Thaksin says daughter will announce his return to Thailand this year

[metisdead]

Some posts with derogatory comments toward Thailand have been removed.

[MrMojoRisin]

26 minutes ago, Orinoco said:

History, says your wrong.

Sounds like you should go and buy a lottery ticket with last weeks winning numbers.

How could you possibly lose.

[Orinoco]

11 minutes ago, MrMojoRisin said:

Sounds like you should go and buy a lottery ticket with last weeks winning numbers.

How could you possibly lose.

Mate go check Thai history on this subject.

How many time s in the last 100 years ?

Oh forgot it's different now,  

 

Ps My wife is different as well. 

 

 

[Pedrogaz]

Yes come back quickly Mr T and bring happiness to the people......we've been waiting for it since 2014.

[Eric Loh]

7 minutes ago, MrMojoRisin said:

Two big differences between then and now:

1. Social Media

2. …
 

There will be no more coups.

The dragon has been slain.

From here on in, it’s messy democracy.

 

 

Social media, demography, regime change, demise of the Eastern Tiger faction, military camps re-location, non aligned camp commanders - not in any order but make big dfference. Messy democracy is not perfect but still better than military coups and non-elected government. 

[MrMojoRisin]

1 minute ago, Orinoco said:

Mate go check Thai history on this subject.

How many time s in the last 100 years ?

Oh forgot it's different now,  

 

No, it’s not different now. It is exactly the same as it was 100 years ago and it will all be exactly the same in a hundred years from now.

What nonsense.

There will be an election this year and the election will do what elections are meant to do - reveal the will of the voters.

Expect a pro democracy landslide, it is coming and the message will be clear - no more Generals in politics.

 

Between now and then you should try to pay a visit to the Berlin Wall (nothing ever changes so it’s still there right?).

[MRToMRT]

1 hour ago, TKDfella said:

Just a bit of humour because what you should written was '...live in Thailand anymore...'????

My apologies, sometimes I am a little frail and jaded

[bob smith]

6 hours ago, steven100 said:

Oh please  '    stay where you are and save us all the misery    !

can't possibly be more miserable than it currently is... have you seen the state of it out there?? sheesh...

 

come back Thaksin, i hope they roll out the RED carpet for you sir ????

[Phoenix Rising]

8 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

What does he know that we don't know?

Does he have any insider information about (upcoming) politics in Thailand?

Didn't he tell us all that he has nothing to do with politics anymore? 

And isn't it illegal for Thai politicians to make deals with wanted criminals?

 

 

"What does he know that we don't know?"

You're joking, right??

 

"Does he have any insider information about (upcoming) politics in Thailand?"

Again, seriously? A former legally elected and hugely popular PM thrown out in a coup and you question how he can have more info about Thai politics than a few AN farang keyboard warriors?

 

"Didn't he tell us all that he has nothing to do with politics anymore?"

Yep, and the current "PM" told us there would be no coup.

 

"And isn't it illegal for Thai politicians to make deals with wanted criminals?"

And isn't it illegal in Thailand to do criminal acts? I could link to all the stuff the junta has been caught read handed doing (apart from the act of overthrowing a legal government which is a capital offence) but can't be bothered.

[San Fran Dan]

Good when he comes back throw him in Prison…

[Phoenix Rising]

7 hours ago, WingFat said:

Will she weep, sob and cry on camera for his return, as did her sister ex-PM Yingluck who nearly ruined Thailand's place in the worldwide rice industry by her ridiculously incompetent "rice pledging scheme" when it miserably failed |??? I was in Thailand in 2014 when Yingluck vomited this stupid idea, the rice farmers bought her line of <deleted>, then realized the only people who benefited were the middle-men and rice-storage operators; Shinawatra cronies. The rice price she demanded was laughed at by the worldwide market and Thailand's rice rotted in the silos while other rice-producing nations picked up the slack.. Eventually, the farmers in the peasant north were literally on their way to Bangkok in pickup trucks with pitchforks in hand ready to skewer her when the coup e' etat occurred (one dozens that have occurred in LOS since the 1930's). This was in 2014, and that's how and why the military took control. No trusting the Shinawatras...then there is Thaksin's wife who benefited from bargain basement price on a prime piece of land in central Bangkok. I am no fan of the current cast of clowns in charge, but the Shinawatras are no better.

