Popular Post webfact Posted August 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2023 THE POPULARITY RATING OF the Pheu Thai has exponentially declined due to a surprise about-face conducted by the post-election government’s core party under de facto boss Thaksin Shinawatra, according to the latest opinion poll of Sripatum University. The Sripatum Poll, recently conducted among a total of 1,253 constituents from all walks of life in all regions of the country, has found the Pheu Thai popularity rating drop to only 10%, compared to the Move Forward’s 49%. That was primarily attributed to post-election developments in which Thaksin’s camp had taken a surprise u-turn from their original coalition partners headed by the Move Forward to bring other parties which had earlier stayed on the other end of the country’s political spectrum into the Pheu Thai-led bandwagon, according to the Sripatum Poll. By Thai Newsroom Reporters TOP: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, right, with Ruam Thai Sang Chart de facto party boss Prayut Chan-o-cha. Photo: Thai Rath Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/08/26/pheu-thai-popularity-rating-drops-to-10-sripatum-poll/ -- THAI NEWSROOM 2023-08-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 5 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post webfact Posted August 27, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2023 Pheu Thai party’s popularity plunges in new poll The Pheu Thai party’s popularity would drop by 62.24%,while the popularity of the Move Forward party would increase by 62.39% if there were to be a new election today, according to the findings of a Blockchain poll, jointly conducted by Sripatum University and D-vote. The two pollsters gauged the opinions of 1,253 people aged18 and over with various occupations and educational levels between August 21st and 24th on the question: “Which parties will you choose when there is another election?” The poll shows 49.05% of the respondents said they will vote for the Move Forward party, 14.69% for Bhumjaithai, 10.65%for Pheu Thai, 7.52% for Palang Pracharath, 7.14% for United Thai Nation and 4.50% for the Democrat party. The poll shows the popularity of the Move Forward party has increased by 62.39% and Bhumjaithai’s by 3.50%. Pheu Thai popularity, however, fell by 62.24%, the Democrats by 9.96%, Palang Pracharath by 6.02% and United Thai Nation dropped by 0.84%. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pheu-thai-partys-popularity-plunges-in-new-poll/ -- Thai PBS 2023-08-28 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe 1 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post redwood1 Posted August 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2023 Why the low numbers?....Because everyone knows the new boss is the same as the old boss.... So the Pheu Thai party’ is really only a shadow of what it was in the old days..... 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bannork Posted August 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2023 PT have committed an unforgivable act of treachery in order to bring their owner home. They can only hope their populist policies will keep the grassroots loyal but the bitter taste of betrayal can never be erased. 10 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post retarius Posted August 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2023 They won't be in any hurry to have an election any time soon. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted August 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2023 2 hours ago, webfact said: The Sripatum Poll, recently conducted among a total of 1,253 constituents from all walks of life in all regions of the country, has found the Pheu Thai popularity rating drop to only 10%, compared to the Move Forward’s 49%. Wait for the next election, hopefully no senate to rig the system. 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Enoon Posted August 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) You can fool some of the people all of the time....... "In helping to sabotage Move Forward, by doing a deal with the army establishment that his party had promised to shun, Mr Thaksin has revealed that he is no friend of Thai democracy but rather an instrument of the status quo." The Economist, August 26 Edited August 27, 2023 by Enoon 14 1 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rabas Posted August 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2023 11 minutes ago, Enoon said: You can fool some of the people all of the time....... "In helping to sabotage Move Forward, by doing a deal with the army establishment that his party had promised to shun, Mr Thaksin has revealed that he is no friend of Thai democracy but rather an instrument of the status quo." The Economist, August 26 He never was a friend of Thai democracy or the Thai people. I hope now that folks who did not live through his reign begin to understand his horribly decisive ways. The best thing anyone can do for Thailand is to come together in friendship. A divided population allows unscrupulous leaders to do as they please. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nobodysfriend Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 Pheu Thai = Traitors . If Thaksin had his dirty fingers in what happened after the election , ( and I bet he had ... ) , he shot himself in the foot . He is in the jailhouse now , and I hope that , opposite to what he had planned , he stays there . If , ever , he is allowed to return to his " home " for " medical care " , it will be seen as another proof of Thailand's 3rd world grade due to omnipresent corruption 4 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scouse123 Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 2 hours ago, hotchilli said: Wait for the next election, hopefully no senate to rig the system. But how do you get the present Senate out of power? That's the main issue here. