Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took a swipe at exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, without naming names, in his response to attacks on him by Opposition and Pheu Thai party leader Chonlanan Srikaew at the start of the censure debate today (Tuesday).

 

Chonlanan accused the prime minister of lacking in leadership, incompetence, abuse of power, lacking vision and of lacking moral legitimacy, among other things. “If Prayut were the brand name of a product, that brand name would be rejected by the people if they listen to the Opposition’s debate,” he said.

 

He also accused the government of a complete failure to manage national affairs, from the economy, environment and public health to public borrowing, income disparity, illegal narcotics and divisions among the people.

 

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Intended whataboutisms and misdirection doesn't make for a strong debate style/content.

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took a swipe at exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra,

Maybe the current one will do the same in exile later ? 

Prayut said:  "He claimed that the government has a vision for Thailand’s future in its 20-year national strategy, which aims to reform the country in all aspects, including economic restructuring through innovation."

 

If Pinocchio is so insightful regarding all things Thai, then why didn't he institute a 20 yr plan for the Thai military while he was in charge there?

 

I didn't see anything in his 20 yr plan regarding the RTP ...  everything is just fine there?  I do remember Pinocchio said he would reform the RTP just after his coup, but .... 

???????? truths may hurt some

When we watch and see how many leaders around the world have been given the sack yet here we have someone who for 8 years has survived oooppppps I forgot the military are the government 

I see the unelected PM is playing at being a politician again. ????

Well, it might have escaped the attention of the blessed leadership of this country, that Dr Thaksin got booted out of office some 16 years ago. In addition, Dr Thaksin left Thailand for good some 14 years ago. 
Ever since he is winging around on Planet Earth and, apparently, still has big influence in Thailand which leads me to the following conclusion:
- Thaksin must have done something during his tenure which has a very long lasting effect; in short, the grassroots level of voters got woken up and will not go back to sleep

-Thaksin promised what he would do when he would get voted into office (with the usual distribution of the little envelopes of course); once in office he started paying ........ with taxpayers money. That was, unlike his predecessors like Chavalit, Chatichai etc., the first time a political party did not have to take money into their hands, spend it on elections and then recover the "investment" with looting the coffers. Similarities to Banharnburi or NevinBuriram are co-incidential - to name a few. 
- Thaksin, despite being off territory, managed to get his sister into the PM's office who subsequently got booted out as well some eight years ago

Could it be, that the rest of the political manure sludge is simply not able to stand up against Thaksin? The latter is running his doctrine with remote controls for a solid 16 years now ....... go figure. Is it not only a very strong and financially unbreakable Thaksin but a continuation of very weak alternatives? 

 

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He also accused the government of a complete failure to manage national affairs, from the economy, environment and public health to public borrowing, income disparity, illegal narcotics and divisions among the people.

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