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How “peacemaker” Thaksin is stirring up Thai politics


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As a very wise and senior Thai person once told me, "the Government is not here to particularly help us, infact they will throw many road blocks in the way of our progress. We cannot control that and our job is to find a way through them and make the best of it." Words to that effect. We have no influence over the affairs of inmate Thaksin. As distasteful as it may seem, it is irrelevant. What influence he may wield during and after his release is of no concern ... we will adapt and whatever happens, I suggest we all figure out how to make the best progress we can.

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Thaksin Shinawatra returned to his motherland by a private jet on August 22nd of last year, the Thai public has only had brief glimpses of him.

 

 

 

It would be nice to get to glimpse of him on his way back to jail

But don't hold your breath

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1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

If he is a pig.....what kind of animal are you? Just a friend asked me😁

I'm convinced nobody should addressed with any of those gutter language words. Maybe Thaksin is not your favourite politician, but he is part of society, beloved by millions of Thai people still. You can criticise him, but please articulate yourself in a proper human being language. Thank you.🙏

He's a greedy pig, all acceptabe English language.

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1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

If he is a pig.....what kind of animal are you? Just a friend asked me😁

I'm convinced nobody should addressed with any of those gutter language words. Maybe Thaksin is not your favourite politician, but he is part of society, beloved by millions of Thai people still. You can criticise him, but please articulate yourself in a proper human being language. Thank you.🙏

But he's only being offensive to pigs !!.

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15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The regulation was not designed specifically to benefit Thaksin, but all qualified convicts. Prison is not a place in which to kill or torture convicts and any inmate who is ill is entitled to be treated in a hospital outside the prison”, claimed Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong during his address to parliament last week, as part of the debate on the government’s budget bill.

So he says, But He doesn't say  Who  says who is a  Qualified con is and who makes the call to say who qualifies.

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3 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

If he is a pig.....what kind of animal are you? Just a friend asked me😁

I'm convinced nobody should addressed with any of those gutter language words. Maybe Thaksin is not your favourite politician, but he is part of society, beloved by millions of Thai people still. You can criticise him, but please articulate yourself in a proper human being language. Thank you.🙏

You might like to look back at the names the paymaster has used on others in the past.

 

Just one example, at a press conference (when he was PM) an international reporter asked him an awkward question, the paymasters response was to yell at the reporter 'IDIOT SCUM' and walk away.

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15 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

If there would be any courageous journalists in Thailand, then they could report about many other sick prisoners.

How many seriously ill prisoners are there in Thailand? Under which conditions do they live? Do they get proper treatment?

And then compare the hundreds or thousands of seriously ill prisoners with the VIP prisoner.

 

And maybe even compare medial treatment of normal Thais, who are not in prison, to the VIP guy. How many seriously sick people are transported per helicopter to a specialist in the middle of the night? 

 

Most are subject to abuse and left to die in the overcrowded cells.

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3 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

 

Keep licking those boots.

Just keep insulting posters that don't agree with you.

 

After all, you are a self titled "Lord" and you obviously know far more about Thaksin, the Thai people, Thai government and everything else Thai.

 

I wonder why you have not taken Thai nationality as well, then you could vote, be elected as PM and run the country your own way.

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30 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

If you want to meet courageous journalists I suggest you attend an event at the Foreign Correspondent's Club of Thailand. There are in fact quite a few, including a Thai woman who sustained a lacerated eyeball from a broken bottle tossed at her by Thai police while she was covering a protest with her press ID clearly visible. I met and spoke with her in person. The problem is not the existence of courageous journalists, the problem is where they are getting published or suppressed. You won't find quality reporting in this amateurish tabloid. They absolutely butchered a story I gave to them a few years ago. 

Yes, I understand that there are good reasons for journalists to think twice what they research and publish. They all want to live another day, just like all of us. 

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49 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

 

What elected government? The government was put in place by an unelected group of senators. The people voted for MFP, and your savior Thaksin's party sabotaged the MFP by joining the Junta in a hostile takeover, backstabbing the peoples elected choice.

Nice try but no cigar. I was talking about the 2005/06 Thaksin government  but it applies to EVERY legally elected civilian government.

 

AFAIK the MFP has never been in government. Granted they won the most seats at the last election, but they could not cobble together enough seats and votes to form a government, therefore the next party with the second highest number of seats was offered the opportunity, exactly according to the Thai laws. 

 

Exactly why neither of them compromised enough to join up I have no idea, but is a Thai problem. Not mine and not yours either.

 

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6 hours ago, geisha said:

I really don’t know why you all keep getting  exasperated, upset, infuriated by this story, which has been beaten to death over 5 months.

When he announced his return , it was a given that it was planned well in advance and that he wouldn’t be imprisoned.  It was planned by the government .

Thaksin is a billionaire in his own right, he was Prime Minister, not a common thief or murderer who was going to sit in jail. Yes, he’s been ill before returning to Thailand . 

By the way, Happy Birthday MR Thaksin  !! 

 

 

Yes he is a common thief.

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4 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Nice try but no cigar. I was talking about the 2005/06 Thaksin government  but it applies to EVERY legally elected civilian government.

 

AFAIK the MFP has never been in government. Granted they won the most seats at the last election, but they could not cobble together enough seats and votes to form a government, therefore the next party with the second highest number of seats was offered the opportunity, exactly according to the Thai laws. 

 

Exactly why neither of them compromised enough to join up I have no idea, but is a Thai problem. Not mine and not yours either.

 

 

Oh yes, we all knew your were talking about a government from almost 20 years ago....smh

 

Enough seats? You mean they didn't get 250 votes from the handpicked Junta Senate? Baffling.

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15 minutes ago, lordgrinz said:

 

Oh yes, we all knew your were talking about a government from almost 20 years ago....smh

 

Enough seats? You mean they didn't get 250 votes from the handpicked Junta Senate? Baffling.

Read the constitution of Thailand.

 

I didn't write it, and if you have a problem with it then I suggest that you get the law changed.

 

Far better people than you have tried and failed, but go ahead and give it your best shot.

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34 minutes ago, scorecard said:

No the majority of Thais don't consider this a non-issue.

 

Some members of my Thai family, my old work colleagues and many of my old students are discussing it regularly.

 

My 17 yo uni student granddaughter tells me it's on the discussion agency for many kids her age and they know what they are talking about. 

 

MFP / K. Pita is very much on their minds as the only step forward.

Proof that majority don’t give a toss is obvious as nothing is being done the populace 

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8 hours ago, ezzra said:

I'm more interested to find out how, when and where he's going to insert himself into Thai politics again as I'm sure that this is

his final goal, to be number one again, (well, number 2)...

Number 1,...Behind the scenes,....but still nr. 1

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