Prayut gets royal endorsement as prime minister

[Orton Rd]

Please god just do not bring back the Friday night propaganda speeches somebody else writes, and no more songs!

[JAG]

2 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Maybe I need glasses but is there not one person missing from the swearing-in ceremony?....

Dorian Grey.

[steven100]

Well done Khun Prayut Chan O Cha ....  Thailand continues to move forward with you at the helm.

[nong38]

And after another jolly hard day at the office he retired to bed with a cup of hot Bovril and a "Famous Five " adventure novel!

[Wilsonandson]

And after another jolly hard day at the office he retired to bed with a cup of hot Bovril and a "Famous Five " adventure novel!

Not before a ride on a choo choo train. Bless him.

[GarryP]

2 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Beat off and Man Date>> gay dating ??

Certainly sounds that way.

[Mavideol]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

"The policy ideas proposed by parties are all beneficial to the people. So the government that comes from the election and through the joining of members of parliament must be a government of all Thais," he said 

he's joking right? the government that comes from the election, what the heck elections is he talking about

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut gets royal endorsement as prime minister

is this suppose to be something new like a surprise

[Mavideol]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

General Prayut Chan-o-cha was royally endorsed for his second term as prime minister

already speaking about the next term in 5 years???.he's serving his self elected 1st term as PM

[Mavideol]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

It was expected that the retired general, who was elected as premier by Parliament last week,

if he's retired why is he allowed to work...IMO guidelines clearly specify retired people can not perform any type of work

[CGW]

58 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Well done Khun Prayut Chan O Cha ....  Thailand continues to move forward with you at the helm.

Long admired a man with a sense of humour in the face of adversity ???? 

[gk10002000]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

was royally endorsed for his second term

And how long is this second term supposed to be?  4 years? 5 years?  What document or law governs that?  The constitution has been batted around an generally ignored for decades.  Of course any "official" term of office is meaningless as he is in charge of any and all rules just as when he decided to initially take over

[Wilsonandson]

 

[White Christmas13]

5 hours ago, bluesofa said:

He is pretty good at the nonsensical goings on. It's his specialist subject.

wait for the booth lickers they be out in force shortly

[White Christmas13]

I am sick

[Golden Triangle]

I just found this gem ????

 

 

[SABloke]

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

“Moreover, the current Cabinet and premier can work until the new [PM and] Cabinet takes these two steps. Also, the National Council for Peace and Order’s power will end eventually [once those steps are taken],” he added.

 

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Wissanu, who is a legal expert, said there was no fixed date to form a new government,

 

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

with or without a new Cabinet by then, Prayut as premier would be chairman of the 34th Asean Summit, which takes place in Bangkok on June 22-23.

This tells me that the NCPO are planning to stay in charge until at least the end of June, and quite possibly indefinitely, as now suddenly we can't "legally" have a government until Prayuth says a few platitudes about the government's vision. Next they'll tell us Prayuth's got a sore throat and can't speak - new government can't form etc. etc. What utter crap. This joke of a regime gets worse by the minute. 

[Daryle]

I predict the first decision of this "government" is when and where the casinos will open. At least then the Thais can place a wager on how long this farce continues.

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[Chazar]

3 hours ago, nong38 said:

And after another jolly hard day at the office he retired to bed with a cup of hot Bovril and a "Famous Five " adventure novel!

Which had to be read and explained to him

[JAG]

10 hours ago, nong38 said:

And after another jolly hard day at the office he retired to bed with a cup of hot Bovril and a "Famous Five " adventure novel!

Which does raise the spectre of the somewhat androgynous "George" and her penchant for being tied up in dark caves by unshaven men....

[Srikcir]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

I will safeguard the dignity of the institutions of state, religion and the monarchy, which are deeply cherished by the people of Thailand ...

... whom are not considered a pillar of Thai society.

 

For five years as the junta leader Prayut has shown through his exercise of absolute power and now 50% control of the Parliament through junta-appointed the Senate and marginal control through the House that the Thai electorate are more an inconvenience (note that nowhere in Prayut's statements is the word "democracy").

The State cannot be cherished by the Thai people if the State does not cherish the Thai people.

When the dignity of the Thai people is respected as mandated in the Constitution, then there shall be a unified nation.

[fantom]

12 hours ago, steven100 said:

Well done Khun Prayut Chan O Cha ....  Thailand continues to move forward with you at the helm.

One day a Rooster, the next a feather duster.

[Khun Paul]

He might very well be Royally endorsed, however he now has to convince at least 95% of the Population to trust him, the other 5 % are his cronies anyway . An uphill battle and NOW without HIS RANK to fall back on, a target for many 

 

[neeray]

17 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

No Comment.

Ditto

[neeray]

15 hours ago, CGW said:

Grand! nobody else wants him though! - better to not go into any detail...................................................!

Ahh come on. Steven100 wants him. He has a good friend and a supporter.

[Srikcir]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Wissanu, who is a legal expert, said there was no fixed date to form a new government, so the current Cabinet would continue to perform their duties until Prayut and his new Cabinet are sworn in, and the new government’s policy announcement is delivered in Parliament.

Well not exactly except for fact that Prayut last month refused to comply with the constitution's provision to place himself and his government into "caretaker" status.

Chapter VIII, The Council of Ministers,¹ :

Section 169 (selected parts with my italic emphasis)²

The outgoing Council of Ministers under section 167(2) [Ministers vacate office en masse upon the expiration of the term or the dissolution of the House of Representatives] having to continue to perform duties under section 168 shall perform duties subject to the following conditions:  

• (1) refraining from acts which result in giving approval for works or projects or which creates an obligation on the subsequent Council of Ministers, except as already determined in the annual appropriation;
• (2) refraining from the appointment or transfer of government officials holding permanent positions or receiving permanent salaries, or officials of State agency, State enterprise , or undertaking in which the State is a major shareholder, or discharging such person from the performance of duties or removal of such person from office, or instructing another person to perform duties in lieu of such person,the expiration of the term or the dissolution of the House of Representatives except by prior approval of the Election Commission;
• (3) refraining from acts which result in giving approval to the expenditure of budget reserved for an emergency or exigency, the expiration of the term or the dissolution of the House of Representatives;

None of the above constitutional restrictions will be followed.

Seems Prayut's absolute power is still in place to overrule the constitution even after formation of the new Parliament and his PM endorsement.

¹ The PM Cabinet 

²This translation has been prepared by Legal Opinion and Translation Section, Foreign Law Division under the legal duty of the Office of the Council of State for information purpose only.

[CGW]

32 minutes ago, neeray said:

Ahh come on. Steven100 wants him. He has a good friend and a supporter.

Hey look at the positive, if there is one - at least he has ONE supporter! even that is surprising 

Steven100 should consider starting a "supporter" club      ????

[poohy]

Isn't it amazing what you can do online nowadays!

just saying!

[CGW]

26 minutes ago, poohy said:

Isn't it amazing what you can do online nowadays!

just saying!

My favourite pastime is admiring Prayut's constant "costume" changes! how many "costumes" does the man have ????

[Chazar]

5 hours ago, JAG said:

Which does raise the spectre of the somewhat androgynous "George" and her penchant for being tied up in dark caves by unshaven men....

And they always had "lashings"  of  ginger  beer, so  I've been told obviously