Former PM Yingluck says junta has failed Thais on 7th anniversary of coup

[malibukid]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

She is 100 percent correct.  The other issue is with election not until 2023, Uncle Tu will be in power until at least 2030, Thailand is in for a real world of hurt unless the apathy created can be overcome.  The question is how do you fight against a deck he stacked with 250 appointed senators and the backing of a few of the other parties.....By 2030 the entire country will be well underneath the poverty level while the Hi-So's will have gained immense wealth and normal folks will be scrambling just to feed themselves daily......my opinion and view.

and it will be called Chiland.

[DirtyHarry55]

Is her son out of Thailand? They'll probably be going after family members after that comment that's how they work.

[4MyEgo]

3 hours ago, fishtank said:

She is of course correct but the Shinawatra mafia where not much better.

 

Thai's knew the Shinawatra's were also taking, that is how the system works, most if not all politicians take, but at least with the Shinawatra's the poor also received and remember them for that.

Edited May 23, 2021 by 4MyEgo

[clivebaxter]

3 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Exaggerating your importance a bit? 

 

Hardly, she was the last elected Prime Minister of the country

[EricTh]

Thailand and Myanmar have one thing in common - a military general who is too powerful and accuse the other party of bribery just to stage a coup instead of using an election.

 

 

Edited May 23, 2021 by EricTh

[DirtyHarry55]

1 hour ago, brommers said:

Takes one to know one. She was hardly a shining example of getting anything right, like the utterly corrupt and costly rice pledging scheme for one.

Her problem was she couldn't control her corrupt MP's many of them now switched side and are serving the current government.
The current government has a very similar scheme in place but not many are brave enough to report corruption.

[Caldera]

She's right. Nuff said.

[Mavideol]

12 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Thailand and Myanmar have one thing in common - a military general who is too powerful and accuse the other party of bribery just to stage a coup instead of using an election.

 

 

more then one thing.... both grabbed power by force, both have corrupted military generals pretending to be democratically chosen or elected, they both run their countries as authoritarian/dictators

[Rampant Rabbit]

3 hours ago, fishtank said:

She is of course correct but the Shinawatra mafia where not much better.

Think Thanathorn is the only real  hope, then again most  Thais see  corruption as  part of the normal routine and any replacment   could  well  have the same low standing  morals as the current brigade of  twanks.

[rumak]

1 hour ago, rumak said:

eventually the only way to survive is to be as dishonest as everyone else.   or,  so it seems.

 

 

I am definitely NOT advocating dishonesty .     just sayin what i seein

[khunPer]

Of course Yingluck shall be critical, she's in opposition, but a question is how Yingluck would have handled it instead, i.e. the economy and Covid-situation...????

[wwest5829]

3 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

So she has a facebook page--wonder if she will add me as a friend ????❤️

I have a Hiso heart!

I am tempted to look for her FB page but ... I am currently blocked for 3 days for having posted a clip resulting in copyright violation. Guess I was not clear as to the “fair use” educational point I was wanting to make.

[Almer]

2 hours ago, rumak said:

 

well,  like every politician or government around the world........ the words they use to get in power always sound so good.     

Another thing many on TV  are often telling others here is to  "listen to the government experts " .   Its just as corrupt in "our home countries"  as it is here .   

 

eventually the only way to survive is to be as dishonest as everyone else.   or,  so it seems.

How many amongst us are exceptions to that ?   

Guilty as charged

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, Poet said:

4 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Exaggerating your importance a bit? 

No. She was Thailand's democratically elected Prime Minister at the time of the coup. She was, indeed, the person who was deposed.

She was not.  Yingluck was removed from office by the Constitutional Court at the beginning of May 2014.  She was replaced by Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan as acting Prime Minister before the coup on the 22nd.

[Liverpool Lou]

What's she talking about? 

 

The Constitutional Court removed her from office, along with a few ministers on 7th May 2014, two weeks before the coup.   The PM at the time of the coup was acting PM Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan .

[BumGun]

2 hours ago, rumak said:

 

eventually the only way to survive is to be as dishonest as everyone else.   or,  so it seems.

How many amongst us are exceptions to that ?   

 

Psychologists call this the False Consensus Effect. 

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/002210317790049X

 

People justify their iffy beahvior as ok "because everyone else is doing it" rater then any reasoned argument,  when in reality, not everyone else is doing it at all. 

 

It's one of the reasons I don't live in Thailand and only visit, I would have to undertake too many dubious actions that conflict with my mental well being.

 

Edited May 23, 2021 by BumGun

[billd766]

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

So with all the unrest, rampant Covid everywhere, poor economy performance and a now it seems a self appointed PM for life, (well, almost) and the THB is still stronger then ever, with no prospect of weakening, how do you explain That?...

Since Jan 1st until today the baht has lost 10% against the GBP.

 

The current so-called PM never stood for an election in his life.

