Pita ordered to suspend doing his duties as an MP

[billd766]

49 minutes ago, Mansell said:

What a bunch of crooked <deleted> the lot of them. No military should be in charge of a country. Fire them all and have another election.

Part of the problem is that legally the old dinosaurs are still in charge, though there is only one person with enough power and authority to be able to do that.

 

If that person is thinking clearly enough to do that he will gain many points in his favour and very few against him.

 

However IMHO he will not do that and when the crash/clash finally happens the Thai people will not forget his attitude.

[Lingba]

well if anything, the baht should take a nice plunge now

[Arthur Mullard]

5 hours ago, Tom H said:

42.000 shares less than 45k Baht.

Why he just did not sell before to be on safe side?

He knew about the existing law and not the „future“ law.

 

The shares are obviously their legal means to suspend him totally - as different from not voting him over policies - but IF he had sold them, they certainly would be going after him like they did with Thanathorn I would bet.

[malibukid]

the joke heard around the world

[koolkarl]

4 hours ago, sambum said:

And the likes of Prawit and his undeclared assets are just "swept under the carpet" - it would appear that what's good for the goose isn't good for the gander here!

 

"I borrowed them from a friend, but I can't give them back 'cos he's dead - anyway, I'd forgotten about them" (Even when I put one on my wrist this morning!) To repeat what others have said - "Absolutely disgraceful state of affairs".

 

 

Disgusting to the max.  I think if you tied a beef steak around his neck, a dog wouldn't play with him.

[joecoolfrog]

6 hours ago, MrMojoRisin said:

The best outcome for Future Forward (and Thailand) is for them to move to the opposition benches and let Pheu Thai reveal their true colours by joining with junta lackeys such as Anutin and the Democrats.

 

FF will utterly destroy all these clowns in the next election and will be able to reform Thailand unhindered.

 

Rome wasn’t built in a day. 

The powers to be have made it abundantly clear that they have no regard for the democratic process , this will not change in a year or a decade. What point is a convincing electoral victory if the courts simply disqualify the victorious MP's and the parties they represent ?

There is now only one way to get a reformist government , it wont be pretty !

[joecoolfrog]

5 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

Better avoid Bangkok in the next days and weeks...

That's highly optimistic , many months if not years I think.

[joecoolfrog]

27 minutes ago, Arthur Mullard said:

The shares are obviously their legal means to suspend him totally - as different from not voting him over policies - but IF he had sold them, they certainly would be going after him like they did with Thanathorn I would bet.

Were it not for the shares they would have found another excuse to thwart the democratic process.

 

[soalbundy]

6 hours ago, Mavideol said:

I, once I saw that the court accepted the EC petition, was not expecting any other outcome, this being a normal state of affairs here, all has being prepared/worked out in the backstage

Yes they are acting to the letter of the law but this was to be expected, next time round Pita will better prepared and that could be sooner than we expect, a new government without MFP will be frail and short lived. I don't expect any huge demonstrations with violence, more of a token rally. The army will be mindful of international condemnation and stay in the barracks, no need for an uproar, the future belongs to the MFP, this may be a silver lining and give MFP more votes, perhaps an overall majority, in the future.

[Keep Right]

6 hours ago, Tom H said:

42.000 shares less than 45k Baht.

Why he just did not sell before to be on safe side?

He knew about the existing law and not the „future“ law.

 

It seems progressive Pita is rather arrogant. Maybe he learned this at Harvard. Time to "move forward" Pita and get out of the way. Your time is up.

[Keep Right]

4 hours ago, koolkarl said:

The US did nothing in Burma and will do nothing here too.  The army have the guns and Thai people don't have the guts.  As foreigners, if you don't have to be here, find another country.  It isn't safe.

I feel much safer in Thailand than the United States under old sleepy Joe.

[kennw]

6 hours ago, bob smith said:

what an absolute disgrace. 

 

the orange revolution is coming. dont say you werent warned!!!

But, it is a suspension! the court has not yet made a decision and since they accepted the case for consideration probably they are required to suspend him. But you are right it does not look good..

[bradiston]

They've lost the renomination too. Disgusting. The speaker should have ruled but they voted instead, and of course, lost.

