Thaksin Remains ‘Untouchable’ At Parliament

[webfact]

 

DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra has not only been virtually “untouchable” at hospital but also in Parliament.

 

During today’s (Mar. 20) second reading of the 2024 budget bill in the House chamber, four Pheu Thai MPs took turns to rise to their feet in protest of a verbal statement made by Budget Committee member Ruangkrai Leekitwatana of the Palang Pracharath against their de facto party boss pertaining to the Revenue Department’s aborted seizure of 45 million baht worth of his wealth.

 

Almost immediately after the Palang Pracharath member had mentioned the de facto Pheu Thai boss by name, those Pheu Thai MPs decidedly staged their floor protest, prompting House Speaker Wan Muhamad Nor Matha to order him to stop reading a document about the contentious matter which they deemed as “irrelevant” to today’s second reading of the budget bill.

 

The Palang Pracharath member of the Budget Committee could hardly finish a sentence as those Pheu Thai MPs, three of whom are women lawmakers, kept interrupting his speech and insisted the House speaker order him to stop it.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

PHOTO: A supporter takes a selfie with de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, centre, at Rajapruek Royal Park in Chiang Mai on March 14, 2024. Photo: AP and published by VOA

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-03-21

 

- Discover how Cigna Insurance can protect you with a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment. For more information on expat health insurance click here.

 

Get our Daily Newsletter - Click HERE to subscribe
 

[flyingtlger]

They don't call him Teflon Thaksin for nothing....

[Pesche]

He betrayed his own country big times.

He evaded the fiscal system.

He is THE genuine example of corruption!

He continues to pull the strings and still has followers...

 

TIT - No logic to this phenomena 🙄 

It reveals the weakness of the Thai Political System.

 

[jacko45k]

15 minutes ago, Pesche said:

He is THE genuine example of corruption!

And sadly depicts how ingrained and undefeatable it is in this country!

[2baht]

4 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

They don't call him Teflon Thaksin for nothing....

By hook or by crook

You are the first in this Book,

 

Every story, everyday! You win the Early Bird Trophy! 

[hotchilli]

39 minutes ago, Pesche said:

He betrayed his own country big times.

He evaded the fiscal system.

He is THE genuine example of corruption!

He continues to pull the strings and still has followers...

 

TIT - No logic to this phenomena 🙄 

It reveals the weakness of the Thai Political System.

 

It's how Thailand rolls.... 

[nobodysfriend]

Somehow , he looks like a fugitive on the run ...?

 

Edited May 22 by Maestro
Removed mislabelled image

[mikebell]

There's Tax evasion and then there's Tax-Sin.

[2baht]

On 3/21/2024 at 1:11 AM, nobodysfriend said:

Somehow , he looks like a fugitive on the run ...?

 

The mask just hides the hideous smirk! He's making them all look stupid as he smirks at them! Ralfy?

[mfd101]

58 minutes ago, Pesche said:

He betrayed his own country big times.

He evaded the fiscal system.

He is THE genuine example of corruption!

He continues to pull the strings and still has followers...

 

TIT - No logic to this phenomena 🙄 

It reveals the weakness of the Thai Political System.

 

AND he did some good things for the poor people of Isaan. A first in recorded history. They were slaves and then serfs (is there a difference?) until 100 years ago.

 

None of which they have forgotten.

[motdaeng]

45 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

AND he did some good things for the poor people of Isaan. A first in recorded history. They were slaves and then serfs (is there a difference?) until 100 years ago.

 

None of which they have forgotten.

 

indeed, you are entirely right.

 

if a prime minister fulfills their duty and it results in aiding the impoverished,

they should have the freedom to engage in whatever actions they desire, even if it

involves corruption, theft, collusion, deceit, or aligning with the military, etc. ...

 

justice and equality in the judiciary are for some not an importand value, even by some farang's ... 

