Thaksin comes out to call on Prayut to step down ahead of 8-year term to avoid damaging judiciary

[webfact]

 

By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich

Self-exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra came out to recommend incumbent Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down before the 8-year term is reached on August 24 this year as him staying in power could damage the reputation of the judiciary and also the office of the Prime Minister.

 

“After 8-years in power, he (Prayut) should step down and not allow this issue to reach the courts, because if the court finds ways to justify having him to continue, it would be damaging to the judiciary and the system,” Thaksin said during his bi-weekly talk on Clubhouse.

 

Prayut, who is facing mounting calls to step down ahead of the 8-year term approaches on August 24, has been adamant on not stepping down as he and his entourage feel that the date from which the 8-year term should be counted should be from the date that the 2017 constitution was signed off by HM the King on April 6, 2017.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/42902/thaksin-come-out-to-call-on-prayut-to-step-down-ahead-of-8-year-term-to-avoid-damaging-judiciary/

 

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[Thaiwrath]

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

because if the court finds ways to justify having him to continue, it would be damaging to the judiciary and the system,

The 'system' is damaged, beyond repair already.

Welcome to 'Thai' democracy.

[RandiRona]

Well constitution can be rewritten like it had been done multiple times by Junta. Funny Thaksin say that when he and his whole family of prime ministers has been upstaged by Junta several times.

[spidermike007]

1. Is Thaksin still relevant? 

2. No worries about damaging the reputations of democracy, the PM office, or the judicial system here. It has already been utterly demolished by Cha Cha. 

[2baht]

18 minutes ago, webfact said:

him staying in power could damage the reputation of the judiciary and also the office of the Prime Minister.

Were'nt they damaged a long time ago? A few Prime Ministers even ran away! ????

[ikke1959]

There is no judiciary system in Thailand. It is the system who pays most wins.....Many examples And yes Prayuth has to step down as he proved that he only damaged the country and no please no Thaksins again, as they filled their pockets enough already. Lift the ban of some candidates and leth them prove that they have a view and help the country forward.

[2baht]

4 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

let them prove that they have a view and help the country forward.

???????????? That's funny!

[KannikaP]

34 minutes ago, RandiRona said:

Funny Thaksin say that when he and his whole family of prime ministers has been upstaged by Junta several times.

How many Thaksin PMs have there been?

[Orinoco]

Yawn. 

 

 

[Gottfrid]

Just waiting for the next criminal to open his mouth.

[Mr Meeseeks]

12 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Just waiting for the next criminal to open his mouth.

If he is a criminal why is he not under arrest and still free to travel where he wishes outside of Thailand?

 

????

[d4dang]

50 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Were'nt they damaged a long time ago? A few Prime Ministers even ran away! ????

Green pants PMs & Brown Pants PMs take turns at the trough....some have to run and some stay... 

[RandiRona]

38 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

How many Thaksin PMs have there been?

Thaksin

Somchai (his brother in law)

Yingluck (sister)

[d4dang]

18 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

If he is a criminal why is he not under arrest and still free to travel where he wishes outside of Thailand?

 

????

Thaksin will be arrested upon arrival in the US for a $350 million US fraud case filed by a former investor in Thakin's cable company....he did visit under diplomatic immunity when he attended the UN in NYC...he can not win the case

[Orinoco]

5 minutes ago, d4dang said:

Thaksin will be arrested upon arrival in the US for a $350 million US fraud case filed by a former investor in Thakin's cable company....he did visit under diplomatic immunity when he attended the UN in NYC...he can not win the case

No, No, his one of the good guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

[2long]

None, I repeat NONE, of anyone capable, willing or likely to become the Prime Minister would do so in order to benefit the country.

Any and all of them are only in it to increase their own personal power, wealth and ego.

[d4dang]

51 minutes ago, Orinoco said:

No, No, his one of the good guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

I thought that the were two good guys  counting Chalerm

55 minutes ago, Orinoco said:

No, No, his one of the good guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

 

[MisterTee]

Say it again, but louder...

[tomacht8]

51 scholars and professors from leading university law schools confirm that on August 24, Prayut's 8 years as country leader will be over.

 

Only Prayut and his friends "feel" that it is not so. Thailand's already badly sabotaged "democracy" is once again at a crossroad.

 

After the military coup (according to the old constitution, the death penalty was actually intended for the putschists) there is now once again a legal coup (after a new constitution was just written that provides permanent impunity for putschists,  equipped the Senate with 250 unelected senators, uses permanent martial law and prohibits freedom of political assembly).