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 Just now, Scouse123 said: But how do you get the present Senate out of power? That's the main issue here. Wait until May? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse123 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, jacko45k said: Wait until May? I don't follow their politics that much because it's a waste of space, but I thought I read somewhere that Prayut had loaded the Senate with certain posts that had to be given to the military and the Senate had to have so many seats reserved for the military?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bannork Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 16 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said: Pheu Thai = Traitors . If Thaksin had his dirty fingers in what happened after the election , ( and I bet he had ... ) , he shot himself in the foot . He is in the jailhouse now , and I hope that , opposite to what he had planned , he stays there . If , ever , he is allowed to return to his " home " for " medical care " , it will be seen as another proof of Thailand's 3rd world grade due to omnipresent corruption He won't have come back without cast iron guarantees his time in the slammer is short. Wissanu, the junta's legal wizard and legaliser of coups, has already said that Thaksin's cases could be bunched together under one pardon. Apparently the family are preparing the papers, all speed ahead! I read the whole process could take a month or two. Still, even if Thaksin is fully pardoned, PT will be a prisoner as long as Thaksin is still alive, forced to toe the line by the old order. Thaksin sold his party's soul for his liberty to return to Thailand. He should have stayed in Singapore and flown his grandchildren over every other weekend if he really missed them 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Scouse123 said: I don't follow their politics that much because it's a waste of space, but I thought I read somewhere that Prayut had loaded the Senate with certain posts that had to be given to the military and the Senate had to have so many seats reserved for the military?. Like you I am short on the detail.... yes senate is loaded with military, but I thought they got to serve a limited 5 year term... hope that after that the lower house can modify things while they are out of the way. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will be along to explain it to us soon. Edited August 28, 2023 by jacko45k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisfeld Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Quote Asked about whether Thailand should have a new constitution, crafted by a council elected by the people, 75.53% said they agree, 12.14% said the charter should be amended and 3.85% said the charter should remain as is. Holy moly! Only less than 4% of Thais actually agree with the current constitution. Now that is a damning result if I've ever seen one. Wow. 5 hours ago, webfact said: according to the findings of a Blockchain poll Eh, what? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henryford Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 I doubt PT care what the Thai people think, they are in power now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, Henryford said: I doubt PT care what the Thai people think, they are in power now. Eventually their MPs will, if they fear losing the next election. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordgrinz Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Not sure how the system works here, but..... would they survive a no-confidence vote? Would that trigger a new election? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bamnutsak Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 What choice did PTP, or MFP for that matter have? Both were out-maneuvered by the powers-that-be. And with the giant ask for repatriating Thaksin, PTP had no choice. That was a huge debt. IMO, PTP would be better served by being honest about the deal they made, why they made it and who they made it with. Trying to keep that secret, when almost everyone knows what happened, may be their death knell? 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Voters have been known to have a short memory, so even this massive betrayal and resulting well-deserved drop in popularity isn't something that a sprinkle of populist policies and handouts can't fix. The Pheu Thai leadership knows that better than anyone else I'm afraid and might be banking on just that to happen. Time will tell if things are any different this time around. I'm not very hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwinchester Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 28 minutes ago, bamnutsak said: What choice did PTP, or MFP for that matter have? Both were out-maneuvered by the powers-that-be. And with the giant ask for repatriating Thaksin, PTP had no choice. That was a huge debt. IMO, PTP would be better served by being honest about the deal they made, why they made it and who they made it with. Trying to keep that secret, when almost everyone knows what happened, may be their death knell? The choice they had was to wait until next May when the term of the present Senate stooges comes to an end. Any interim minority govt headed by BJT or Prawit would have been useless being so outnumbered by the original Move Forward coalition that a new election before next May or shortly after would have been inevitable. A MF, PT landslide would have been guaranteed then after the Senate shenanigans last month. