PM Prayut Still Holds Office

[Chongalulu]

14 hours ago, khunpa said:

Great news for all Thais!!! A GREAT and POPULAR leader!

 

All Thais I know love him.

You’re going to have to work on the subtlety aspect of your irony..

[bbbbooboo]

Hmmm…. What a surprise. Hard to believe?

[Bangkok Barry]

14 hours ago, CANSIAM said:

Elections 2025 I assume ? Authoritarianism is a tough one to rid, see what happens on the streets..... 

The last time the Thais made their feelings felt on the streets they were met with water cannon and their demonstrations resulted in nothing at all. The time before that was worse and resulted in the army removing the democratically elected government. So, whatever the people do, they lose. You can't fight with rubber ducks and camera torches. The army wins every time. Always has, always will, because what the people want doesn't matter at all in any Third World country, not just Thailand.

[jesimps]

14 hours ago, Denim said:

Meanwhile , Prawit seen walking angrily around government house muttering to himself.

 

Copulation , it's just so unfair. I need another watch as a paliative. 

 

 

Poor little round boy was just a seat warmer after all.

[jesimps]

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

For those that didn't believe me, I can now say, I told you so.

Can't imagine there was one person didn't believe you.

[spidermike007]

A highly partial court, which is a totally compromised judiciary hands down a decision most of us expected. Very sad nonetheless. One might have hope for better. Now they are simply lying and fudging the numbers to justify an outrageous decision. He is the last man in the world who should have this kind of power. 

 

Woe are the Thai people. 

[Pinot]

I've always been a big supporter of the General. I think he's done a good job and would probably be reelected today with a big majority. 

 

The alternative is Thaksin or even worse Yingluck, a couple of incompetent crooks that bought themselves into power. Let's not forget that Prayut came to power because there was complete anarchy. The General offered to broker the deal but the two sides were incapable of anything except more anarchy. It's been peaceful with FAR less corruption than when he took over. He hope he rules forever. 

 

My Thai wife loves the new Bangkok Mayor by the way, but he doesn't have a national party that could run the country. Thais are bad at democracy. My General has been a satisfying alternative. They just legalized ganja for Buddha sake! And legalized abortion this week. This guy is best liberal dictator a country can have! I don't understand the whinging that goes on here about him. Again, there is no viable alternative. 

[Aussieroaming]

Anutin remains in the wings scheming, Prawit remains asleep in the tower waiting for a Prince to kiss him, Prayut is in his chambers practicing his sh it eating grin.

[NoshowJones]

15 hours ago, pomchop said:

Surprise surprise....is this the same court that approved of a coup taking power in the middle of the night while taksin was away at a UN meeting and then found taksin guilty of all sorts of charges?

The problem with dictators is that they get a whiff of the $$ and power and fame and are not the least bit interested in that little thing called "democracy".

 

 

 

I do not know much about Taksin Shinawatra when he was PM, I do know about his reputation regarding corruption, and how popular he was with the poor up in Isaan, but I would say he sure knew what he was doing as the Thai PM who was elected in a general election by the Thai people.

Prayut being an "unelected" PM was like picking the first Somchai off the street and giving him the Job. He proved time and time again that he did not know what he was doing, given that he was educated at a Military Academy. Their IQ's would probably have been similar.

[bstafford214]

So it seems that all the sources on the internet have the dates wrong for when he became the PM of Thailand.

All the sources I can find, state he was PM in 2014. So his 8 year term is finished. 555555555555   

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, geisha said:

General election coming soon I suppose ?

Anarchy if it doesn't... 

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, JonnyF said:

And just like that, Thailand lost any remaining credibility.

 

Sad.

Credibility?

More like from zero to minus.

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, Rhys said:

Was there ever a doubt of the outcome... roll another one.

Never a doubt... the constitutional court is owned....

[NoshowJones]

15 hours ago, Denim said:

Meanwhile , Prawit seen walking angrily around government house muttering to himself.

 

Copulation , it's just so unfair. I need another watch as a paliative. 

 

 

"Meanwhile , Prawit seen walking angrily around government house muttering to himself."  Except when he is sleeping. ????

[monkfish]

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

"because they voted for it" doesn't consider the reality that it was the additional vote of an unelected Senate appointed by Gen. Prayut that that would him the PM. He otherwise did not have the majority in the elected House. 

So aka rigged election beyond the control of the electorate.

Thai people voted for the current Constitution in a national referendum allowing for the Senate.

[NoshowJones]

13 hours ago, monkfish said:

I am sorry but Thailand really does have the PM and government they deserve and I have stopped caring because they voted for it!

The ordinary Thai people voted for these soldiers????

[monkfish]

2 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Rubbish....even 8 years ago, not many endorsed the military to rule the country...

Yea I remember maybe they didn't endorse it but many members said the Junta rule didn't effect their lives here so they didn't care about it.

[Snig27]

16 hours ago, khunpa said:

Great news for all Thais!!! A GREAT and POPULAR leader!

 

All Thais I know love him.’

Surely, by now you know at least one Thai?

