Junta men prepare for Senate

[webfact]

Junta men prepare for Senate

By The Nation

 

 

Members of the junta-appointed National Legislative Assembly and the Cabinet resigned yesterday in a move to prepare for another junta-appointed Senate that will work alongside the new administration

 

At least 15 members of the coup-installed Cabinet handed in their notices yesterday and their resignations would go into effect today or tomorrow before the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) submits the new Senate list for royal endorsement on Friday.

 

Those who handed in their resignations yesterday included Justice Minister Prajin Juntong, Deputy PM Chatchai Sarikulya, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Surasak Kanjanarat, Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo and Education Minister Teerakiat Chaorensretsilp.

 

Key NCPO member and Defence Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, however, said he would continue working. 

 

Meanwhile, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is also the NCPO chief, said that yesterday’s Cabinet meeting would be the last as they would have to leave, adding that work at the ministries whose leaders have quit will be handled by their deputies. 

 

The 36-member Cabinet has now been reduced to 17, he said, adding that four ministers had quit previously to lead the pro-junta Phalang Pracharat Party. 

Four NCPO members had also quit to join the party, leaving the council with just 11 members, the PM said. 

 

Prayut also added that the Cabinet and the NCPO can still legally meet and the public should not be worried about the country’s administration. 

 

“No matter how many of us are left, we can still run the country. The remaining ministers will take on the work, and the government always has administration plans,” he said. 

 

Some 60 members of the NLA will also leave their office to sit in the upper house. 

 

NLA vice president Peerasak Phochit said yesterday that he had been made a senator along with some 60 of his colleagues, including NLA president Pornpetch Vichitcholchai and vice president Surachai Liangboonlertchai.

 

Prayut’s brother Preecha Chan-o-cha said yesterday that he had handed in his resignation from the NLA in order to take up his new post as senator. 

 

The remaining ministers in office are likely to hand in their notices today or tomorrow in time for the Senate list to be submitted for royal endorsement on Friday. 

 

The process of selecting senators is opaque and the official list of persons to be named as senators has remained confidential. It has been reported that many of those chosen are close associates of the junta leaders. The 250-member Senate, handpicked by the junta, will play a critical role in underpinning the junta’s power in post-election politics. Not only will they have the power to vote for the new prime minister, they will also have the authority to scrutinise the government and ensure it follows the junta’s 20-year national strategy.

 

However, Peerasak said he believes politics will continue despite concerns that the junta-appointed Senate will not be able to work with the elected MPs. “The Senate will vote to endorse a prime minister, but the MPs have the right to form a majority first,” Peerasak added. 

 

Meanwhile, NLA president Pornpetch declined to comment, saying everybody should wait for the official announcement in the Royal Gazette once the names are endorsed by the King. He also said that he does not believe there should be any problems for the controversial Senate to collaborate with elected MPs. 

 

Separately, Prayut said at the weekly press briefing that the Senate should not be viewed as an enemy. Instead, he said, he wanted the public to consider what his government has achieved in the past five years and how the new senators will help in continuing this work in the transition period. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30369011

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-05-08

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[gk10002000]

"Junta appointed Senate".  "transition period".  tsk tsk.  Anybody remember the comedy movie "Moon over Parador" with raul Julia and Richard Dreyfus?  If not please go online and view or rent or download it.  It really is funny and uses all the classic dictator lines about transition of power.  but the names in the film where a Latin America country keeps alluding to Germany and Nazis is funny, Dieter Lopez for example. 

[z42]

Hardly a crack team. Wall to wall crooks and morons. I wonder what other dross will make the cut

[colinneil]

Every one of them smiling...... Thinking ohh good bigger trough to get our snouts in.

[mok199]

The food chain just got a little longer...

[YetAnother]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

in a move to prepare for another junta-appointed Senate

dark days continue , they keep reappointing each other

[Lungstib]

60 from the NLA. We have seen their commitment to passing all and anything that is put before them and now they sit alongside their NCPO friends pretending to be senator-politicians with an open mind and a willingness to push society forward. Frauds. Men who would never get elected. 

[edwinchester]

Must be that 'Thai Democracy' I've been hearing about these last 5 years.

[cornishcarlos]

I wonder what the pay scale is for senators ?? I bet most of them live well beyond their means over the next few years !!!

[jerojero]

Along side.... Ha ha. You mean dominate and subvert all that's different from junta uncle.

[yellowboat]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut also added that the Cabinet and the NCPO can still legally meet and the public should not be worried about the country’s administration. 

Deeply saddened more like it by the mockery the army has made of participatory government.  Prayut loves to tell people not to worry as he takes their voice in government and freedoms away.