[Artisi]

On 3/21/2024 at 1:11 AM, nobodysfriend said:

Somehow , he looks like a fugitive on the run ...?

 

He was, but nobody gave a rat's ar&e about hauling him back home. 

[Thingamabob]

9 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

They don't call him Teflon Thaksin for nothing....

He was ousted by the ruling establishment before and will likely be ousted again. 

[Burma Bill]

5 hours ago, mfd101 said:

AND he did some good things for the poor people of Isaan. A first in recorded history. They were slaves and then serfs (is there a difference?) until 100 years ago.

 

None of which they have forgotten.

 

Thanks. Not only Isaan but also Lanna. That is why he is still popular across Northern Thailand

[billd766]

6 hours ago, Pesche said:

He betrayed his own country big times.

He evaded the fiscal system.

He is THE genuine example of corruption!

He continues to pull the strings and still has followers...

 

TIT - No logic to this phenomena 🙄 

It reveals the weakness of the Thai Political System.

 

Yet he was elected by the Thai people, not just once but twice, and is the only PM to have legally have completed a full term as PM of Thailand. Meanwhile the generals who made 3 successful military coups are walking around free as birds without even a smack on the wrist as a punishment.

 

What does that say about the weakness of the Thai Political System?

[Gottfrid]

16 hours ago, Pesche said:

He betrayed his own country big times.

He evaded the fiscal system.

He is THE genuine example of corruption!

He continues to pull the strings and still has followers...

 

TIT - No logic to this phenomena 🙄 

It reveals the weakness of the Thai Political System.

 

No, unfortunately, it defines the weakness of the entire population.

[dinsdale]

On 3/21/2024 at 6:25 AM, Pesche said:

He betrayed his own country big times.

He evaded the fiscal system.

He is THE genuine example of corruption!

He continues to pull the strings and still has followers...

 

TIT - No logic to this phenomena 🙄 

It reveals the weakness of the Thai Political System.

 

If you call completely currupt a weakness then I must agree.

[dinsdale]

On 3/21/2024 at 1:10 PM, billd766 said:

Yet he was elected by the Thai people, not just once but twice, and is the only PM to have legally have completed a full term as PM of Thailand. Meanwhile the generals who made 3 successful military coups are walking around free as birds without even a smack on the wrist as a punishment.

 

What does that say about the weakness of the Thai Political System?

It says that the rich and powerful (aka completely and totally corrupt) are above both the law and the parliament. As for Thaksin being elected twice this is true but vote buying was massive. He's a convicted criminal and whose going to convict the generals when they've set up the whole process so they can't get convicted. No weakness just total corruption.

[billd766]

8 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

It says that the rich and powerful (aka completely and totally corrupt) are above both the law and the parliament. As for Thaksin being elected twice this is true but vote buying was massive. He's a convicted criminal and whose going to convict the generals when they've set up the whole process so they can't get convicted. No weakness just total corruption.

Vote buying at that time was practised by ALL the political parties and NOT just by the TRT. It still goes on today, albeit on a smaller scale as more younger voters come of age. and the older ones literally die off.

 

As for Thaksin being convicted, it was under courts of the military who carried out a coup against a legally elected government. That is called treason and punishable by the death penalty, even in Thailand.

 

Which is the greater crime?

 

Please explain how a legally elected PM was punished and yet those who stole the whole country have NEVER been punished, Not just once or even twice  but according to the European Parliament, at least 12 times successfully.

 

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2020/659330/EPRS_ATA(2020)659330_EN.pdf

 

From the link.