[kingstonkid]

4 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

If the coalition sticks together (MF + PT + the other 6 parties); and PT brings Srettha on the starting line as the new PM candidate, the Senate can no reject him on flimsy grounds or they would have MF and PT supporters on the streets.

Sure they can.  Simply because they are run by a known criminal.

[MikeN]

2 hours ago, bradiston said:

 

If he wins, it'll be trebles all round. If not, then Srettha will take his shot. Will PT stay with MFP? That's going to be a really key decision. It's difficult if not impossible to know just how many Senators will refuse to back a candidate from a party in a coalition with MFP. Maybe enough will soften their stance. Something PT will have to poll them on. If it looks unlikely, PT will most likely ditch MFP and join up with BJT and the "Democrats". That would work for the Senators, for sure.

Now that it is decided a PM candidate only gets one shot, the senators have even more power. They can combine with the junta parties to reject every nominee from PT and the other democratic coalition parties, until Anutin or Prawit are last men standing and vote for them. A minority government ahead perhaps ?

[PingRoundTheWorld]

Not sure what's more ridiculous - that they are using anything they can to prevent a democratically elected government from forming, or that two MFP leaders in a row were careless enough to give them ammo (holding such shares). Didn't they learn their lesson last election?! It kinda seems like these guys think they're elite and laws/regulations don't apply to them - which kind of makes sense being young Thai billionaires - the law doesn't apply to them in most areas of life.

Move over and let Pheu Thai take over - they might not be the cleanest, but at least they know how to play the game.

[zzaa09]

15 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Not sure what's more ridiculous - that they are using anything they can to prevent a democratically elected government from forming, or that two MFP leaders in a row were careless enough to give them ammo (holding such shares). Didn't they learn their lesson last election?! It kinda seems like these guys think they're elite and laws/regulations don't apply to them - which kind of makes sense being young Thai billionaires - the law doesn't apply to them in most areas of life.

Move over and let Pheu Thai take over - they might not be the cleanest, but at least they know how to play the game.

Should we be expecting their patriarch and underwriter, old Takky, to change his plans?

Returning sooner than later? 

 

????

[khaowong1]

7 hours ago, MrMojoRisin said:

The best outcome for Future Forward (and Thailand) is for them to move to the opposition benches and let Pheu Thai reveal their true colours by joining with junta lackeys such as Anutin and the Democrats.

 

FF will utterly destroy all these clowns in the next election and will be able to reform Thailand unhindered.

 

Rome wasn’t built in a day. 

They couldn't do it this time, they won't be able to the next time either.  The elections don't mean anything to the people actually running the country,  

[kickstart]

7 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Ah, if only he hadn't broken the rules by holding shares. Anyone naive enough to do that and think it would be ignored hasn't got the brain matter to be an MP, let alone PM. Sad but true.

 

Right, let's have a bet on when the tanks will roll.

So true,but this being Thailand, the opposition would have found something else to accuse him of. 

[metisdead]

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[Toolong]

I can boast of very few distinctions in life and count myself a modest enough bloke, but one boast for which I think I may be excused, is being the very best at swearing & cursing. I really have no equal and could swear & curse for England at the Olympic Games, bagging at least one gold, possibly eight.

However, the injustice of what has been done to Pita and MFP - and the country - has me, for once, unable to summon any swear word or curse that is up to the task.......even though, yes, it had become obvious it would happen. Just eff**g speechless now it has. 

 

(But if one squints in this dark eclipsing of hope, then u can just make it out: that in the establishment's vile act, a martyr has been made who - with the party & its supporters behind him - will one day settle the account. ????

Comforting to consider...but for now, who comes off the sub's bench to be PM....and makes any happy difference at all to the whole elite-run, status-quo mess?)

 

 

 

 

[bradiston]

42 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Not sure what's more ridiculous - that they are using anything they can to prevent a democratically elected government from forming, or that two MFP leaders in a row were careless enough to give them ammo (holding such shares). Didn't they learn their lesson last election?! It kinda seems like these guys think they're elite and laws/regulations don't apply to them - which kind of makes sense being young Thai billionaires - the law doesn't apply to them in most areas of life.

Move over and let Pheu Thai take over - they might not be the cleanest, but at least they know how to play the game.