[holy cow cm]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut’s brother Preecha Chan-o-cha said yesterday that he had handed in his resignation from the NLA in order to take up his new post as senator. 

Now this is just the beginning of stick-it-to-ya-Thailand-People at its highest. Revolting is the nicest word I can say!

[Jimbo2014]

Sprightly young team of nubile lads, no doubt ready to lead this country into Thailand 4.0, infinity and beyond!   No stank of corruption whatsoever ???? 

[Srikcir]

3 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Must be that 'Thai Democracy' I've been hearing about these last 5 years.

I'm now convinced that 'Thai Democracy' was a misnomer and should have been labeled 'Tied Democracy.'

[RobMuir]

Prayuts brother. 

 

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Probe-your-own-brother-ousted-Thai-PM-tells-junta--30296151.html

[connda]

Here comes the new boss, same as the old boss.

[Eric Loh]

Just love this headline from a major news media. Appropriate and so true. Low point for Thai democracy. 

 

"Senate bows to cronyism".

 

 

[Mavideol]

4 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Now this is just the beginning of stick-it-to-ya-Thailand-People at its highest. Revolting is the nicest word I can say!

The Prime Minister (Prayut) says that all the legal actions against me are based on the law and are not bullying," Yingluck wrote on her Facebook account on Sunday. 

"I would like the Prime Minister to apply the same logic and justice given to me like he gives justice and protection to his brother and other people who are on his side. Because the laws should be enforced for everyone, not just used only against my side."

 

I guess he didn't listen to Yoingluck's advise

[Mavideol]

as the old saying goes.... same same but different

[ocddave]

Only the Thai people can fix this, when/if they grow a spine.

[holy cow cm]

23 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

The Prime Minister (Prayut) says that all the legal actions against me are based on the law and are not bullying," Yingluck wrote on her Facebook account on Sunday. 

"I would like the Prime Minister to apply the same logic and justice given to me like he gives justice and protection to his brother and other people who are on his side. Because the laws should be enforced for everyone, not just used only against my side."

 

I guess he didn't listen to Yoingluck's advise

Can't argue that Yingluck is wrong one little iota. But seems no one has a big enough boot to kick these elite military who can do nothing wrongs out where they belong. The law is how they write to right it. Besides, immunity is untouchable.

[Denim]

Not only jobs for the boys but also for the boys wives, sisters , brothers, sons and daughters as secretaries and advisors.

 

NCPO = Nepotism, Cronies ,Pals and others

[MaxLee]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Junta men prepare for Senate

Preparing for the trough 

[chama]

15 hours ago, z42 said:

Hardly a crack team. Wall to wall crooks and morons. I wonder what other dross will make the cut

Wall to wall crooks and morons are the easiest to manipulate, transitioning them to puppet status. Just what a cloaked dictator would prefer. Now all we need is an election announcement. When you see the tanks you'll know.

[baboon]

3 hours ago, chama said:

Wall to wall crooks and morons are the easiest to manipulate, transitioning them to puppet status. Just what a cloaked dictator would prefer. Now all we need is an election announcement. When you see the tanks you'll know.

Cloaked? About as cloaked as me in an open dressing gown with my ding-a-ling on display for the world to see.

And gay or heterosexual as one may be, it isn't a pretty sight...

[Nyezhov]

2 minutes ago, baboon said:

Cloaked? About as cloaked as me in an open dressing gown with my ding-a-ling on display for the world to see.

And gay or heterosexual as one may be, it isn't a pretty sight...

I want to commend you sir, I saw that post and felt constrained to say that it created a visual in my mind so filthy and hideous that I may very well gouge my own eyes out with a runcible spoon to ensure that I never see something like that in real life.

 

Kudos to you sir. You have a warped mind. I am not worthy!

[baboon]

5 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

I want to commend you sir, I saw that post and felt constrained to say that it created a visual in my mind so filthy and hideous that I may very well gouge my own eyes out with a runcible spoon to ensure that I never see something like that in real life.

 

Kudos to you sir. You have a warped mind. I am not worthy!

I see Mrs baboon has changed her username again...

[Nyezhov]

6 minutes ago, baboon said:

I see Mrs baboon has changed her username again...

Naw, she asked me though and I refused. Shes cute though. Thanks! How much do I owe you?

[MaxLee]

Preparing for the game of troughs

[geoffbezoz]

On 5/7/2019 at 11:08 PM, z42 said:

Hardly a crack team. Wall to wall crooks and morons. I wonder what other dross will make the cut

Not so sure they are not a crack team.  As in the crack of a backside, a favorite place many of them take a great interest in I suspect when it belongs to a coup and Junta leader ????