1 minute ago, sweatalot said:

Congratulations. May he be a skilfull and truly democratic leader of the Thai nation

I think I am about to spill my cookies...

2 minutes ago, sweatalot said:

Congratulations. May he be a skilfull and truly democratic leader of the Thai nation.

May he make democracy in Thailand a reality

Lol. Someone's been smoking too much already.

Now this 'democratically elected' prime minister can enjoy being criticized, ridiculed and made fun of. This is a democracy after all........

Aloha,

Better than fish, better than Poi, General Prayer as Thais' next Prime Minister!

7 minutes ago, sweatalot said:

Congratulations. May he be a skilfull and truly democratic leader of the Thai nation.

May he make democracy in Thailand a reality

You're joking aren't you? 

 

 

1 hour ago, vinniekintana said:

Democracy is NOT synonymous with development

A multitude of authoritarian states in eastern Asia with high development rates.

True, but Thailand seems to get the worst of both alternatives (no democracy + crony capitalism).

9 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

Now this 'democratically elected' prime minister can enjoy being criticized, ridiculed and made fun of. This is a democracy after all........

I wonder what measures he will put in place to prevent that from happening. Step one, rig the election. Step two, retain Article 44 by another name. He has to, or he will literally be driven mad.

18 minutes ago, Throatwobbler said:

The Thais did not choose this.

Yes they did. 50% of them chose it (over several years) and the rest let it happen.

 

All countries get the governments they deserve. That's because all governments - even the authoritarian ones - are the product of the local culture. If the people wanted to get rid of this mob, they could. But it would take courage, energy & sustained action.

3 hours ago, Reigntax said:

Now can add fake democracy to the list of La la lands achievments

The hub of........ 

Thai always hurt themselves and then they complain,

shit is always shit and the more it turns the more it smells

2 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Next time just forget an election and the lies, save the money and put it towards something useful. Sad and depressing day for Thailand.

Useful? like another useless submarine.....  Just imagine how much commission must be in a sub????

Edited June 6, 20197 yr by Artisi

1 hour ago, vinniekintana said:

Democracy is NOT synonymous with development

A multitude of authoritarian states in eastern Asia with high development rates.

Quite right!

Democracy is no panacea. Western-type democracy is obviously not suitable for countries with different cultural aspects.

A democratic Singapore would not have been as successful as an authoritarian one.

1 hour ago, EricTh said:

What is shocking is that the Democrat party led by Abhisit decided to support Prayut. 

 

Fact check on that statement wouldn't go amiss. 

2 minutes ago, Artisi said:

Useful? like another useless submarine.....  Just imagine how much commission must be in a sub????

Thai submarines have only one purpose - to transport criminals, commoner or elitist,  (as deck cargo) away from the Kingdom.  ????????

Will a higher authority bless this nightmare on the Thai people, or will this higher authority be smart enough to put an end to it?

12 minutes ago, baboon said:

I wonder what measures he will put in place to prevent that from happening. Step one, rig the election. Step two, retain Article 44 by another name. He has to, or he will literally be driven mad.

Will be interesting to see, but one thing I can say for sure, the more this whole charade has gone on, the more I've witnessed people online getting angry with him and mocking him. 

 

Re-branding 44 may well stir even more hatred and ultimately be his undoing. Or, anger for a week or two and then back to apathy. 

Farcical stuff, but to be expected. The country's slow but steady slide into the shitter has just been accelerated.

Edited June 6, 20197 yr by CanterbrigianBangkoker

39 minutes ago, lvr181 said:

An inevitable (& planned) conclusion! Why would anyone be surprised? ????

 

And I bet that during the next six months little (apart from talking) or no effective action will be taken to reduce road trauma (AKA get the RTP to do their job effectively, in all enforcement areas). 

What has reducing road trauma / deaths got to do with getting your snout into the trough - bugger-all... 

Seriously, I don't know we expats bother with this anymore (myself included). None of us here saw anything different. The masses didn't object before and they won't now. The next thing that will happen is that courtesy and acceptance notes will fly in from other world leaders...and we expats will, of course, endorse their congrats...????????Hey fellas, what's with the rotten tomatoes, I was only joking,????

 

Edited June 6, 20197 yr by TKDfella

39 minutes ago, sweatalot said:

Congratulations. May he be a skilfull and truly democratic leader of the Thai nation.

May he make democracy in Thailand a reality

You win, comedian of the month - please take a bow. 

20 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Yes they did. 50% of them chose it (over several years) and the rest let it happen.

 

All countries get the governments they deserve. That's because all governments - even the authoritarian ones - are the product of the local culture. If the people wanted to get rid of this mob, they could. But it would take courage, energy & sustained action.

In history many Thais have been killed fighting for democracy. It is a very risky business. I wonder how many of the armchair warriors on here who blame the Thais for not rising up would be willing to go and risk their own lives if the same was happening in their own country. Willing to bet that most of you would leave it to someone else while you left it to somebody else.

39 minutes ago, Throatwobbler said:

The Thais did not choose this.

They did, albeit in part by their apathy.

The Thai electorate supported the junta-drafted constitution (largely by not voting with only about a 60% turnout). Everything that followed through to the election of Prayut was predictable.

4 hours ago, PatOngo said:

That is something to look forward to, former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister, now Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has been in power for 34 years, maybe Thailand can look forward something similar here!

You're bang on the button! This guy is going nowhere for a very long time!

well that was a surprise......not

11 minutes ago, ocddave said:

Will a higher authority bless this nightmare on the Thai people, or will this higher authority be smart enough to put an end to it?

Twelve times there has been a successful military coup in Thailand since 1932.

Each one legitimized.

So no end in sight.

1 minute ago, Srikcir said:

They did, albeit in part by their apathy.

The Thai electorate supported the junta-drafted constitution (largely by not voting with only about a 60% turnout). Everything that followed through to the election of Prayut was predictable.

The Thais knew that the election of Prayuth was inevitable anyway. Look at the 250 unelected senators. The actions post election show what a farce it has been. The Thais are well aware of this.

Effectively, another coup!!

6 hours ago, webfact said:

the general had already been checked by independent agencies and cleared to be the PM candidate.

Like they checked his best buddy Prawit?

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The two blocs also clashed several times when debating the 2014 coup. At one point, senator Seri Suwanpanont admitted that he would rather support a democratic dictatorship rather than a fake democracy.

oxymoron of the year, and he is literally supporting a fake democracy. 

I always thought that the perfect form of government is a benign dictatorship. The catchphrase for this is “for the greater good” .