Most poll respondents doubt charter amendments would help boost Thai economy

[webfact]

Most poll respondents doubt charter amendments would help boost economy

 

 

Most poll respondents do not believe that Thailand’s economy will improve if the Constitution is amended because they are unrelated issues. Meanwhile, some insist that economic improvement rests with the government’s economic management abilities.

 

The poll was conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration, or NIDA, on September 5th and 6th.  A total of 1,260 respondents, aged 18 and over and representing different occupations and educational levels across the country, were asked whether Thailand’s economy will improve if the charter is emended, what they think about the current state of the economy and what is behind the current economic slowdown.

 

Regarding the slowdown, the poll shows 46.67% of respondents blame the government for its inefficacy in tackling economic problems; 29.21% blame high prices of consumer goods set against low incomes; 24.13% blame the global economy; 22.54% blame politicians for not being serious about solving economic problems; 20.79% blame low farm prices and 13.65% blame natural causes, such as drought and flooding.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/most-poll-respondents-doubt-charter-amendments-would-help-boost-economy/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-09-09

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[BuckBee]

what it needs is constitution and uncle buck banana and general rolex to be removed and replaced with real democracy and some real compassion on thailands problems, not just compassion for your own interests .

As long as these Junta elitists at the top the further the country will fall backwards ...

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Regarding the slowdown, the poll shows 46.67% of respondents blame the government for its inefficacy in tackling economic problems; 29.21% blame high prices of consumer goods set against low incomes; 24.13% blame the global economy; 22.54% blame politicians for not being serious about solving economic problems; 20.79% blame low farm prices and 13.65% blame natural causes, such as drought and flooding.

 

I make that 156.99%?

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

I make that 156.99%?

It's a passionate response.

[legend49]

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

I make that 156.99%?

Thai mental arithmetic? Now you know why they are addicted to calculators.

[sammieuk1]

You could have course render it down to two generals masquerading in suits ????

[Cadbury]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, some insist that economic improvement rests with the government’s economic management abilities.

Therein lies the problem.

Most, if not all, the government ministers have been appointed by the PM for reasons of loyalty and their political support to make him Prime Minister. Suitability and qualifications for the job don't come into it.

Somkid has seen better days and now when the going gets tough he has little to offer. Then there is PM who imagines he is the salvation of the economy and appoints himself to oversee the economic governance of the Country. 

And yet they still blame the US/China trade fracas and the world economy without addressing those real issues; the high baht, economic and administrative incompetence and corruption. Their rich elite friends are no. 1 priority and their policies are designed around protecting their wealth.

[Srikcir]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Most poll respondents do not believe that Thailand’s economy will improve if the Constitution is amended because they are unrelated issues.

Proof that the respondents do not know their own constitution!

That makes the poll "bogus."

Thailand's future economy is CLOSELY linked to the junta-written 2017 Constitution by embodiment of the junta-written 20-year National Strategic Plan with the goal of turning Thailand into a developed country before 2037:

https://www.set.or.th/thailandfocus/files/20170829_Dr_Porametee.pdf

The military opposition House parties understand that the military had absolute power to create this Plan without public participation and opposition under a veil of secrecy to embed its self-interests. Given the four years failures of the military's economic policies succeeded in the "new" pro-military government by almost the same economic pro-military councils, the Plan is already unsustainable!

The NSP is also a major political obstacle to change!

The military has as in essence made itself within the Constitution a "parallel" sovereign state within Thailand - nontransparent and unaccountable through its control of the Senate (necessary for constitutional amendments and enforce NSP compliance), parliament (necessary for constitutional and legislative amendments), chairmanship of multiple oversight committees of both state-owned enterprises and government agencies, and embedded permanent military political control over local governments through the Army's Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC).

 

[webfact]

Govt fails to tackle economic woes: survey

By The Nation

 

Prayut Chan-o-cha

 

Most people regard the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as lacking the capacity to tackle economic woes, an opinion poll has found.

 

The Nida Poll of the National Institute of Development Administration carried out the survey among 1,260 respondents nationwide and announced the results on Sunday.

 

The Nida Poll found that 46.67 per cent of the respondents felt that the on-going economic woes were due to the government’s lack of ability to solve the economic problems.

 

In the open-ended question, 29.21 per cent of respondents blamed the woes on rising prices of consumer goods combined with low income and 24.13 per cent said it was down to the global economic slump. Meanwhile, 22.54 per cent of the respondents said the politicians in power have not paid enough attention to tackling economic woes, 20.79 per cent blamed the situation on falling prices of commodities and 13.65 per cent blamed natural disasters.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30375964

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-09-09

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[mok199]

Time for some famous Thai deflection .

[quandow]

How can a government that created these problems in order to line their own pockets (and buy some DAMNED nice watches!) be expected to fix these problems? They got theirs, too bad for the rest of us.

[PatOngo]

He's got the whole world

In his hand

He's got the whole wide world

In his hand

He's got the whole world in his hand!

 

[yellowboat]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Most people regard the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as lacking the capacity to tackle economic woes, an opinion poll has found.

If you are super rich, you will be okay.  Otherwise you are five years too late in predicting this.  Most of this forum talked about the pitfalls of this military government for years and here we are:  a lethargic Thailand that lacks a rudder and hopeful future.

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, some insist that economic improvement rests with the government’s economic management abilities.

Oh dear....

[harada]

Just a fraction of the money spent on pomp and ceremony would probably keep them in the black for a while.

[RichardColeman]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Regarding the slowdown, the poll shows 46.67% of respondents blame the government for its inefficacy in tackling economic problems; 29.21% blame high prices of consumer goods set against low incomes; 24.13% blame the global economy; 22.54% blame politicians for not being serious about solving economic problems; 20.79% blame low farm prices and 13.65% blame natural causes, such as drought and flooding.

89% blamed farangs !

[Isaan sailor]

By now, it’s obvious that the government has hitched it’s wagon to the ChiComs.  But now the ChiCom economy’s going down.  So why not decouple from the ChiComs?  Stop taking in Chinese hot money inflows from bond sales.

The western currencies will recover. Western tourists will return. Exports will flourish again.  That’s all.

[Eric Loh]

Nice deflection NIDA. All you have to do is to a totally discursive poll question. Shouldn’t the question be charter amendments would boost Thai democracy.

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The Nida Poll found that 46.67 per cent of the respondents felt that the on-going economic woes were due to the government’s lack of ability to solve the economic problems.

It's a shame that that percentage didn't vote more wisely at the election booths.