Thousands expected at Bangkok anti-govt rally on Sept 19-20

[webfact]

Thousands expected at Bangkok anti-govt rally on Sept 19-20

By The Nation

 

Parit Chiwarak and Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, second and third from right respectively, hold a press conference for their planned September 19 rally. (Tanachai Pramarnpanich#NationPhoto)

 

Student protesters on Wednesday announced plans to camp overnight at Thammasat University on September 19 before marching to Government House the following morning.

 

Plans for the latest large anti-government rally were revealed by the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration group at a press conference.

 

Observers predict the rally could attract up to 100,000 participants, making it the largest protest since the 2014 coup.  

 

The protest will start at 2pm at Thammasat’s Tha Prachan Campus in Bangkok, according to student leaders Parit Chiwarak and Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul. The rally is expected to spill over to nearby Sanam Luang as Thammasat will not have capacity to hold such large numbers. 

 

Ratchadamnoen Klang road will be also closed to make way for protest-related activities.

 

Participants will march to Government House at 8am on September 20.

 

Pro-democracy protesters are calling for a rewrite of the junta-drafted Constitution, a halt to intimidation of activists, and dissolution of Parliament.

 

Student-led protests have intensified in recent months, despite a government crackdown in which police have issued arrest warrants for activists. MPs have agreed to the proposal to draft a new Constitution, but have not yet reached consensus on whether to first cancel the unelected Senate’s power to vote for a new prime minister.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30394264

 

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[ChakaKhan]

That should do wonders for the covid situation---will they have to quarantine after?

[RichardColeman]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

Pro-democracy protesters are calling for a rewrite of the junta-drafted Constitution, a halt to intimidation of activists, and dissolution of Parliament.

Shame they cannot add the revocation of any non-prosecution agreements

[rasmus5150]

Let's hope that the students can keep these demonstrations "clean", and not allowing any corrupt colored factions to mingle.......

 

 

[webfact]

PM Prayut vows no violence against protesters

 

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has given an assurance that the government will not use force against students who plan a major anti-government rally on September 19.

 

Speaking during the House debate on Wednesday night, the prime minister said as a father he cares about the well-being of the students whom he said he regards “as my own children.”

 

He insisted that he has instructed police to be cautious and lenient in dealing with the young protesters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pm-prayut-vows-no-violence-against-protesters/

 

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[sammieuk1]

Speaking during the House debate on Wednesday night, the prime minister said as a father he cares about the well-being of the students whom he said he regards “as my own children.”

 

Yes jail them to as one father to another uncle P ????

[Tropicalevo]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

the government will not use force against students

But what about the police?

[bodga]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

“as my own children.”

id  rather be a b'stard  although some have said that before????

[JimHuaHin]

I am not worried about the students causing trouble, but rather I am concerned about any agent provocateurs sent by government organisations, the ultra royalists or the ultra conservatives.

[Thaiwrath]

“I am giving my words right here,” he said,

 

I think the days of people believing the <deleted> coming out of his mouth are well gone !

[rtco]

4 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

That should do wonders for the covid situation---will they have to quarantine after?

There is no Covid in Thailand!!!

[yellowboat]

The leaders will be hunted down afterwards and made an example of most likely.   The students, the young pose the biggest threat to the army and the 1%. 

[rtco]

42 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

But what about the police?

he has instructed police to be cautious and lenient

[Orton Rd]

2 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

The leaders will be hunted down afterwards and made an example of most likely.   The students, the young pose the biggest threat to the army and the 1%. 

That's the way of it, freedom of speech, but not freedom after speech.

[yellowboat]

Good kids.  They should challenge cha cha to a debate.   That is something he dreads.  That will rid him once and for all from Thai politics.  He is a entitle coward.   He will not debate, but will wear pretty clothes instead. 

 

Somebody on this forum should make a picture book of all his glamorous outfits.  The question is who could pull such an audacious project?   

[rkidlad]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

the prime minister said as a father he cares about the well-being of the students whom he said he regards “as my own children.”

And therein lies the problem. He doesn't think of them as his own children as in he cares for them the same. He thinks of them as his children as in they're under his control and they should do what he tells them. Like they're property of the state which belongs to the 1%. Him saying this is completely patronising and condescending. 

