PM Prayut embarrassed by people asking for cash handouts everywhere he goes

[fxe1200]

5 hours ago, Chazar said:

How  much is  your personal worth again?

Prajuth declared roughly 4.2 million dollar in 2014. It should have doubled by now.

[Eric Loh]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today (Monday) that he is embarrassed because, everywhere he goes, there are people constantly asking him for cash handouts, budget assignments or pay increases.

It's their money and they have the right to ask where you spent and why you spent on those unnecessary military vanity hardware. You rightly should be embarrassed because it's not your money that you spent discriminately.  

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

“If I am rich or if Thailand is rich, I will give to them.  I do not blame them because they don’t have money,” said the Prime Minister adding, however, that it should be the responsibility of government officials concerned to clarify to the people that the government simply cannot give away money, but has to follow regulations and be transparent regarding disbursement of public money.

Yet the military can buy buy buy buy..... while the poor beg?

But he's not embarrassed enough to tweek the budgets around.

[Burma Bill]

Quote:-

"“If I am rich or if Thailand is rich, I will give to them"

Plenty of money, though, for American armored cars and Chinese warships!!

[tifino]

even after all these years... he still cannot grasp the grassroots concept of what it takes to become a civilian polititian... 

 

 

only knows what it is like to take take take...

[monkfish]

No cash left all been spent on monkey food.
Their will be cash handouts prior to next election.

[thaimelody]

You really cannot make this up. On the one hand he asks for cash on the other he is bored of people asking for cash.

[Almer]

From a UK on Retirement Visa/EXT of stay.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB

[FarFlungFalang]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

I do not blame them because they don’t have money,” said the Prime Minister

No you don't blame them because you know that you are to blame they don't have money!Ever heard of sharing?

[pmarlin]

4 hours ago, quadperfect said:

Thats hilariouse. Thai people are not beggars and work hard. But this guy just keeps on spending on military to excess and then asks the people to fund the floods.

 

You haven't met my wife's family.

[Yinn]

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

He said...If i am rich,???????? if, the is no if about it.

Meanwhile in real world.....

Khun Bin collect 230 million baht now already. 

And give 5000 cash to people who need it NOW.

 

If you want to help, give to Bin. He not corruption sure. Very baht will go to the people.

[Isaan sailor]

Think about all those hot money inflows over at Bank of Thailand, resulting in record foreign cash reserves.  Surely some of that Ill-gotten money could be put to good use...

[ZeVonderBearz]

He's about to go on TV to ask the nation to pay for flood relief. This is the same chap who's spunked billions of baht on tanks and subs with no clear or obvious threats, other than his own people in the south and those who were red. The man is a joke. 

[Caldera]

Compared with having a convicted drug trafficker in one's cabinet, the subject matter he's embarrassed about here is actually not very embarrassing.

 

It's quite telling nonetheless, I wonder where they got the idea from that he's good for a (another) handout?

[jerojero]

Of course you can't give away money to poor people. Genuine well managed gov't spending on social programs cost too much. Now, let's buy some fighter jets....

[Denim]

4 hours ago, robblok said:

Too bad nobody in the opposition asks if some of the military spending can be changed to flood relief. That would really embarrass him.  Because we all know what the answer will be. 

 

You have to understand the junta mind set. They will spin it that the current flooding proves they are justified in getting submarines in case there is ever worse flooding.

[holy cow cm]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Thai President Foods

Why them? Very nice people. 

[holy cow cm]

Sounds a lot like Prayut Antoinette: Let them eat som tum 

[Denim]

Actually there is a sense of karma and irony here.

 

When Yingluk was new to office she also quickly faced a flooding disaster. At the time the army were quick to criticize the governments mishandling of the crisis.

 

What goes around comes around.

 

People also asked for cash help back then and got it. We got it because we were one of those  flooded out.

 

Didn't here Yingluk complain that the victims wanted compensation.

[Grumpy John]

Sum of u are vedy bad piple.  Yu pik on god mun who giv 500 baht 4 whiski so we hav partie.  ????

[BobbyL]

Flooding year on year, yet nothing is ever done to try and PREVENT it, and now this charlatan is embarrassed ????. 

[jondoe18]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

“If I am rich or if Thailand is rich, I will give to them

I was in Athens for a week this year.
My observations ... Thailand is rich, Greece is poor.

[newatthis]

6 hours ago, macgver said:

The Ubon people complaint why Prayut giving the 500 or 1,000 baht to the Social Welfare Card and the Ubon people need the fund to survive because they can't go out and everywhere flood. With this complaint, Prayut decided to donate 1 million baht and give 1,000 baht each person. He started to use his own personal account to raise money from the public. Totally, he received from the public is more than 100 million baht. 

 

Prayut did all this??? 

[White Christmas13]

I wonder where all the boot lickers are not one word from them

[wisperone]

But your not embarrassed by the police stopping farangs everyday for handouts at traffic stops.

[colinneil]

11 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

I wonder where all the boot lickers are not one word from them

Hang on mate ole Steven is still getting over last night.... He was brahms and list.????????????????

He posted that on here.

[BritManToo]

7 hours ago, macgver said:

The Ubon people complaint why Prayut giving the 500 or 1,000 baht to the Social Welfare Card and the Ubon people need the fund to survive because they can't go out and everywhere flood. With this complaint, Prayut decided to donate 1 million baht and give 1,000 baht each person. He started to use his own personal account to raise money from the public. Totally, he received from the public is more than 100 million baht. 

 

Is there a difference between his personal account and government money?

[Time Traveller]

When it comes to behaviour, I guess they just follow the leader.

[Jimbo2014]

If they were not use to receiving it to vote in his favor then the habit of asking wouldn't exist.  The vast majority of leaders in other countries can walk around without being asked for 'handouts'.????

[Cake Monster]

Is the guy embarrassed enough to actually hand over some of his personal wealth to the needy ?.

I for one,will not hold my breath .