[NoshowJones]

12 hours ago, monkfish said:

Yea but they endorsed it by voting for it and making it 100% legit and so impossible to remove.

The only reason they will be impossible to remove is because they have the soldiers, tanks and guns.

[NoshowJones]

10 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

How the views on this forum has changed. Back when Prayut first came into power, 90% of the posters were pro-junta. 8 years later, 90% are anti. The old posters must have died off or been banned.

Wrong figures. 99%  ????

[sead]

And my gf was so happy 2 months ago. Celebrating that he will finally go away. I told her he is not going anywhere.. Oh yes she said , he can't stay because I read and now all Thai people are soo happy. I just laughed and said that it's sad that I know more about Thai politics than her and her friends

[Snig27]

2 hours ago, Thomas KH said:

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd be inclined to think it's more about a powerful flow of cash from one account to another that did the swaying work.   

 

 

The swaying was more in the form of executive orders. Nobody thinks this body is free to make up their own minds or consider the arguments. The decisions are made for them. The only considering they did was what split to use on the votes to try and make it look like they are an actual working judicial body. 

[sead]

And my gf was so happy 2 months ago. Celebrating that he will finally go away. I told her he is not going anywhere.. Oh yes she said , he can't stay because I read and now all Thai people are soo happy. I just laughed and said that it's sad that I know more about Thai politics than her and her friends. And I told her it's a sad story how hiso are pissing at the Thai People. They are playing around with them like they are dogss

[chang1]

34 minutes ago, Pinot said:

I've always been a big supporter of the General. I think he's done a good job and would probably be reelected today with a big majority. 

 

The alternative is Thaksin or even worse Yingluck, a couple of incompetent crooks that bought themselves into power. Let's not forget that Prayut came to power because there was complete anarchy. The General offered to broker the deal but the two sides were incapable of anything except more anarchy. It's been peaceful with FAR less corruption than when he took over. He hope he rules forever. 

 

My Thai wife loves the new Bangkok Mayor by the way, but he doesn't have a national party that could run the country. Thais are bad at democracy. My General has been a satisfying alternative. They just legalized ganja for Buddha sake! And legalized abortion this week. This guy is best liberal dictator a country can have! I don't understand the whinging that goes on here about him. Again, there is no viable alternative. 

This is the kind of attitude that has enabled Putin to be a dictator in Russia. People thought small changes were not a problem as things were going well for them. Then when Putin started to go off the rails they found out he could not be removed from power and clamped down on any resistance to him. A leader who can't be removed is very dangerous. 

We might not like Biden or Truss but we all know in a few years we will have a chance to remove them. LM and defamation laws are also extremely dangerous as they can be used against innocent people to stop free speech. 

If Cha Cha is so popular - why doesn't he want free elections? Why is the voting system rigged in his favour? Why are opposition parties persecuted? These are the basics any government should be judged by before you can take anything else seriously. 

Look at the world's greatest democracies and the most notable dictatorships and ask yourself which gives the majority of its citizens the better quality of life? I certainly wouldn't pick China, North Korea, Russia, or Thailand over the UK. 

[crazykopite]

It was always a forgone conclusion that this would be the outcome we shouldn’t be surprised big brown envelopes and empty promises come to mind 

[thailand49]

I had zero doubt as to the outcome why the high court history nothing but a bunch of Kangaroos with their hair all dyed!

 

Rulings handed down with explanation " a farang is better off therefore should pay more "  this ruling alone? should give a real clear picture how it works the midget mindset of the courts. 

 

The General as I have called him for 8 years is a puppet of the old guard who actually run this country.  He didn't have a clue when the Constitution was setup, Covid, economy,  and now all the work the payoff to the courts all done by those who hand picked him and pull his strings when and how to appear and speak. 

 

 

[NoshowJones]

3 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Rubbish....even 8 years ago, not many endorsed the military to rule the country...

My endorsement then is the same as it is now. No country in the world should ever have a government who is not voted in by the majority of the country's population.

 

 

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, Pinot said:

I've always been a big supporter of the General. I think he's done a good job and would probably be reelected today with a big majority. 

 

The alternative is Thaksin or even worse Yingluck, a couple of incompetent crooks that bought themselves into power. Let's not forget that Prayut came to power because there was complete anarchy. The General offered to broker the deal but the two sides were incapable of anything except more anarchy. It's been peaceful with FAR less corruption than when he took over. He hope he rules forever. 

 

My Thai wife loves the new Bangkok Mayor by the way, but he doesn't have a national party that could run the country. Thais are bad at democracy. My General has been a satisfying alternative. They just legalized ganja for Buddha sake! And legalized abortion this week. This guy is best liberal dictator a country can have! I don't understand the whinging that goes on here about him. Again, there is no viable alternative. 

thanks for the much needed good laugh

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Couldn't rule on the oath of office omission.

 

Came up with this verdict.

 

Must be part of the sufficiency economy. 

[Mike Galley]

Thailand is smiling and laughing and everybody knows what happened between the suspension and yesterdays court verdict.

That's Thailand. I knew before my arrival but I can live with it and can still love this country and its people.