Chuan talking with former PMs on reconciliation panel

[webfact]

Chuan talking with former PMs on reconciliation panel

By THE NATION

 

 

Parliament speaker Chuan Leekpai said he had talked to former prime ministers about moves to set up a national reconciliation committee to resolve ongoing political turmoil.

 

Chuan, himself a former PM, was speaking after receiving the King Prajadhipok's Institute preparatory study for the reconciliation panel.

 

The study advised the panel could take one of two forms – representatives from all sides of the conflict (as proposed last week in Parliament), or independent middlemen selected by the different sides.

 

Chuan said the two proposed structures could be adjusted or merged, adding he would hold talks with stakeholders before making a final decision.

 

He said he has already consulted three former prime ministers about the panel and would also ask former speakers of Parliament, as well as current opposition leader Sompong Amornvivat, for their views.

 

“I need time for personal talks with these senior figures,” he added.

 

It is understood that Chuan has already contacted former PMs Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Anand Panyarachun and Abhisit Vejjajiva, and will seek more advice on the panel from other ex-national leaders.

 

Chief government whip Wirat Rattanaset said the government had no objection to the structures proposed by King Prajadhipok's Institute.

 

Wirat also rejected protesters’ demand for PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to quit, saying he must stay on to resolve the country’s problems. He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

 

Protesters have pointed out that former coup-leader Prayut was selected by a joint vote between MPs and the military-appointed Senate.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30397219

 

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[ChakaKhan]

mai pen rai..im sure was just another thai "misunderstanding"......lets eat rice!

[Donutz]

45 minutes ago, webfact said:

Wirat also rejected protesters’ demand for PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to quit, saying he must stay on to resolve the country’s problems. He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

555 he ain't fooling anyone.  Get the PM out and let the Senat stay out aswell... but that's not what the 'khon dee' had in mind when they did that coup against democracy in 2014... 

[Chang_paarp]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

 

Protesters have pointed out that former coup-leader Prayut was selected by a joint vote between MPs and the military-appointed Senate.

As pointed out by the protesters, the PM was not selected by the majority of the people, as Thailand is a parliamentary democracy the PM is selected by the members of parliament (and senators appointed by the previous junta), no matter how many times one watches a US election.

[sammieuk1]

Wirat also rejected protesters’ demand for PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to quit, saying he must stay on to resolve the country’s problems. He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

 

This fine upstanding government whip starts with a rejection before the mediation begins signaling another complete waste of time by the unelected ????

[Salerno]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

It is understood that Chuan has already contacted former PMs Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Anand Panyarachun and Abhisit Vejjajiva, and will seek more advice on the panel from other ex-national leaders.

 

Thaksin, Yingluck?   

[bodga]

invite the thanathorn  people in

[Enoon]

"Reconciliation"?

 

They''ll be telling the protestors that they "don't understand" next.

 

Cnuts......a term used to refer to a group of people who are unable to hold back the tide (derived from the original spelling of Canute the Great, of Denmark, Norway and England).

 

ie "They're a bunch of Cnuts".

 

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2020 by Enoon

[PatOngo]

What an absolute crock! TRY Democratic Election.........it's not rocket science........or is it? ????

[pegman]

The protesters should accept nothing less than the PM's resignation along with that of his puppet master.

[rkidlad]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

No, he wasn’t. 
 

If someone gave me and my mates a cushy job where we’re paid very well to do very little, I’m thinking we might be inclined to vote in favour of said person. 
 

He would have essentially bought our vote. 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2020 by rkidlad

[colinneil]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Parliament speaker Chuan Leekpai said he had talked to former prime ministers about moves to set up a national reconciliation committee to resolve ongoing political turmoil.

So Chuan has talked to former PMs, lot of good that will do.

They want this matter resolved?
Answer is so so easy, get rid of the bunch of geriatric generals and cronies, hold free fair elections.

Sadly that will not happen, the geriatrics will not give up their places at the trough easily.

[ThailandRyan]

2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Wirat also rejected protesters’ demand for PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to quit, saying he must stay on to resolve the country’s problems. He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

 

This fine upstanding government whip starts with a rejection before the mediation begins signaling another complete waste of time by the unelected ????

