Thaksin submits application for royal clemency

[NemoH]

Really looks like all the world is a stage …we are the audience who are scammed all along ????????????

MF must be very rich by now ????????

[Leif Kullberg]

Nobody could be surprised.
He would never come back to Thailand without knowing that he will receive a pardon.
Is this really the way a democracy is supposed to act ?
Money talks ?

[1duckyboy]

7 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Get off yer knees Mr Thaksin. Do yer time like a man.

He's not on his knees, everyone else is, to him.

[Edwin Cameron]

 The ' Old Pals Act.' Is alive and well in Thailand, everybody else that has a sentence has to serve a 3rd. of their sentence before being eligible for a Royal Pardon. Thai :Law,we'll see what happens, but I can assure you he won't be incarcerated longer

[PeachCH]

Before knowing that his wish would be granted, he never would have returned to Thailand ????????! 

[neeray]

10 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

As far as I know there is a procedure to follow, like if we apply for xyz.

First, we talk to the officer behind the counter. That officer looks first at the documents, and if there is something he doesn't like, then he won't accept it.

And if the initial guy thinks all is fine, then he gives it to his supervisor to check. And the list goes on.

Coming back to this case. Any such application will not be presented to the highest instance right away. There is a path to follow. 

I'm surprised that you didn't say anything about the "hand-offs" required at each step (aka, envelopes. The higher up the ladder, the fatter they get)

[Dukeleto]

And there it is! Hopefully this pantomine will now come to an end and we don't need to suffer all the orchestrated bull dust. Wonder what it actually cost him?

 

Once pardoned his red notices disappear and he can travel freely anywhere he wants. I think that was his motivation, not simply to be back in good old swampy.

[SomNaNa555]

He's a corrupt piece of shxt. Maybe the Thai people will get a clue now. The next election should be a landslide for the Move Forward party. 

[Artisi]

9 hours ago, MrMojoRisin said:

What would you know?

 

Nothing is more certain than Thaksin being pardoned in quick order.

 

Will criticism of the pardon be deemed a breach of 112?

 

Will criticism breach 112, YES. 

[2baht]

9 hours ago, John Drake said:

Lemme outta here!

No, stay and enjoy the show!

[fondue zoo]

10 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

.....and the circus continues.

Everything wrapped up with a neat bow.

 

 

 

 

 

[2baht]

14 minutes ago, SomNaNa555 said:

He's a corrupt piece of shxt. Maybe the Thai people will get a clue now. The next election should be a landslide for the Move Forward party. 

Oh, do you think history will repeat? ????

[klauskunkel]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

an inmate is legally bound to have served a minimum of one-third of his or her convicted jail term before being officially considered whether to deserve royal pardon for which a time-consuming process will be taken.

There is the "officially considered legal process time taking" way of doing things

and then

There is the "unofficial corrupt prearranged privileged express service" way of doing things

 

Which way will prevail? (it's rhetorical...)

 

[harada]

He might have had a chance of a pardon a few years ago but I don’t think much of his chances now, if he does gain his freedom he’ll need to keep looking in the rear vision mirror after selling out to the military. 

[Superlight]

10 hours ago, 2baht said:

He's rich hi so - Win

Thailand worships rich hi so people - Win

Rich hi so people are above the law - Win

 

 

Already done and dusted.

[smedly]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Hospital food?

He's having his gourmet meals delivered.

did he stay long enough for dinner time, i'll bet he never got past processing - never saw the inside of a cell

[fondue zoo]

There's no pretence anymore, everybody watching 'gets' Thailand now.

 

I always knew he didn't do it  ????

[owl sees all]

1 hour ago, 1duckyboy said:

He's not on his knees, everyone else is, to him.

Surely a pardon is not a matter of a handshake?!

[retarius]

A total surprise, absolutely surprising. Who could possibly have guessed this would ever happen?

[retarius]

1 hour ago, Leif Kullberg said:

Nobody could be surprised.
He would never come back to Thailand without knowing that he will receive a pardon.
Is this really the way a democracy is supposed to act ?
Money talks ?

Capitalist democracy is like this everywhere. The rich get off scot-free and the poor go to jail for stealing bread.

[malibukid]

11 hours ago, dinsdale said:

The plan is moving along. The only hiccup was Pita and MFP and they have been dealt with albeit meaning PT jumped into bed with their enemies.

democracy Thia style

[malibukid]

1 minute ago, retarius said:

Capitalist democracy is like this everywhere. The rich get off scot-free and the poor go to jail for stealing bread.

not in my country.

[Gandtee]

In the very unlikely event of him getting Royal Clemency, it would bring the Royal Institution into question. Strengthening MFP's proposal to reform it. And of course the accusations of double standards.

[sateuk]

He was never spending more than the right amount of time in prison or a prison hospital than was necessary, if he knew he be locked up in a Thai prison for years he'd of never come back here lol

[retarius]

14 minutes ago, malibukid said:

not in my country.

Probably you haven't noticed it.

Isn't Malibu in America? Well it certainly happens there, just look at the example of Hunter Biden, or the kid who killed 4 people in a car crash driving the wrong way on a highway, and got off (suspended sentence) because he was suffering from affluenza, and had never had to be accountable for his actions before (look it up, it's from Texas). 

[Venom]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

barely a week after his return from self-exile abroad.

Poor little thaky, boo hoo ????

[herfiehandbag]

10 hours ago, MrMojoRisin said:

What would you know?

 

Nothing is more certain than Thaksin being pardoned in quick order.

 

Will criticism of the pardon be deemed a breach of 112?

 

Probably yes.

[owl sees all]

35 minutes ago, retarius said:

Capitalist democracy is like this everywhere. The rich get off scot-free and the poor go to jail for stealing bread.

Or picking mushrooms. Or ticking a 'yes'!

[2baht]

9 hours ago, owl sees all said:

Get off yer knees Mr Thaksin. Do yer time like a "man".

Do they have them in Thailand???????

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, SomNaNa555 said:

He's a corrupt piece of shxt. Maybe the Thai people will get a clue now. The next election should be a landslide for the Move Forward party. 

I doubt that MFP will have the opportunity to stand in the next election, or if they do the "reform" of the Senate (a previous post shows that the groundwork is being laid) will ensure again that they get nowhere.

 

Thaksin is by no means the only, and far from the most, corrupt influence in the system!