Thammanat takes wheel of Palang Pracharath as party plots course for election win

[webfact]

Palang Pracharat Party’s secretary-general, Thammanat Prompow

 

By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk

 

The ruling party’s latest internal reshuffle indicates it desperately wants to win the next election, amid speculation that the national poll will be called early.

 

Palang Pracharath Party rejigged its executive board at a general assembly on Friday (June 18) which saw General Prawit Wongsuwan return as leader and his protégé Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thammanat Prompow elected unopposed as secretary-general.

 

Analysts say the ruling party’s new executive committee and ongoing push for changes to the Constitution leave it well placed to return and form the next government.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thammanat-takes-wheel-of-palang-pracharath-as-party-plots-course-for-election-win/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2021-06-19

 

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[internationalism]

"elected unopposed" - his contra candidates were ordered to withdraw, he was the only one left from the lot.

he has an elephant ticket.

now he is the 3rd in order in the government.

he well might become the first in the world drug dealing raping murdering fake degree prime minister

[huangnon]

Congratulations, Thailand! Another step backwards into 3rd world kleptocracy.

[bobbin]

If he ever becomes PM, "they" will realize the massive PR hole they have dug for themselves..

[holy cow cm]

And it is funny how excrement floats to the top of the cesspool.

[Excel]

9 minutes ago, bobbin said:

If he ever becomes PM, "they" will realize the massive PR hole they have dug for themselves..

If that happens he will possibly be the only PM barred from entering any other country due to his criminal convictions, other than perhaps Zanzibar and Myanmar.

[harada]

This should give some hope to incarcerated international drug smugglers, hang in there, one day you could run a “country”. ????

[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

General Prawit Wongsuwan return as leader and his protégé Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thammanat Prompow elected unopposed as secretary-general.

 

Time will tell if a watch keeper for the dead and a smack smuggler represent a good face for the nation .. 

[ikke1959]

The people should be aware that till now the party did not do anything good for the country.. See how the handling the Covid situation.... If the whole country open their eyes this party is doomed to loose.. But  with the corruption and the maffia now in their midst we know the results of the elction probabl already

[colinneil]

What is this country going to do in the future, if a convicted criminal becomes P.M.?

Have those people completely lost the plot? Recent times have shown some absolutely crazy happenings here, but this is so stupid/ ridiculous, it is beyond belief.

 

Heres something to think about, Thammanat is PM, has to go to another country, sorry we do not allow convicted criminals entry, how would Thailand then look?

[jerrymahoney]

52 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Heres something to think about, Thammanat is PM, has to go to another country, sorry we do not allow convicted criminals entry, how would Thailand then look?

It says in the article linked in the OP:

 

"They add that appointing influential political “fixer” Thammanat as secretary-general relieves pressure on Palang Pracharath, as he can give the government security and tackle obstacles in its path."

 

But hey maybe the "fixer" has never thought about that.

 

BTW if he were to become the Kingdom's PM, then any visit to another country would be at the invitation for an official visit -- not on  a tourist visa.

[DLock]

I do find it rather ironic that just 4 days ago, the Prime Minister Czar Cha Cha announced drugs suppression to be on the national agenda...and then this convicted drug dealer gets elected unopposed.

 

Kids, for all intentions purposes you school career advisor was incorrect - drug dealing does lead somewhere in life...

 

 

[candide]

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

What is this country going to do in the future, if a convicted criminal becomes P.M.?

Have those people completely lost the plot? Recent times have shown some absolutely crazy happenings here, but this is so stupid/ ridiculous, it is beyond belief.

 

Heres something to think about, Thammanat is PM, has to go to another country, sorry we do not allow convicted criminals entry, how would Thailand then look?

He's a bit unqualified for the job. After all, he only smuggled drug, nothing serious such as arms, diamonds, etc... Small player! ????

[Curmudgeonly59]

"Thainess".