Can't see any guarantee PT would have any more success than MFP. It looks more and more like the old guard are going to come back. Bumjaithai, and 5 other parties can muster 184 MPs between them. 249 Senators and they're home and dry. Be prepared for more bad news. I saw Anutin laughing on his way out of parliament. 

[tomacht8]

10 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Can't see any guarantee PT would have any more success than MFP. It looks more and more like the old guard are going to come back. Bumjaithai, and 5 other parties can muster 184 MPs between them. 249 Senators and they're home and dry. Be prepared for more bad news. I saw Anutin laughing on his way out of parliament. 

Theoretically possible, but as a clear minority in parliament they could hardly pass any laws against the majority in parliament.

[MrMojoRisin]

46 minutes ago, joecoolfrog said:

The powers to be have made it abundantly clear that they have no regard for the democratic process , this will not change in a year or a decade. What point is a convincing electoral victory if the courts simply disqualify the victorious MP's and the parties they represent ?

There is now only one way to get a reformist government , it wont be pretty !

It wasn’t a convincing electoral victory though, was it? FF only won 151 out of 500 seats…., 251 would have been convincing.

 

Pheu Thai and their 141 seats aren’t fully committed to the cause. Is there any doubt they’ve been backdooring FF with the 250 junta poodles in the Senate?

[MrMojoRisin]

1 hour ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Not sure what's more ridiculous - that they are using anything they can to prevent a democratically elected government from forming, or that two MFP leaders in a row were careless enough to give them ammo (holding such shares). Didn't they learn their lesson last election?! It kinda seems like these guys think they're elite and laws/regulations don't apply to them - which kind of makes sense being young Thai billionaires - the law doesn't apply to them in most areas of life.

Move over and let Pheu Thai take over - they might not be the cleanest, but at least they know how to play the game.

Mate, the shares are irrelevant, as was the cooking show appearance that undone Samak in 2008. 
 

If it wasn’t shares it would just be something else - facts don’t matter in a rigged system. 
 

FF will get there, eventually - and then they’ll clean house with much vigour, enthusiasm and glee.

 

Thaksin’s time is over - he is no longer the best chance Thailand has of  becoming a just and more equitable society, that mantle now belongs to FF. Pheu Thai may as well change their shirts from Red to Khaki now.

[MrMojoRisin]

39 minutes ago, khaowong1 said:

They couldn't do it this time, they won't be able to the next time either.  The elections don't mean anything to the people actually running the country,  

Time will tell.

Day by day the proportion of young voters increases and increases.

Demography will slay the bastards.

[Sunderland]

If this nonsense played out in the UK, the people would burn down Parliament. I am not suggesting that should happen here, but the majority of people are apathetic towards taking on the establishment.

[bradiston]

44 minutes ago, tomacht8 said:

Theoretically possible, but as a clear minority in parliament they could hardly pass any laws against the majority in parliament.

Maybe not, but a PT/MFP voting alliance could. Maybe there's hope yet. Let Anutin take the PM's job. Is it really that important to the opposition? They can rip him to shreds in any debate.

 

The speaker should have made the decision regarding Pita's second nomination. How foolish to put it to the vote! It was a procedural matter, which the speaker should have full control over. Anyway, it's over. Pita never stood a chance of getting the PM job, so better this way maybe? Will the Senate allow Srettha? Better PT withdraw. A powerful opposition better than a lame duck government.

[Sunderland]

After what happened to Thanathorn before, there has got to be more to this than Pita naively or arrogantly forgetting to sell or transfer media shares.

He still appears relatively unperturbed about what is happening. Is he playing a waiting game knowing that the past week's events have simply increased support for the ant-Junta parties? 

I would like to think there is a cunning plan behind all this, and not simply the portrayed naivety in more or less repeating what happened 4 years ago.

66% of Thai voters chose MF or PT.
 

12.5% chose Prayuth's UTP.

3% chose Anutin's BJT.

Just over 1% chose Prawit's PPP.

The idea of PT climbing back in bed with the Junta is not beyond possible, but it will be the final nail in their coffin, just like the Democrats, at the next election.

 

[Zack61]

9 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Ah, if only he hadn't broken the rules by holding shares. Anyone naive enough to do that and think it would be ignored hasn't got the brain matter to be an MP, let alone PM. Sad but true.

 

Right, let's have a bet on when the tanks will roll.

If it wasn’t the shares it would have been something else.