Thanathorn puts Move Forward in awkward position

[snoop1130]

 

While he was in exile, Thaksin Shinawatra welcomed Thai visitors all the time, so it’s not such a big deal that Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has admitted to meeting him overseas during the hectic attempts to form a government after the May 14 election. It’s Thanathorn’s apparently-harmless statement about the Move Forward-Pheu Thai relationship that can do far-bigger damage.

 

In a court of law, Move Forward would be able to easily play down the meeting and even tell the judges that it knew nothing about it. Thanathorn is a grown man who can go anywhere he likes without having to tell anyone, it could be said. So, if Thanathorn and Thaksin happened to be in the same location overseas at the same time, the two politicians could naturally meet to catch up with family affairs or other trivial things, the defence would say.

 

This could dilute the embarrassment of Chaithawat Tulathon and Pannika Wanich strongly denying that such a meeting had taken place. They might not have known, or they understandably were concerned that an admission would have undue ramifications leading to the dissolution of Move Forward. (It was wrong to lie about it, but it was defendable.)

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-11-24

 

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[John Drake]

Does it matter? Seems that the only thing that MFP is interested in these days is in purging its own members.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

In a court of law, Move Forward would be able to easily play down the meeting and even tell the judges that it knew nothing about it. Thanathorn is a grown man who can go anywhere he likes without having to tell anyone, it could be said. So, if Thanathorn and Thaksin happened to be in the same location overseas at the same time, the two politicians could naturally meet to catch up with family affairs or other trivial things, the defence would say.

Is anyone really bothered now?

[thailand49]

Lying is wrong

[sikishrory]

This article reads like when a Thai tries to tell you something but in a long round about way because they can't just say what they mean.

[Purdey]

As he is banned from politics it might be hard to prove he went for political reasons.