They were legal rulers, and that's better. Legal rulers can be thrown out in an election. Coup generals can't. See the difference now?

[OneMoreFarang]

2 hours ago, crazykopite said:

At least we knew where we stood with him unlike the current administration who flip around like no tomorrow 

He was/is a corrupt criminal who cared about himself and his family.

Is that really good enough for you?

[OneMoreFarang]

2 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

Then the red shirts (UDD) will go nuts.

They are nuts. ???? 

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Thaksin made the latest declaration on returning to his homeland

Welcome back Sir, and thank you for bringing the North of Thailand (Lanna and Isaan), with us country bumpkins, into the 21st Century!! This has always been "sour grapes" with the southern "establishment".

[Orinoco]

21 minutes ago, MrMojoRisin said:

No, it’s not different now. It is exactly the same as it was 100 years ago and it will all be exactly the same in a hundred years from now.

What nonsense.

There will be an election this year and the election will do what elections are meant to do - reveal the will of the voters.

Expect a pro democracy landslide, it is coming and the message will be clear - no more Generals in politics.

 

Between now and then you should try to pay a visit to the Berlin Wall (nothing ever changes so it’s still there right?).

What ever you believe, is up  to you.

The generals will just snatch it back  when it's convenient, if needed.

as always. 

 

 

[Phoenix Rising]

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

He was/is a corrupt criminal who cared about himself and his family.

Is that really good enough for you?

1. Whatever he was, he was elected, and hugely popular. He could also be removed in an election.

2, If Thaksin "was/is a corrupt criminal who cared about himself and his family" what do you think the ruling generals are and what do they care about?

Come on, let's hear it!

[MrMojoRisin]

Just now, Orinoco said:

What ever you believe, is up  to you.

The generals will just snatch it back  when it's convenient.

as always. 

Apirat will try, no doubt.

He will fail.

So it ends.

[Hanuman2547]

"It came amid rumours that Palang Pracharat and Pheu Thai have done a deal for Thaksin to return after the general election, scheduled for May."

 

Well that's easy to fix.  A certain someone will just suspend the elections scheduled for May to prevent Thaksin from returning.

[billyo]

On 1/26/2023 at 12:38 PM, Hanuman2547 said:

"It came amid rumours that Palang Pracharat and Pheu Thai have done a deal for Thaksin to return after the general election, scheduled for May."

 

Well that's easy to fix.  A certain someone will just suspend the elections scheduled for May to prevent Thaksin from returning.

Prawit is apparently the fixer par excellence in the army the General Prem of his time. Thaksin has courted relentlessly the two folks that matter the most - if they come in for him then the votes will be home and dry. He has decided I think to die on Thai soil one way or another. I remember Prawit in Parliament trolling Prayuth when asked about the coup by a Move Forward MP joked it wasn't me and pointed to Prayuth - ask him. Everbody laughed except the good general. Looking like the fix is in. But then in Thai politics nothing is certain except the army always win.

[NoshowJones]

On 1/26/2023 at 3:41 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Why doesn't he come back tomorrow?

He has Thai citizenship, he doesn't need a visa to come to Thailand.

And it's even better for him, he will have free accommodation and food for a few years, paid by the taxpayers.

Come on Thaksin, what are you waiting for?

Be a man, return now.

"Come on Thaksin, what are you waiting for?

Be a man, return now." I agree, and when you do, do something, anything that will get rid of this unelected, Military Academy educated clown and his soldiers.

[Smokey and the Bandit]

9 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

What does he know that we don't know?