[Excel]

55 minutes ago, candide said:

He's a bit unqualified for the job. After all, he only smuggled drug, nothing serious such as arms, diamonds, etc... Small player! ????

Understanding where you are going with this argument as to reach the top you really need to have shooting people on your CV. Responsibility for the shooting a nurse in a Wat attending injured people is a big step in achieving that aspiration

[daveAustin]

So sad to see Thailand continue to go backwards. 

[Justgrazing]

From the attached report

" They added that appointing political fixer Thammanat as secretary general " .. 

 

Unfortunate choice of descriptor there for a convicted heroin trafficker .. 

[Sydebolle]

Seen such perfect "wins" in other places like Zimbabwe etc. 

[ripstanley]

The Phayao mafia rises up the ranks

[Mavideol]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Cooperatives Minister Thammanat Prompow elected unopposed as secretary-general.

the drug dealer elected unopposed because nobody else came forward to challenge him.... Xi in China, Vlad in Russia, Bielorussia, Turkey, NK, etc. dictators/autocrats/tyrants are all  same same

[kynikoi]

Someone knows where the bodies are buried.

[kynikoi]

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

What is this country going to do in the future, if a convicted criminal becomes P.M.?

Have those people completely lost the plot? Recent times have shown some absolutely crazy happenings here, but this is so stupid/ ridiculous, it is beyond belief.

 

Heres something to think about, Thammanat is PM, has to go to another country, sorry we do not allow convicted criminals entry, how would Thailand then look?

 

Valid point but historically Thai PM is not really needed anywhere. They travel only for junkets. It's not like the nation is important TBH.

[herfiehandbag]

4 hours ago, candide said:

He's a bit unqualified for the job. After all, he only smuggled drug, nothing serious such as arms, diamonds, etc... Small player! ????

 

Poor chap came to the game a generation too late!

 

Now if he had been fortunate enough to be stationed on the border with Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge were fighting to stay in business, he could have really cleaned up!

[unblocktheplanet]

(How many times have I said this???) If Thai people are stupid enough to elect these dics after all they put us through...I'm officially giving up!

[Cisco]

Has happened before. Look up Narong Wongwan. He was essentially PM for a “minute” after the ‘92 election. The US said no visa for him due to suspected drug trafficking involvement. The State Department indicated that it would be a problem for relations. He was soon dropped.

 

Of course, he was replaced by Suchinda and we know how that ended.

[Mr Meeseeks]

11 hours ago, huangnon said:

Congratulations, Thailand! Another step backwards into 3rd world kleptocracy.

It has ever been thus. 

[edwardandtubs]

At least there'll be no increase in the price of flour.

[starky]

8 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

(How many times have I said this???) If Thai people are stupid enough to elect these dics after all they put us through...I'm officially giving up!

Are you under the illusion that this "government" was voted in?

[spidermike007]

Let us hope someone from the newly formed Future Forward Party, on the level of Thanathorn comes forward. The ruling party is despised like never before. They have richly earned that hatred and disapproval. They are thugs, drug lords, and thiefs. And add to that the dismal failure of the tax program, the inability to contain Covid, and the willful sabotage of the tourism sector, and you have all the ingredients for losing a "fair election". How far out they are willing to extend themselves to secure a stolen election, remains to be seen, and so do the repercussions for such a move. 

 

The people have to make a statement, the people have to remove the 250 crony senators, and the people have to find a way to turn this nation around, and drag it back from the stone age of dinosaur leadership. 

 

Prayuth, Pratin, Anutin, Phiphat, and the mafia chief Prompow must go. These guys are toxic, corrosive, corrupt, ineffective, incompetent, untrustworthy, very bad for the nation, and virtually assure a rotten future for the nation, a drop to 75th place in GDP, and increasing irrelevance. They have already turned Thailand from the tiger of SE Asia, to a sorry, rabid, whiny, anemic alley cat. 

[Andycoops]

A sad day for democracy when a convicted drug smuggler can reach such lofty status in the political machine of Toos party.