Prayut given a test of what to come

[webfact]

Prayut given a test of what to come

 

(Photo) Thai Government’s website

 

Many say movie trailers are usually more exciting than the real films. For Prayut Chan-o-cha, however, the glimpse of what to come that he has experienced first-hand can be tantamount to a stroll in the park when the “real thing” does materialize.

 

He has seen, on a front-row seat, a trailer of a political thriller. Whether he was shaken by it is hard to say, but the situation was serious enough to warrant his public apology. The Government House’s unprecedented statement said he was sorry for conflicts within the Palang Pracharat Party over the Cabinet formation. Prayut knew the Thai public, who have been divided over his continued stay in power, must have been disappointed.

 

The situation threatened to go out of hand, with some Palang Pracharat MPs ready to kick Sontirat Sontijirawong out as party secretary-general. Whether Prayut’s public apology helped calm things down was debatable, but what followed it was an uneasy truce between rival Palang Pracharat factions. The anti-Sontirat campaign abated and trouble-plagued allocation of Cabinet seats drew to a close.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/prayut-given-a-test-of-what-to-come/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-07-05

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[Matzzon]

Out with the toy cars and sand buckets. Exactly as in the day care center. It´s playtime!

Edited July 4, 2019 by Matzzon

[cornishcarlos]

Wait till he actually attends a session in parliament, that we will fun... I have a feeling he will do everything he can to avoid going though !! Getting ripped to shreds won't look to good on his résumé...

[colinneil]

8 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

Wait till he actually attends a session in parliament, that we will fun... I have a feeling he will do everything he can to avoid going though !! Getting ripped to shreds won't look to good on his résumé...

The PM wants the teddy lifting crane machines banned, so he can have all the teddies stock piled for when he throws a tantrum, teddies out the pram time.

Also it will be interesting to see if he does his..... I will give you a punch in the mouth bit.

[leeneeds]

Alliances, trust and respect,

very hard to build such relationships in this fractured set up of 

a cabinet that has yet to be announced, 

so who's bread khun Prayut has to butter first and the most and how 

often is not totally clear, and may take a feudal year to sort out.

OH the stress of it all.

[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Prayut knew the Thai public, who have been divided over his continued stay in power, must have been disappointed.

BS, guy doesn't know anything about the Thai public

[Eligius]

Silly, childish, intelligence-insulting article.

[Lungstib]

18 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

BS, guy doesn't know anything about the Thai public

My thoughts entirely. All of Prayuths friends want the military to stay in power, because all of his friends are military personnel. His first encounter with people who dont share his vision has been the PPRP debacle. He doesn't go shopping, drive his own car or wash his own clothes. What would he know about ordinary people.

[hotchilli]

31 minutes ago, Lungstib said:

My thoughts entirely. All of Prayuths friends want the military to stay in power, because all of his friends are military personnel. His first encounter with people who dont share his vision has been the PPRP debacle. He doesn't go shopping, drive his own car or wash his own clothes. What would he know about ordinary people.

They still bow to the master race!

[mikebell]

38 minutes ago, Eligius said:

Silly, childish, intelligence-insulting article.

And there is a repeated mistake; 'what IS to come,'

[blazes]

Any truth to the rumour that John Bercow is to be appointed Speaker of the Thai parliament?

 

He could bring some ORDER! ORDER! to the chaos.  A suitable post-Brexit job for him?

[yellowboat]

"The Thai public are generally divided into three groups. The first balks at him no matter what. The second backs him come what may. The third combine skeptical supporters and resigned doubters, all of whom deciding to give him a try."

 

Translation:

1, Normal, good people who want to pursue happiness

2, Room temperature IQ's

3, Gutless wonders

 

He gets in on the skin of his teeth after redrawing boundaries, he screwed around for 5 years just wasting time, money pontificating, posing and posturing, and he has fan boys.  Sadly, many Thais are not interested in the intellectual treasures residing outside their borders, so they have little good references and low expectations.

 

He being ripped to shreds would be a welcomed change from having to listen to is nonsensical droning.   

[Srikcir]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

trouble-plagued allocation of Cabinet seats drew to a close.

I doubt that.

Palang Pracharat's fall back solution to conceding the department minister posts is to get either Deputy Minister or Permanent Secretary positions in the contested Ministeries which are also part of the PM's Cabinet (now about 32 members!). If Prayut's chosen Department Ministers falter in their duties or conflict with their respective Palang Pracharat Deputies and/or Permanent Secretaries, Palang Pracharat can bring "a world of pain" onto Prayut.

Prayut may only be delaying a day of reckoning with the Palang Pracharat.

I give it until no later than October 2020.

[Eric Loh]

44 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

I doubt that.

Palang Pracharat's fall back solution to conceding the department minister posts is to get either Deputy Minister or Permanent Secretary positions in the contested Ministeries which are also part of the PM's Cabinet (now about 32 members!). If Prayut's chosen Department Ministers falter in their duties or conflict with their respective Palang Pracharat Deputies and/or Permanent Secretaries, Palang Pracharat can bring "a world of pain" onto Prayut.

Prayut may only be delaying a day of reckoning with the Palang Pracharat.

I give it until no later than October 2020.

As the headline in the other major English newspaper put it aptly "Stability Questioned"; a cabinet line-up that leaves much to be desired. Expect few cabinet re-shuffles within this year.  

[spidermike007]

After five years of absolutely nonsensical policy, total incompetence, daily declarations, mindless crackdowns (that are never followed up), protection of the powerful, those in power, those that are super wealthy and the police, the near destruction of the (Western) tourism industry, and the massive abuse of ex-pats with the constant racist diatribes, he deserves whatever abuse, criticism and hardships come his way. He earned the challenges. He is universally despised. 

[Justgrazing]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

The situation threatened to go out of hand, with some Palang Pracharat MPs ready to kick

Off .?

Only a matter of time before it goes off again even if he's managed to smooth this one over .. 

Maybe they should have a wrestling match like used to be on the telly back in the day .. I reckon Chair P' could take the place of Mick McManus with his buddy toad as Big ( but short ) Daddy if it has to be a tag contest ..