Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai parties will hold a joint press conference at 4.30pm today concerning formation of the government.

Pheu Thai attempting to form the government after Move Forward failed to get enough parliamentary support for its prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat.

Pheu Thai won the second most House seats, after Move Forward, in the May general election.

 

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anutin !!!

 

 

Edited August 7, 20232 yr by anchadian

The kick-off of a lot of unrest in the country?

 

The Pheu Thai Party will collaborate with the Bhumjaithai Party in an effort to form a government together.

 

Currently, they have a total of 212 MPs. The designated Prime Ministerial candidate will come from the Pheu Thai Party.

 

However, the two parties have not yet revealed the identities of the other political parties that will join the new Pheu Thai-led coalition.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1688487333627412481

 

At 4:30, they will annnounce a mutual rimming event between the heads of the respective parties that will be broadcast nationally so that the whole country can throw up in unison. 

Sounds like Chocomints all round.

Joint-statement (cont.): We’re inviting the opposition to work with us. If they have draft bills that will help the country, we’ll support it. (…) Our principles are: 1) People and country are the core. To boost economy and democracy, brining back reconciliation and propensity.

 

Joint-statement (cont.): 2) The quickly fix the constitution in the first cabinet meeting (of the new govt) to hold a referendum on a new constitution and a new drafting committee. 3) Constructive political work together. 4) Transparent govt. 5) MPs, Senators involved in PM vote

 

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1688488423550771200

 

He is the Highhhlander after all

There can be only one!

 cue soundtrack

 

 

Also, something else is brewing in the background, important arrivals spotted at airports after long absences, and it ain't Thaksin.

Edited August 7, 20232 yr by fondue zoo

5 minutes ago, peter zwart said:

The kick-off of a lot of unrest in the country?

The people need to accept the Democratic process. Two parties have put aside their differences for the good of the country when Pita's minority party was unable to form a strong coalition. Maybe if he had stepped aside earlier with all the accusations about him, then this impasse wouldn't have dragged on so long. The new coalition needs to be commended for their efforts.

28 minutes ago, stoner said:

anutin !!!

I read this like "Newwwman" from Seinfeld

 

 

[Update] Chonlanan Srikaew, the leader of Pheu Thai, said the new coalition will not include the Palang Pracharath Party and the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party.

 

Chonlanan said the two parties plan to collaborate by extending invitations to other political entities to join the coalition. They aim to gather support and secure votes from all parties and senators in favor of their PM Candidate.

 

The two parties have come to an agreement to advocate for the revision of the constitution through the establishment of an elected charter drafting committee, he said.

 

Anutin Charnvirakul, the leader of Bhumjaithai, emphasized that the two parties do not support the formation of a minority government.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1688490400577941504

 

1 minute ago, fondue zoo said:

I read this like "Newwwman" from Seinfeld

 

 

negative. i have been quite vocal about anutin for a long time. it is in my best interest for him to be involved in forming a government. 

Just now, stoner said:

negative. i have been quite vocal about anutin for a long time. it is in my best interest for him to be involved in forming a government. 

ahhh, comprehende

16 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

The people need to accept the Democratic process. Two parties have put aside their differences for the good of the country when Pita's minority party was unable to form a strong coalition. Maybe if he had stepped aside earlier with all the accusations about him, then this impasse wouldn't have dragged on so long. The new coalition needs to be commended for their efforts.

"... unable to form a strong coalition."??? Pita's coalition had a 62% house majority - if that's not a strong coalition, I don't know what is. 

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1688494059927826432

6 minutes ago, anchadian said:

[Update] Chonlanan Srikaew, the leader of Pheu Thai, said the new coalition will not include the Palang Pracharath Party and the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party.

 

Chonlanan said the two parties plan to collaborate by extending invitations to other political entities to join the coalition. They aim to gather support and secure votes from all parties and senators in favor of their PM Candidate.

 

The two parties have come to an agreement to advocate for the revision of the constitution through the establishment of an elected charter drafting committee, he said.

 

Anutin Charnvirakul, the leader of Bhumjaithai, emphasized that the two parties do not support the formation of a minority government.

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1688490400577941504

 

That will probably the barest of the bare minimum to have some semblance of feeble steps towards democracy. Ostracize the military parties and have only political parties in the coalition. Will placate some anger from supporters. Pheu Thai Party will probably grow in size with defections from PPRP. MFP need to consider their role in the voting process as they too want to keep the military parties out of the next government and even if they not in the new coalition. Revision of the constitution must be the focus with 1997 people constitution as the blueprint.  