 

When Yingluck was deposed he and her government had already become a caretaker government and were in the process of setting up a free and democratic general election. They did NOT wait 5 years for an election, tear up the constitution, frig the election results, take over a month to declare the result, write a new constitution favourable only to themselves, appoint 250 senators without an election just to elect the general and "legalise" his position, nor did they get the oath of allegiance wrong as this lot did.

 

So show us how the mighty Thai baht is stronger than ever.

 

I won't even bother yet to explain the broken promises about halting corruption, reforming the RTP, the military and the civil service and the dozens of other promises over the years.

[pursus]

4 hours ago, Wiggy said:

At least she was better to look at. 

Agreed.  

[rumak]

28 minutes ago, BumGun said:

It's one of the reasons I don't live in Thailand and only visit, I would have to undertake too many dubious actions that conflict with my mental well being.

 

Butt,  Butt.......... surely living in Thailand has one redeeming action that makes the Western culture look like a sticky mess :     I refer to the mental well being one enjoys when spraying that soul cleansing  Bum Gun !      

 

Ok....... now let's all dig in to the sticky rice ????????

[pursus]

So easy to point the finger.  She had her chance and mucked it up just like her brother.  Now go away and be silent.  

[metisdead]

A post with copyrighted photo from Bangkok Post has been removed as well as a reply. 

[Deli]

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

The question is how do you fight against a deck he stacked with 250 appointed senators and the backing of a few of the other parties.....

 

With millions of people in the streets of BKK

[rumak]

13 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I won't even bother yet to explain the broken promises about halting corruption, reforming the RTP, the military and the civil service and the dozens of other promises over the years.

 

actually,  if those "promises"  were kept I think most people would be fairly happy .

 

i remember listening to some of his early daily speeches and thinking " wouldn't that be nice" .           I am surprised that I even thought he might actually mean it.  Stupid me

[holy cow cm]

Stocks, OOPS, Sticks and stones can't break our bones when we are in our new army personnel carriers with a new submarine and space rocket coming soon. Also because we have tossed everyone in our way to drown, we can now walk on water. Besides, our loyal MP's can always go to Hi-So clubs and have a girl much younger and prettier than you ever thought you could be. so there, take that!

[candide]

4 hours ago, Poet said:

No. She was Thailand's democratically elected Prime Minister at the time of the coup. She was, indeed, the person who was deposed.

You can research this on Wikipedia, it was a very interesting situation.

 

Actually it was technically only indirectly against her. She had put her government in caretaker mode months ago in order to let citizen choose their next government. So it was technically a coup against Thai people who have been deprived of the right to choose their government.

Practically, as she was likely to win elections, it was against her.

[nauseus]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

So with all the unrest, rampant Covid everywhere, poor economy performance and a now it seems a self appointed PM for life, (well, almost) and the THB is still stronger then ever, with no prospect of weakening, how do you explain That?...

 

You should check the forex charts, matey.

[rasmus5150]

1 hour ago, rumak said:

 

Butt,  Butt.......... surely living in Thailand has one redeeming action that makes the Western culture look like a sticky mess :     I refer to the mental well being one enjoys when spraying that soul cleansing  Bum Gun !      

 

Ok....... now let's all dig in to the sticky rice ????????

 

I think it says a lot about a person who openly admits that their soul is anatomically placed "a little south of the border". ????

[dinsdale]

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

She is 100 percent correct.  The other issue is with election not until 2023, Uncle Tu will be in power until at least 2030, Thailand is in for a real world of hurt unless the apathy created can be overcome.  The question is how do you fight against a deck he stacked with 250 appointed senators and the backing of a few of the other parties.....By 2030 the entire country will be well underneath the poverty level while the Hi-So's will have gained immense wealth and normal folks will be scrambling just to feed themselves daily......my opinion and view.

Not bad for someone that got the grand total of ZERO VOTES in a rigged election. Will Thailand become another Myanmar? For me this is a genuine concern.

[Andy from Kent]

5 hours ago, brommers said:

Takes one to know one. She was hardly a shining example of getting anything right, like the utterly corrupt and costly rice pledging scheme for one.

 

Why focus on a little negative?      ????

[dinsdale]

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

Since Jan 1st until today the baht has lost 10% against the GBP.

 

The current so-called PM never stood for an election in his life.

 

When Yingluck was deposed he and her government had already become a caretaker government and were in the process of setting up a free and democratic general election. They did NOT wait 5 years for an election, tear up the constitution, frig the election results, take over a month to declare the result, write a new constitution favourable only to themselves, appoint 250 senators without an election just to elect the general and "legalise" his position, nor did they get the oath of allegiance wrong as this lot did.

 

So show us how the mighty Thai baht is stronger than ever.

 

I won't even bother yet to explain the broken promises about halting corruption, reforming the RTP, the military and the civil service and the dozens of other promises over the years.

NICE.