So funny they are in believing he was elected instead of installed. Besides anyone who has run the country afoul before has never been given the chance to fix their flickups, instead they have been removed by a Coup. It is no wonder the country is where it is.  Always taking 2 steps backwards instead of fixing the issues 

[yellowboat]

Ex PM's?   How funny.   A study written by dinosaurs for dinosaurs.    Most of these guys are going to be seen as establishment lapdogs.   There is no real gritty people mentioned.   Nutta and Kuhn June, the lawyer, would be the sort of people that will give the panel some credibility.  A bunch of people who cling to an old system are not going to do much for satisfying the protesters. 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

They cannot even get the simplest things right.  He was appointed by sell out yellows, democrats who love military rule.  That is just a blatant inaccuracy.   The panel is off to a great start.      

[colinneil]

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

This comment alone shows that Chuan is living in a dream world, and has absolutely no idea of what has happened in the country.

PM was selected by the majority of people,  BS, he was selected by a bunch of geriatrics put in their positions by Prayut himself.

[PatOngo]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

This comment alone shows that Chuan is living in a dream world

He never did have any gonads!

[Artisi]

5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Wirat also rejected protesters’ demand for PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to quit, saying he must stay on to resolve the country’s problems. He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

 

This fine upstanding government whip starts with a rejection before the mediation begins signaling another complete waste of time by the unelected ????

It's not up to cha-cha to

quit as he wasn't elected /selected by the majority of people, it's the party he belongs to who make that decision and (should) make that decision for his removal - it's not rocket science, just well establish parliamentary procedure. 

[Artisi]

4 hours ago, Salerno said:

 

Thaksin, Yingluck?   

When hell freezes over....... 

[FarFlungFalang]

I predict this will be a complete and utter fuster cluck!

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

 

Protesters have pointed out that former coup-leader Prayut was selected by a joint vote between MPs and the military-appointed Senate.

Always two sides to every story, and here that leads to the divide that we see today.

[BritManToo]

4 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Always two sides to every story, and here that leads to the divide that we see today.

And the side using the guns and tanks to enforce it's will is always the wrong side.

[Forza2002]

Former PM's Chavalit Yongchaiyudh & Anand Panyarachun are both 88 years old.... 

 

Chavalit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavalit_Yongchaiyudh

 

Anand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Panyarachun

Edited November 3, 2020 by Forza2002

[newatthis]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Wirat also rejected protesters’ demand for PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to quit, saying .............protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

Couldn't lie straight in bed. The majority of people had no say. Prayut didn't even stand in the general elections.

[Burma Bill]

7 hours ago, Salerno said:

 

Thaksin, Yingluck?   

Yes indeed, my thoughts as well:-

[Sydebolle]

Chavalit Yongchaiyudh ......  I did not know that this dinosaur is still alive; the financial crisis in 1997 started in Thailand during Chavalit's watch.

On 1 July 1997, midyear banking holiday, his government unpegged the Baht and made some people SERIOUSLY rich, at the peak you got 56 Baht to the Dollar which one could purchase at 22.90 Baht a year earlier. 

Of course all this was very co-incidential ........ luck stroke the selected few ???? 

[mark131v]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Wirat also rejected protesters’ demand for PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to quit, saying he must stay on to resolve the country’s problems. He said protestors should recognise that the PM was selected by the majority of people in the country.

 

The only thing you need to read in the whole article, balanced and impartial, you reckon!!

[Forza2002]

Would the octogenarians manage to stay awake if the meetings lasted longer than 1 hour? ????????

[Ketyo]

On 11/3/2020 at 5:19 PM, mark131v said:

Wirat also rejected protesters’ demand for PM Prayut Chan-o-cha to quit, saying he must stay on to resolve the country’s problems.

 

But I thought he was the cause of the problems.

 

By usurping power by force. And then changing the constitution so that he could be installed as PM/Dictator.

 

And then attempting to remove freedoms and attack human rights and ban and crackdown on anything that moved, in a simple brainless, military, control freak, angry type of way that most Thais and Farangs bitterly despise.

 

He will never be liked or accepted by the people. There will always be protests until he steps down. Or until the Thai military crush the protesters like at Tiannamen square.