Emergency Decree to remain in place to solve Covid-19 situation, not related to protests, Thai PM insists

[tomacht8]

2 hours ago, brommers said:

How many more extensions are needed to reach the supposed date of a general election? And then he will use the SoE to delay the election in the name of Covid safety. As we say, sh*t sticks to a blanket!

That's how it will come. The coupmakers wrote themselves a beautiful constitution that automatically guarantees them 250 seats in parliament. And yet they are afraid of losing power. Every dirty trick is used to disable democracy. Here, possible election dates are announced and then often postponed in an autocratic manner, as it was the case with the territorial princes in the Middle Ages. It is unclear whether and when there will be the next parliamentary elections.

The tolerance of the population for this government decreases with each passing day.

[Hockeybik]

Yeah, like it's worked so well so far.

[Millcx]

It’s Monkeypox that the draconian Decree is now sighting … One man and a Chicken along with a goat that now walks funny has been infected

the government needs the decree to close all 7-11’s and make falangs wash regularly

mr Anutin will keep Gov officials supplied with weed “;0) 

[d2b2]

It is more difficult and expensive for tourists to obtain travel insurance when a country is under an emergency order. So much for encouraging tourism

[VBF]

3 hours ago, Excel said:

Wonder why that should be the case ?

Here's the UK perspective that might answer your question

 

Monkeypox jab to be offered to at-risk gay and bisexual men

 

 

[Harveyboy]

8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

with more than 200 protesters in jail for section 112 caused by the emergency decree, he should be ashamed. The person himself said that section 112 did not need to be enforced but this Government doesn't care and use it to silence people. And rubbish to blame the few thousand cases of Covid to keep the emergency decree.. The Governmern is and was never honest, lies and controls the media, and freedom of speech by this decree. They want tourists, but with the possibility that everything can change immediately they will not come 

it was always about control they will never let go

[madmitch]

They could quite easily drop the emergency decree if they wanted to. With a good enough reason, i.e. a worsening of the covid situation, they could simply reinstate it.

 

But they don't want to and we know the reason why!

[tomacht8]

Things only change in Thailand when millions of Thais are on the streets and protest. This has been the case in the past and will continue to be so in the future.

 

8 years of prayut means:

- National debt at record high

- senseless military spending

- Tourism figures -95%

- enormous inflation

- Normal population with debts up to their necks

- Emergency Laws

- Intransparency about the use of taxpayers' money

- ongoing corruption at all levels

- Abolition of democratic control bodies

- no land-, police-, school-, pension-, administrative- or tax reforms

- and much more.

 

Personally, I don't know of any Thai who is better off economically under Prayut than before Prayut.

 

Whether with or without emergency laws, on same day the dissatisfaction will boil over.

Edited June 22, 2022 by tomacht8

[allyoops]

Desperate to keep hold of the power and the control. The same sort of thing has been happening around the world, they loved the control and see the benefits of keeping it. The benefits for them that is.

[sambum]

"Everybody" knows why the Emergency Decree is to be extended again (18 times now?) and it is f**** nothing at all to do with Covid!

 

This guy is determined to hang on to power - even to the detriment of the country - "end of"!

[curlylekan]

...and this is how authoritarian governments stay in power and the people watch democracy die

[zzaa09]

Another random emergency decree.

Uh-huh. How convenient. 

[jerrymahoney]

4 hours ago, d2b2 said:

It is more difficult and expensive for tourists to obtain travel insurance when a country is under an emergency order. So much for encouraging tourism

The AXA Thailand Sawadee Inbound travel insurance makes no mention of a "State of Emergency" in its detailed Policy wording.

 

https://www.axa.co.th/en/axa-sawasdee-thailand-travel-insurance

• Policy Wording (PDF 433.98Kb)

[Ginner]

On 6/22/2022 at 3:44 AM, Thaiwrath said:

The PM dismissed claims by critics that the decree was being held onto as a way to more easily prosecute and stop pro-democracy protests or protests against his government in general, 

 

The same person who dismissed claims in 2014 that there was going to be a coup !

Clown !

This guy and his side kick aren't going to give this power they have over everyone anytime soon. Remember: they alone, nobody else saved Thailand in the Pandemic.Ha!

[d2b2]

On 6/22/2022 at 6:37 PM, jerrymahoney said:

The AXA Thailand Sawadee Inbound travel insurance makes no mention of a "State of Emergency" in its detailed Policy wording.

 

https://www.axa.co.th/en/axa-sawasdee-thailand-travel-insurance

• Policy Wording (PDF 433.98Kb)

I was referring to reputable western insurance policies 

[jerrymahoney]

55 minutes ago, d2b2 said:

I was referring to reputable western insurance policies 

Oh -- AXA is not reputable?

World's largest insurance companies by net premiums written
Ranking    Insurance Company Name    2019 Net premiums written (US $ 000)
1    UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (1)    189,699,000
2    Ping An Ins (Group) Co of China Ltd.    110,746,845
3    AXA S.A.    101,144,960

Edited June 23, 2022 by jerrymahoney