 

The younger generation ain't buying the old "we're family" BS anymore. People who genuinely love their families don't f*** them over. People are seeing more than ever how the average person is getting shafted and the contempt the elite actually have for the common folk.

 

As the last Prayut fan I spoke to said, "Thais need a strong leader. They have no discipline. They need to be controlled". And I said to them, look who's really in charge. How much discipline do they have? 'Rules for thee but not for me' is always destined to fail. Doesn't matter how much you regurgitate the false, "but we're unique" narrative. 

 

 

 

[tomazbodner]

55 minutes ago, rtco said:

There is no Covid in Thailand!!!

Of course there isn't any. It's just people mysteriously getting sick on their planes out of the Kingdom to damage Thailand's reputation as Corona control hub.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

That should do wonders for the covid situation---will they have to quarantine after?

What Covid situation?

[klauskunkel]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

students whom he said he regards “as my own children.”

I'm pretty sure that's not reciprocal...

[JusticeGB]

The kind Uncle Tu meant his nephews and nieces and the friendly police will be handing them gifts of flowers, water and food. This parade is not a protest it's a show of love and respect for Uncle Tu and his perfectly well run and uncorrupt Government. 

[Flying Saucage]

students whom he said he regards “as my own children.”

 

Just another lie of Pinocchio Chan-o-cha, who has been lying in literally every single sentence he has been babbling during the recent six years.

[FangFerang]

"He has instructed police to be cautious and lenient in dealing with the young protesters...."  MIGHTY nice to tell police to be cautious and lenient as the students exercise their Constitutional rights. (he must be reading the Nixon/Trump playbook on Protests Going Wrong).....implying there is an obvious alternative that, although illegal, is too obvious to ignore.....it seems like he is saying "My attack dogs have been instructed not to bite you as you lay down to sleep in your own house...  But.... (sigh)....dogs will be dogs, boys (shrug)".

[Scot123]

You mean your not going to order the army to open fire on unarmed civilians in Temples like last time?

[maxcorrigan]

8 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Good kids.  They should challenge cha cha to a debate.   That is something he dreads.  That will rid him once and for all from Thai politics.  He is a entitle coward.   He will not debate, but will wear pretty clothes instead. 

 

Somebody on this forum should make a picture book of all his glamorous outfits.  The question is who could pull such an audacious project?   

Don't worry i would imagine the bloke you're alluding too S......100 has already got an overflowing scrap book not counting the pictures on his bedroom wall, that can be swung into use at the drop of a hat when he writes the memoirs of Khun Prayut Chan o Cha and how he amassed and deservedly gained his 2 billion bht fortune (according to S...100 that is), order now or now or be forever dissapointed!

[ChakaKhan]

17 hours ago, rtco said:

There is no Covid in Thailand!!!

I must have been distracted my your avatar......trump called, want to offer you a job

[ChakaKhan]

16 hours ago, hotchilli said:

What Covid situation?

Might want to direct that to the ones in charge over there.....Im just trying to survive trump virus here...

[hotchilli]

On 9/10/2020 at 3:54 AM, webfact said:

He insisted that he has instructed police to be cautious and lenient in dealing with the young protesters.

A very subjective comment if ever there was one.

He might forget this is not the same as dealing with people in a barracks... that doesn't work out too well either sometimes.

Edited September 10, 2020 by hotchilli

[rtco]

6 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

I must have been distracted my your avatar......trump called, want to offer you a job

If it's as an adviser on how to be an a$$hole it's OK he's doing a good job of that himself.

[steven100]

On 9/10/2020 at 3:54 AM, webfact said:

He insisted that he has instructed police to be cautious and lenient in dealing with the young protesters.

good comments from our PM Khun Prayut, he will listen to their grievances as required. Let's hope the protesters keep it civil without fighting. 

[ChakaKhan]

16 hours ago, rtco said:

If it's as an adviser on how to be an a$$hole it's OK he's doing a good job of that himself.

Seems he is the leading cause of death in American history......and it was all preventable...

 

Good thing he didnt want to cause a "panic".....such a thoughtful murderer