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bannork Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 28 minutes ago, edwinchester said: The choice they had was to wait until next May when the term of the present Senate stooges comes to an end. Any interim minority govt headed by BJT or Prawit would have been useless being so outnumbered by the original Move Forward coalition that a new election before next May or shortly after would have been inevitable. A MF, PT landslide would have been guaranteed then after the Senate shenanigans last month. But PT couldn't wait because: 1 Its owner wants to come home 2. PT want to be in power, never mind who with and to hell with their promises to voters.. It's illegal to intentionally deceive voters in Thailand.. If someone can prove PT had every intention of teaming up with the junta uncles before the election, they should be dissolved. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 6 hours ago, bannork said: PT have committed an unforgivable act of treachery in order to bring their owner home. They can only hope their populist policies will keep the grassroots loyal but the bitter taste of betrayal can never be erased. I think many of the people who favoured Pheu Thai before have since moved on and voted for Move Forward as PT didn't really offer anything new. The 10% grassroots loyal are all the party has left. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclark Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 5 hours ago, hotchilli said: Wait for the next election, hopefully no senate to rig the system. Really? You think? I'd bet my last dollar both UTN and PPR will demand the senates ternure is extended for another XX number of years, or they may remove their support of PT in this coalition- Without the senate there is no back stop from preventing MFP having there own PM and amending 112 in any future elections. I suspect the sentators are here to stay. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclark Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 2 hours ago, bamnutsak said: What choice did PTP, or MFP for that matter have? Both were out-maneuvered by the powers-that-be. And with the giant ask for repatriating Thaksin, PTP had no choice. That was a huge debt. IMO, PTP would be better served by being honest about the deal they made, why they made it and who they made it with. Trying to keep that secret, when almost everyone knows what happened, may be their death knell? I think PTP was banking on a landslide victory, when that failed, they knew their options were limited. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al BB Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 4 hours ago, Scouse123 said: I don't follow their politics that much because it's a waste of space, but I thought I read somewhere that Prayut had loaded the Senate with certain posts that had to be given to the military and the Senate had to have so many seats reserved for the military?. 1 hour ago, jonclark said: I think PTP was banking on a landslide victory, when that failed, they knew their options were limited. That was it all along! Just look at how many references to a "Landslide" there was before the "Election". Then MFP came along and Pi@@ed on their Chips! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomacht8 Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 PT broke its campaign promise. It has now become clear to many PT voters that the PT leadership no longer represents their interests. The desire for sincere and honest politicians is there. Even in the countryside there is this rule: "You should always do what you say." Many PT regular voters will not forget this false flag maneuver. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 2 hours ago, jonclark said: Really? You think? I'd bet my last dollar both UTN and PPR will demand the senates ternure is extended for another XX number of years, or they may remove their support of PT in this coalition- Without the senate there is no back stop from preventing MFP having there own PM and amending 112 in any future elections. I suspect the sentators are here to stay. It will be much more easier if PT didn’t form the coalition government. Even as a minority government, the military coalition and the appointed senates can vote to extend the tenure of the appointment that will secured their hold on power for the foreseeable future. With PT as the leading party in the government, they and other like minded parties can block any attempt to extend the appointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 3 hours ago, jonclark said: Really? You think? I'd bet my last dollar both UTN and PPR will demand the senates ternure is extended for another XX number of years, or they may remove their support of PT in this coalition- Without the senate there is no back stop from preventing MFP having there own PM and amending 112 in any future elections. I suspect the sentators are here to stay. I believe next May is when the senates tenure is expiring.. We will see what happens before that comes if any shenanigans are at play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Looking at the OP image Uncle Tu must be wearing his new elevator shoes.???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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