 

Thailand the hijacked country.

[zzaa09]

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

1. Is Thaksin still relevant? 

2. No worries about damaging the reputations of democracy, the PM office, or the judicial system here. It has already been utterly demolished by Cha Cha. 

They're planning the next staged coup [in one form or another] as we speak. 

Something to look forward to.

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[billd766]

5 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Well constitution can be rewritten like it had been done multiple times by Junta. Funny Thaksin say that when he and his whole family of prime ministers has been upstaged by Junta several times.

Thaksin and his sister Yingluck were elected by a free and fair election by the people of Thailand.

 

Any military coup is treason against the elected government.

 

Yingluck was still the PM of a caretaker government and was planning the next free and fair election for the Thai people. As for the outstanding charges against them both, they were brought as a result of 2 military coups.

 

What I find difficult to understand is that not one member of any military coup (and Thailand has had many) has ever been brought to a trial.

[billd766]

5 hours ago, KannikaP said:

How many Thaksin PMs have there been?

How many military coups have there been since 1932 would be a better question?

[tomazbodner]

A wanted fugitive criminal for 15 years talking about damaging judiciary... amazing.

[billd766]

1 hour ago, tomacht8 said:

51 scholars and professors from leading university law schools confirm that on August 24, Prayut's 8 years as country leader will be over.

 

Only Prayut and his friends "feel" that it is not so. Thailand's already badly sabotaged "democracy" is once again at a crossroad.

 

After the military coup (according to the old constitution, the death penalty was actually intended for the putschists) there is now once again a legal coup (after a new constitution was just written that provides permanent impunity for putschists,  equipped the Senate with 250 unelected senators, uses permanent martial law and prohibits freedom of political assembly).

 

Thailand the hijacked country.

Just because it is written in the constitution doesn't mean very much. 

 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Thailand#:~:text=Siam (today known as Thailand,of absolute monarchy in 1932.&text=Charters have traditionally been temporary instruments%2C promulgated following military coups.

 

he Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Thai: รัฐธรรมนูญแห่งราชอาณาจักรไทย; RTGS: Ratthathammanun Haeng Ratcha-anachak Thai) provides the basis for the rule of law in Thailand. Since the abolition of the absolute monarchy in 1932, Thailand has had 20 charters or constitutions (as of 2015), an average of one roughly every four years.[1] Many changes followed military coups, reflecting the high degree of political instability in the country. After each successful coup, military regimes abrogated the existing constitution, generally without public consultation.

 

Constitutions can be amended, rewritten or simply torn up and a new one put in its place.

[baboon]

6 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Well constitution can be rewritten like it had been done multiple times by Junta.

Why go to the bother when you can simply ignore it?

[Sydebolle]

I personally assume, that Prayut will be the sacrificed lamb in order to keep all the others nicely on top of the sludge. Prawit is the puppet master as we know and Anutin is in the wings for a higher office after Thammanat goofed up badly due to his attitude problems. 

Lets hope that I am right; possibly it needs proper riots and uprisings everywhere as this country is in free fall for the time being and all this on the expense of 98% of the population. 

Take Prayut's recent brunt on the issue of electricity price increase where he challenged the Thai electorate to study the reasons and then accept the rise like orderly Buddhists would do. What a sick mind ..... 

 

[steven100]

does this guy ever shut up ....  he reminds me of an overdue tax bill .... it just never goes away   !!

[Bert got kinky]

8 minutes ago, steven100 said:

does this guy ever shut up ....  he reminds me of an overdue tax bill .... it just never goes away   !!

 

Totally agree.

The only thing that is worse than Thaksin are the Thaksin fan boys on this forum, they all seem to have rose red coloured testicles spectacles. ????

 

[Pinot]

9 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

If he is a criminal why is he not under arrest and still free to travel where he wishes outside of Thailand?

 

????

Because he doesn't come back to Thailand where he'll be immediately thrown in jail if he ever does show up here. Thaksin is a crook and should be ignored. His one hope is that someday he'll triumphantly be returned to power which he obtained by bribing half the country (Issan) and will do it again.  

 

These last 8 years have been far better than under Thaksin and his equally crooked and useless daughter/niece/sister (whatever) Yingluck. There is far less corruption now. I think he did a good job during covid and I support him. There is no political party that could take over from Prayut and reasonably be expected to govern. I would expect any change in government to devolve into anarchy within a year. When Prayut took over that's where we were with Yingluck, anarchy. I continue to support our beloved dictator. He isn't going anywhere.