 

Since 2014, the Thai government has been headed by former army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha, from 2014 to 2019 as head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) junta, and since the 2019 elections as leader of the Palang Pracharath (People's State Power) party. The elections, held under a new constitutionadopted in 2017, are designed to ensure continuing military control of Thai politics, even under a civilian government. Under this constitution, the prime minister is chosen by a combined vote of the two houses of parliament, the Senate (250 members, hand-picked by the junta before its dissolution) and the House of Representatives (500 elected members), essentially guaranteeing victory for Prayuth. The Senate also approves appointment of judges to the Constitutional Court, a body whose judgments have traditionally been heavily weighted against opponents of military rule; it has banned several pro-Thaksin parties, as well as Thaksin himself (in exile since 2006) from Thai politics.
From 2001 to 2014, Thaksin and his proxies won every single election. To prevent this from happening again in 2019, the junta offered cash hand outs for the poor, had some opposition parties disbanded, and imposed restrictive rules on election campaigning. The junta-appointed election commission was accused of riggingthe vote. Even so, the pro-Thaksin Pheu Thai came in first place, with 136 out of 500 seats, beating Prayuth's
Palang Pracharath (97 seats). Future Forward, a new reformist opposition party founded in 2018, came third with 80 seats.

[Artisi]

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

Vote buying at that time was practised by ALL the political parties and NOT just by the TRT. It still goes on today, albeit on a smaller scale as more younger voters come of age. and the older ones literally die off.

 

As for Thaksin being convicted, it was under courts of the military who carried out a coup against a legally elected government. That is called treason and punishable by the death penalty, even in Thailand.

 

Which is the greater crime?

 

Please explain how a legally elected PM was punished and yet those who stole the whole country have NEVER been punished, Not just once or even twice  but according to the European Parliament, at least 12 times successfully.

 

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2020/659330/EPRS_ATA(2020)659330_EN.pdf

 

From the link.

 

Since 2014, the Thai government has been headed by former army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha, from 2014 to 2019 as head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) junta, and since the 2019 elections as leader of the Palang Pracharath (People's State Power) party. The elections, held under a new constitutionadopted in 2017, are designed to ensure continuing military control of Thai politics, even under a civilian government. Under this constitution, the prime minister is chosen by a combined vote of the two houses of parliament, the Senate (250 members, hand-picked by the junta before its dissolution) and the House of Representatives (500 elected members), essentially guaranteeing victory for Prayuth. The Senate also approves appointment of judges to the Constitutional Court, a body whose judgments have traditionally been heavily weighted against opponents of military rule; it has banned several pro-Thaksin parties, as well as Thaksin himself (in exile since 2006) from Thai politics.
From 2001 to 2014, Thaksin and his proxies won every single election. To prevent this from happening again in 2019, the junta offered cash hand outs for the poor, had some opposition parties disbanded, and imposed restrictive rules on election campaigning. The junta-appointed election commission was accused of riggingthe vote. Even so, the pro-Thaksin Pheu Thai came in first place, with 136 out of 500 seats, beating Prayuth's
Palang Pracharath (97 seats). Future Forward, a new reformist opposition party founded in 2018, came third with 80 seats.

But a nod from the top makes it OK, especially to the indoctrinated pleb's who believe that the one at the top was actually next to God. 

[billd766]

46 minutes ago, Artisi said:

But a nod from the top makes it OK, especially to the indoctrinated pleb's who believe that the one at the top was actually next to God. 

Sadly IMHO this is one of the reasons that 112 and the constitution need to be amended to stop it happening again and again.

 

Thailand needs to be a lot more Democratic  and have a monarchy that runs on similar principals that the UK Monarchy runs.

 

Where respect and positions are earned, and not simply the "Buggin's turn next" syndrome,

[TheFishman1]

The guy is a genius he stole billions of dollars he flies around the world and a $65 million jet that he owns he comes back 15 or 16 years later and he’s a hero. What will be next or his sister will be coming back probably very soon, amazing Thailand Corruption wins, TIT

[Rampant Rabbit]

On 3/21/2024 at 6:25 AM, Pesche said:

He betrayed his own country big times.

He evaded the fiscal system.

He is THE genuine example of corruption!

He continues to pull the strings and still has followers...

 

TIT - No logic to this phenomena 🙄 

It reveals the weakness of the Thai Political System.

 

its people