It is the unreliable Pheu Thai that wants to rule no matter with who or what, and they will bring the country down and holding backwarths as we have seen the lastr decades. Thaksion ended with a coup as his sister too.. and look wher ethe country stands now..... Even a democratic election is not possible ......but all for Thaksin to come back has a whole country to suffer...

39 minutes ago, fondue zoo said:

Also, something else is brewing in the background, important arrivals spotted at airports after long absences, and it ain't Thaksin.

Foreign owners?

Edited August 7, 20232 yr by ICU Kid

so many dinosaurs in that pic though. 

Well, good luck with that.

 

Can't wait for the next election, which may be closer than currently scheduled. That's when the Thai people will show what they're made of, one way or the other.

They need the senators' votes to obtain the PM's position.

I can't see that happening without Pravit and his crew in the government 

55 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

The people need to accept the Democratic process. Two parties have put aside their differences for the good of the country when Pita's minority party was unable to form a strong coalition. Maybe if he had stepped aside earlier with all the accusations about him, then this impasse wouldn't have dragged on so long. The new coalition needs to be commended for their efforts.

It is a system that has been set up to thwart the democratic process - any fool can see that. Pita is not at fault and it is entirely disingenuous of you to suggest otherwise. Thailand will have the progressive government the people voted for, it’s just going to take a little time to arrive at the right destination.

 

BTW - the new coalition has so far achieved less than Pita did in his attempts to form government…., one shouldn’t count their chickens before they hatch.

44 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

The people need to accept the Democratic process. Two parties have put aside their differences for the good of the country when Pita's minority party was unable to form a strong coalition. Maybe if he had stepped aside earlier with all the accusations about him, then this impasse wouldn't have dragged on so long. The new coalition needs to be commended for their efforts.

You're a long way off the mark.  The people understand that in any normal democratic process, Pita would have been Prime Minister.  There's been accusations about just about anyone who's looked like threatening the status quo for years.

 

And that's what's really going on here - the piggies don't want to move away from the trough.  The new constitution made sure they didn't have to - how many democracies do you know where the winning party has to seek permission to form a government? That's how the generals could promise 'no more coups' - they don't need a coup when they have a senate that only allows their friends to hold power. If the constitution is changed and either gets rid of the senate or dliutes their power - coups will return.

 

Yes, the Thai people voted for the new constitution (supposedly) but there was virtual martial law at that time - the opposition weren't allowed to campaign - either publicly or on TV. Nobody really knew what they were voting for - if they did actually vote that way, which is highly questionable in itself.

 

The fact is that the generals/elite families are not going to let go of power/wealth and they will continue to control the people that make them that wealth in any and all ways possible. Democracy? Just a sham, there has never been and will never be democracy in Thailand without a civil war.

 

Anyone who does or says anything against the generals or tries to change the grossly unfair laws that keep the people down - finds themselves either accused of some crime or other and/or is locked up. People have also simply disappeared! It never fails to amaze me just how many Thai politicians have accusations levied agaist them as soon as they become a threat.

 

The Thai version of democracy closely resembles that of another country who the government have been cosying up to - lock up/silence your rivals. Give you a clue, that country is currently at war.

 

My girlfriend spoke volumes in just one sentence when she said, 'after the election result we had hope, real hope, now we have nothing again'. That's the general feeling amongst the population.

 

Pita/Move Forward had the guts to stand up to 'the system' and they also showed real resolve recently when they refused to drop the policies that the people voted for in order to form a government with Pheu Thai.  Hat's off to them, what they did was a real change in Thailand - its just a shame that the whole rotten system is set up in such a way that change is highly unlikely to be achieved.

1 hour ago, peter zwart said:

The kick-off of a lot of unrest in the country?

Depends.  Are the Red Shirts happy?  If they are, how much does that take away from the groups who are actually likely to protest?

Quite a clever move. Pheu Thai telling MFP that even though they are not in a coalition they are free to vote for the Government in Parliament (including for the PM candidate). Voting against will harm the Government and will damage the economy, Pheu Thai could argue.

Military not welcome so Pheu Thai appeasing their base.

Still a tough call to get past the Senate but we wiil see next week.

Edited August 7, 20232 yr by champers

59 minutes ago, anchadian said:

https://twitter.com/SaksithCNA/status/1688494059927826432

Looks like a trailer from "Walking With Dinosaurs"!

1 hour ago, Joe Farang said:

The new coalition needs to be commended for their efforts.

Most Thais will be condemning them for a stitch up of Mpve Forward.

 

The electorate will not forget. If there is ever another election , and if there is another reincarnation of MF then PT will take a beating.

1 hour ago, Joe Farang said:

The people need to accept the Democratic process.

This is not democratic.