about something there, especially when he goes on to say:

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thailand has dignity and is not a problematic country so it doesn’t need foreign observers.

Hmmm.

[poohy]

WANT and NEED are two very different things!

[spidermike007]

Don Pramudwinai said Thailand has dignity and is not a problematic country so it doesn’t need foreign observers.

 

What he means, is that Thailand does not plan on having fair elections, Thailand is not dignified in regard to it's government, and foreign observers would simply uncover the surliness, the corruption, the bad intentions of the small men leading the nation, and would be a huge embarrassment to the nation, in the eyes of the world. 

[Pattaya46]

AFAIK, neither European countries nor USA have (accept?) foreign election observers during their own elections...

So who decide which countries must get observers? and on what criteria??

[Chang_paarp]

I am sure such reputable friends as Burma, China and Russia (not forgetting N Korea) would be able to send trained observers.

[rkidlad]

'Don Pramudwinai said Thailand has dignity and is not a problematic country, so it doesn’t need foreign observers'

 

I never carry my passport around with me because why would I? Now with immigration stepping up and checking on foreigners more intensely, I must remember to paraphrase Don's statement on not being problematic and having dignity. 

 

After all, 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear' doesn't apply here in Thailand, right?

[Raymonddiaz]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Don Pramudwinai said Thailand has dignity and is not a problematic country so it doesn’t need foreign observers.

Why a coup d'etat in the first place ?

[from the home of CC]

until the dinosaurs die off expect no change.

[bluesofa]

Just now, from the home of CC said:

until the dinosaurs die off expect no change.

True. How many thousand years did it take last time though?

[billd766]

1 minute ago, from the home of CC said:

until the dinosaurs die off expect no change.

They will probably be replaced by younger dinosaurs from the same family who will carry on the family traditions.

[Eligius]

18 minutes ago, billd766 said:

They will probably be replaced by younger dinosaurs from the same family who will carry on the family traditions.

Exactly right, Billd766: the old dinosaurs give birth to young dinosaurs, and they in turn generate yet more dinosaurs. But they will always remain the tiny minority amongst the Thai populace.

 

So the only way for Thailand to become free is for the masses of the Thai population to wake up and seize the sovereignty which, even the Constitution says, belongs to them ...

[SpaceKadet]

1 hour ago, Pattaya46 said:

AFAIK, neither European countries nor USA have (accept?) foreign election observers during their own elections...

So who decide which countries must get observers? and on what criteria??

You are wrong there. Sweden had international observers during the last election a month ago.

[brakar]

8 minutes ago, SpaceKadet said:

You are wrong there. Sweden had international observers during the last election a month ago.

The same in Norway last year election.

 

https://www.thelocal.no/20170906/foreign-observers-to-follow-norwegian-election

[pattjock]

2 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

AFAIK, neither European countries nor USA have (accept?) foreign election observers during their own elections...

So who decide which countries must get observers? and on what criteria??

Same in US, probably 1000's of observers, even observers from Russia.

[Pattaya46]

34 minutes ago, SpaceKadet said:

You are wrong there. Sweden had international observers during the last election a month ago.

 

24 minutes ago, brakar said:

The same in Norway last year election.

 

6 minutes ago, pattjock said:

Same in US, probably 1000's of observers, even observers from Russia.

 

Ok guys. I didn't know. Thank you