bannork Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 59 minutes ago, hotchilli said: 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. After May they lose the right to select the PM but they remain until replaced. Some one up on the law can stipulate what happens if a bill is introduced replacing the senators with elected ones. Can the existing senators vote post May to deny that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Well, the new puppets in the armed forces and the police are set by the outgoing experts - the chessboard is ready for the next coup - me thinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 Hopefully the Thai voters remember this until the next election. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 hour ago, bannork said: After May they lose the right to select the PM but they remain until replaced. Some one up on the law can stipulate what happens if a bill is introduced replacing the senators with elected ones. Can the existing senators vote post May to deny that? The Provisional Charted state that “ upon expiration of the term of the Senate, the proceedings for the selection of new senators shall be taken and the senators under the Transitory provision shall remain in office to perform duties until there are new senators”. Considering the length of time to debate charter amendments in both houses and should the amendments passed, it will still take considerable time to re-draft the amendment and hold election for the senators. The appointed senators will be around for longer than we want them to be unfortunately. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwinchester Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 8 hours ago, bannork said: 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. Yeah sickening isn't it. I'd like to think PT are finished in any future election after this absolute betrayal of their electorate. Judging by the reaction of most of wifeys friends who supported a MF/PT coalition that outcome is a distinct possibility. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dinsdale Posted August 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2023 15 hours ago, redwood1 said: 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..... Nup. It's because they are now seen as traitors. Simple as. They jumped into bed with their enemies and will pay the price. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Good. Glad to see their popularity drop like a stone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Drake Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 On 8/28/2023 at 2:25 AM, webfact said: 10.65%for Pheu Thai, 7.52% for Palang Pracharath, 7.14% for United Thai Nation and 4.50% for the Democrat party. At this point, the two uncles parties are more popular than PTP. Quite an achievement for a newly elected PM and his party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 19 hours ago, dinsdale said: Nup. It's because they are now seen as traitors. Simple as. They jumped into bed with their enemies and will pay the price. PT will pay the price if the election is held today or even tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 On 8/27/2023 at 12:33 PM, redwood1 said: 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..... .....and this cycled stratagem has been ongoing for decades. The old adage holds true: the more things change the more they stay the same. With or without the rhetorically-based analysis and reasoning. Trickery is too easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Cut internet access to Facebook and watch it plummet by another 50% or so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunz Kittisak Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Thaksin is back! He will work this magic make Thailand great again and restore PT’s popularity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adumbration Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 Opposition is the the best place for MFP to be right now. Next election will be a landslide victory. PT sold out on their mandate and they have lost it forever. Over the coming months expect all effort being focused upon disbanding MFP....it is the only hope any other party has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingamabob Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 The current 'senators' should be out of office when their tenure expires next May. However, it remains to be seen if that actually happens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Right on Professor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 On 8/28/2023 at 11:03 AM, 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. They may well replace individuals, after all with 1700 Generals, Admirals and Air Force whatevers, plus all the top Rozzers in Central Casting, it can't be too difficult to find 250 suitable candidates retiring every 5 years! What to look out for is a renewal ( or perhaps even an extension) of the Senate's powers - that is probably factored in to whatever deal they cooked up with Pheu Thai to get Thaksin back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 If you keep kicking someone in the head, but they don't die, eventually they will retaliate, jump up and rip your head off. This is where the country is headed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 On 8/29/2023 at 4:55 PM, Adumbration said: Opposition is the the best place for MFP to be right now. Next election will be a landslide victory. PT sold out on their mandate and they have lost it forever. Over the coming months expect all effort being focused upon disbanding MFP....it is the only hope any other party has. We are moving into 'Whac-A-Mole" times. They will keep trying to destroy MFP and its reincarnations, but new ones will continue to pop up and the old git parties are running out of voters to back them. I'd estimate that less than 25% of the population genuinely support this government coalition. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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