PM wants armed forces support for government

 

   

BANGKOK, (NNT) - The Prime Minister and Minister of Defence has chaired the first Defence Assembly session since his inauguration, urging the armed forces to support the government’s work in realizing policies such as cybersecurity enhancement, drought mitigation, and tourist safety.

 

In the first Defence Assembly session, the Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha urged leaders of the armed forces and related departments to work in unison to support the government’s policies, especially on cooperation with the Ministry of a Digital Economy and Society, the National Security Council, and other agencies, on the enactment of cybersecurity related bills. He called on them to come up with suitable responses to cybersecurity threats in the future.

 

The PM directed the armed forces to respond to natural disasters, particularly drought, and set up drought mitigation centers in affected provinces to work with related agencies.

 

The Prime Minister then urged the defence agencies to implement measures to ensure tourists’ safety in compliance with the government’s policy promoting tourism as a means of distributing income to people in local provinces. He urged the Internal Security Operations Command, working with local government agencies and private firms, to create safety measures suitable for each area, especially in popular tourist provinces.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2019-08-19

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8 minutes ago, webfact said:

PM wants armed forces support for government

 

Watch they don't turn on you, and try to overthrow you, giving you a taste of your own medicine !

Pity you did not practice what you now preach. Your brothers in arms were more supportive of the Abhisit Government.

When has the military ever supported the government or the thai people. They take orders from nobody.

Depressingly predictable. But as far as things a Prime Minister should never say, this is up there ????

As if proof were needed that the coalition is inadequate!

Prayut wants armed forces support because he is scared the same thing will happen to him. copying the stunt he pulled 5 years ago.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

urging the armed forces to support the government’s work in realizing policies

no, he wants armed forces IN the government, to Be the government

The only reason why he is in government; armed forces support.

Who cares what Prayut wants.

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Prayut wants armed forces support because he is scared the same thing will happen to him. copying the stunt he pulled 5 years ago.

Those lifting you up can easily drop you on your ass.

In a true democracy you don't urge the armed forces to do your bidding, you tell them and they obey but I forget, we are in Thailand.

To call them armed forces is an insult to any professional armed force in the world. They are more like armed thugs in uniform who have been used primarily against their own unarmed civilian population and are involved in all kinds of shady businesses and are mostly to blame for the countries devastating deforestation. They act as a private mafia army for the countries corrupt elite.
In counter insurgency and combat they are mostly useless as they run backwards twice as fast as forward.

Their leadership is as corrupt as they come.
Here you have it - Thai armed forces in a nutshell!


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Military tourism sounds like a good idea. They can give rides in the tanks, just like elephant rides.

Who is he trying to kid. He is the same bird of feather. No separation. He just gave them the Democratically elected governments carte blanche key to run amok.

Except orders from coup leader Generals. And why? Does anyone really know?

When has the military ever supported the government or the thai people. They take orders from nobody.

Good sentiment, but reality is he's the official leader of the Gov't. And until another election or coup, everyone is stuck with this Bozo and what he does n says.

Who cares what Prayut wants.

Remember he and his ministers omitted the part of the swearing in oath that said they would uphold every part of the constitution. Sort of like having their fingers crossed. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."

2 hours ago, YetAnother said:

no, he wants armed forces IN the government, to Be the government

Exactly, the voice of a dictator who thinks he still commands the military.

The direction this country is headed is disconcerting, adding to the already existing changes and one (with choices and options) starts to weigh the value of living here.  

 

 

Edited August 19, 20196 yr by Nowisee

thought he was requesting a coup

from the headline

 

 

As expected, the military remains present!
Nothing has changed since the elections on 24/3!

He has many reason to be scared. His mentor and fervent supporter of last couple of coups is not around anymore. There has been an overt swing to de-fang the Burapha Phayak camp and replaced with the Wong Thewan faction. The First Army who has been the forefront of the coups has been moved out of the city. His days are numbered and if he failed to prevent the economy from sinking lower, he will have to go. He is now a man clutching for straws and begging for support. A kind of walking dead. 

All he is doing is saving his backside from being overthrown . Highly unlikely his own idea but a hint from above.

 

involve military in the running of the country and you are safe, keep military out as it should be and you would be overthrown .

 

In addition his  government block is unstable and slowly falling apart 

Support the Government, not be the Government, of course.

I hope and pray he doesn't mean monitor, harass etc., the opposition parties. 

Sounding more like a "military government" every day.

31 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

There has been an overt swing to de-fang the Burapha Phayak camp and replaced with the Wong Thewan faction.

Or more simply put, the emergence of military dominance of the King's Guard over the Queen's Guard (sometimes referred to as the "Eastern Tigers").

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia-Insight/All-the-king-s-men-Thai-military-power-shifts-away-from-Prayuth

Help to guard the trough ? 

5 hours ago, Thechook said:

When has the military ever supported the government or the thai people. They take orders from nobody.

You're terribly wrong with your last sentence.