Taweesin explains the need to extend state of emergency

[webfact]

Taweesin explains the need to extend state of emergency

By The Nation

 

 

In a press conference held on Tuesday (May 26), spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin explained the necessity of extending the state of emergency.

 

He said that when the virus first arrived in the country, Thailand was only able to enforce the Communicable Disease Control Act, which meant ministries had to take time to address issues and come up with solutions, which resulted in such problems as mask shortages.

 

This issue worsened when people started hoarding supplies to make profits, until the Commerce Ministry finally declared masks as a controlled product.

 

However, once the Emergency Decree was enforced, more than 40 laws, including the Contagious Disease Control Act, could be tied together to allow for quick enforcement.

 

He said the Covid-19 crisis has been continuing for several months now, and officials have to work together under CCSA to prevent and control the spread of the virus as soon as possible.

 

“All sectors, both private and government, have to work together and nobody can take credit because it is teamwork. The government has to be strict, while the private sector must remain strong. People must be secured first, only then will the nation and the rest of the world overcome the situation and move forward,” Taweesin concluded.

 

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Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30388535

 

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[YetAnother]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Taweesin explains the need to extend state of emergency

i can explain it quite easily: bunch of idiots

[kotsak]

Well, it suits them in many levels, e.g no protestors on the streets, haven't heard a beep regarding the junta anniversary a few days ago ????

 

[stouricks]

Why is the deaf translator not wearing a mask? 

 

Sorry just realised that deaf people lip read.

Edited May 26, 2020 by stouricks

[ChipButty]

They need to keep their foot on the brown peoples throat

[OneeyedJohn]

I don't know anyone who is deaf, I don't know anyone who has or had the virus.

 

What is all this sh1ite about.

 

I live in a cave.

[DrTuner]

In other word, the convoluted mess created by the usurpers is so ineffective, whenever something needs to be done you'll have to slap on the state of emergency.

 

Pretty much matches my experiences dealing with Thai bureaucracy. 

[Wiggy]

If you watch closely during his briefings you can see the strings. 

[BobbyL]

This issue worsened when people started hoarding supplies to make profits

 

Strange that the stories of people in the government doing just that have miraculously disappeared. 

 

 

[Somtamnication]

Understood why it was extended. The citizens are revolting and they must be controlled.

[Geoffggi]

Absolute and utter rubbish.....!!!!

[klauskunkel]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

Taweesin explains the need to extend state of emergency

read the thing, found no explanation

...and that's how you explain it, take a bow Taweesin 

[Curt1591]

16 hours ago, stouricks said:

Why is the deaf translator not wearing a mask? 

 

Sorry just realised that deaf people lip read.

Can't recall any of the Thai sighers really speaking. Maybe Taweesin should be the one with no mask. 

[rtco]

[Burma Bill]

54 minutes ago, Somtamnication said:

Understood why it was extended. The citizens are revolting and they must be controlled.

and then the 31st July????? - "POWER" indeed.

[petermik]

Do what WE say..not what YOU think is right or wrong

[luckyluke]

5 minutes ago, petermik said:

Do what WE say..not what YOU think is right or wrong

If the YOU would be able to decide, it will be in first instance about ME - ME,

 

Now it doesn't mean that I am agree with everything what the WE say.

[Bender Rodriguez]

panic and control, that works well

[dpcjsr]

What crisis? 

[DPKANKAN]

18 hours ago, kotsak said:

Well, it suits them in many levels, e.g no protestors on the streets, haven't heard a beep regarding the junta anniversary a few days ago ????

 

Or their harassment of the Future Forward Party, or that the economy was going  to s..t because of their inane, ignorant, blinkered, non-fiscal policies!!!????????????????????????????????

[Magenta408]

Ah smell boool-sheet. A powerful, overpowering odor. This has nothing to do with a virus.

[Das Boot]

I am and have been since the beginning, a proponent of the lockdown to control the spread of this disease.  That said, I fail to see why continued full lockdown is any benefit?  People are hungry, many out of work & by their own announcement 31 (33 now) days without new infection in Chonburi province.  Yes the populace as behaving under the lockdown (for the most part) & I'm sure the govt are loving that aspect, but at an enormous cost to the economy, to individuals and to the country as a whole.  There soon won't be a country left to exert any power over.  The longer it goes, the more difficult it will be to bounce back from it.  Maybe its time to start a phased recovery?  Or would that be too complicated?

[CLS]

In other words, if you had qualified ministers the SoE wouldn’t be needed.

[nauseus]

5 hours ago, rtco said:

Is that the message from Pat?

[RichardColeman]

Or quite simply, the poor, the starving and the opposition plan a protest = time to extend rolling bans

20 hours ago, DrTuner said:

In other word, the convoluted mess created by the usurpers is so ineffective, whenever something needs to be done you'll have to slap on the state of emergency.

 

Pretty much matches my experiences dealing with Thai bureaucracy. 

 

[Clarkey611]

3 hours ago, dpcjsr said:

What crisis? 

I am still waiting for the first ripple!

[holy cow cm]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

People must be secured first, only then

And there you go. Full control being furthered.

[JimGant]

58 minutes ago, Das Boot said:

Maybe its time to start a phased recovery?  Or would that be too complicated?

What do you think they've been doing under CCSA? Phase three starts 1 June, when massage parlors, one of many type businesses, will be allowed to resume. Monitor the situation (again, per CCSA), and maybe phase four will enter at the end of June. Contrast this to the bedlam in California and Florida, where there was no phased opening of the beaches (well, there was, but no enforcement in place -- Thailand, at least, has a handle on the enforcement, at least to some degree -- under CCSA).

 

Taweesip seems credible --  I don't see him as a flunky spokesman for the junta. Yeah, it may be too slow for many, but a well-thought out approach by Thailand may just hasten the needed tourist return, when they can feel as assured as if they were, well, going to New Zealand.

[Baerboxer]

On 5/26/2020 at 3:30 PM, YetAnother said:

i can explain it quite easily: bunch of idiots

 

Yeah right, and you could do so much better! ????

 

Why haven't you returned to your own country to lead them through this pandemic? ????

[Baerboxer]

3 hours ago, Das Boot said:

I am and have been since the beginning, a proponent of the lockdown to control the spread of this disease.  That said, I fail to see why continued full lockdown is any benefit?  People are hungry, many out of work & by their own announcement 31 (33 now) days without new infection in Chonburi province.  Yes the populace as behaving under the lockdown (for the most part) & I'm sure the govt are loving that aspect, but at an enormous cost to the economy, to individuals and to the country as a whole.  There soon won't be a country left to exert any power over.  The longer it goes, the more difficult it will be to bounce back from it.  Maybe its time to start a phased recovery?  Or would that be too complicated?

 

Thailand never had a full 24 hour lockdown. It took sensible actions, including closing it's borders. Actions which have, by comparison with the vaunted Western governments, seem to be much more effective.

 

Now it has and is pursuing a policy of cautious relaxation of the prohibited activities, whilst still maintaining sensible rules. This is a phased recovery!

 

The whole world economy is knackered. Some countries, including the big boys, are gonna be much worse off than Thailand when it comes to bouncing back.

 

Only many TVF posters are either unable to admit it or so far from reality they can't.