Does he have any insider information about (upcoming) politics in Thailand?

Didn't he tell us all that he has nothing to do with politics anymore? 

And isn't it illegal for Thai politicians to make deals with wanted criminals?

 

 

Apart from your third question, I am sure General Prayut could answer?????

[NoshowJones]

5 hours ago, Red Forever said:

This news will get all the Thaksin haters and Bangkok elite in a tizzy.

To point to just one of his qualities: He is not racist like many of the present incumbents and as such would benefit farang in the long term.

I stand to be corrected here, it was before my time in Thailand, but did Thaksin not start this 90 day reporting nonsense?

[billd766]

3 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

He knows what every rich Thai knows.  He knows that there are people greedy enough for money and power that they will kiss the devil.

 

He knows that Prawit is not gong to be in a powerful enough position to rule the country on his own and that his daughter will be in the same boat.

 

With the current set up it will be almost impossible for ether to win without a huge fight and without dividing the country. 

 

If PT wins almost a majority and are able to find enough votes in the house to put her in power as PM and the military chosen Senate votes for Prawit.  Then the red shirts (UDD) will go nuts.  

Prawit understands that if that happens he can not use the military to put the Genie back in the bottle.

 

The interesting thought to this is that while yes there is support for Thaksin it is not in the young people or the None red shirts.  Saying that you are going to bring back Thaksin was part of the reason that Yingluck got in so much trouble.  

This could play into Prayut and the FF parties favour.  

 

The only way Thaksin comes back is if the ruling government and King absolve him and Yingluck of all crimes that they have been found guilty of.

Thaksin was not found guilty of any civil crimes but he was found guilty of some political crimes by the the military who committed a coup against a legally elected civilian government,

 

That is why no civilised country would extradite him back to Thailand.

[NoshowJones]

2 hours ago, MrMojoRisin said:

Nope.

Not enough support anymore.

Its over.

Democracy reigns.

There will never be another successful military coup in Thailand.

Never again.

 

 

I wish, but we can all dream.

[BostonRob2]

Whenever I read "Thaksin coming back to Thailand" I think of Benigno Aquino at Manila airport in August 1983.

 

Forty years on I wonder what might happen here in Thailand.

 

Rooster

[PETERTHEEATER]

10 hours ago, bbbbooboo said:

Hmmm…. Not holding my breath

You may have to. He needs oxygen.

[MrMojoRisin]

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

I wish, but we can all dream.

Believe it.

You need no further proof than the almost complete absence of juntalovers on this forum nowadays. The fact the 99% of these lowlifes have scurried back into the gutters and sewers from where they came from (and belong) confirms just how unwanted, pathetic and unpopular the current regime is.

 

[robblok]

4 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

I hope so - but there are some who might try it. Arguably the best result would be an attempted coup which fails dismally. That may put the lid firmly on a number of boxes.

 

Of course it will be messy, which none of us ( in our right minds) want but I don't really see a way out of the present situation without making a mess.

There is no future for Thailand democracy does not solve its corruption problems. So basically new government only means different people benefitting. No change in at all otherwise. 

 

I really hope the current mob loses but only a fool will think the new government wont be corrupt. Only party that is a bit decent is move forward and they wont get enough votes.

 

Shins & the military government  ar both utterly corrupt so it really does not matter much what one lies to you. Still better have someone to lie to you that is voted in then that rolled with a tank in. But practically nothing will change. 

[robblok]

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

Thaksin was not found guilty of any civil crimes but he was found guilty of some political crimes by the the military who committed a coup against a legally elected civilian government,

 

That is why no civilised country would extradite him back to Thailand.

What is the difference between civil crimes and political crimes. 

Because all i know he has been conviced for corruption and other fraud stuff. Now you might think its political (and going after him probably was) but that does not mean he did not commit the crimes.

[PETERTHEEATER]

4 hours ago, charmonman said:

By announcing that his daughter will announce his return this year, hasn’t he already announced his return himself?

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