Yingluck’s hope for a democratic revival with new charter

[webfact]

Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra sparked fresh hope for Thailand’s democratic future, declaring that the country will soon see a return to full democracy under the Pheu Thai Party-led government with a new people’s charter.

 

In a poignant Facebook post marking the 10th anniversary of the coup that ousted her caretaker government on May 22, 2014, Yingluck expressed renewed optimism.

 

“Ten years have passed since the coup on May 22, 2014. It has been a long time but I am starting to have hope now.

“I hope to see Thailand return to democracy with a new constitution written by the people, for the people.”

Yingluck emphasised that a new charter would unlock the nation’s full potential, promising a better standard of living for all.

 

“I’m waiting to see a new charter that will lead the country to genuine democracy.”

 

Yingluck, the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Thailand and the 28th overall, took office on August 5, 2011, following a decisive victory in the 2011 general election. Her tenure, however, was marred by political turmoil.

 

On December 9, 2013, she dissolved the House of Representatives amid prolonged protests led by Suthep Thaugsuban of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee.

 

While serving as acting prime minister with the task of overseeing new elections, Yingluck was removed from office on May 7, 2014, by the Constitutional Court. The court ruled that her decision to remove Thawil Pliensri from his position as secretary-general of the Defence Council was unconstitutional, reported The Nation.

 

This decision paved the way for then-Army Chief General Prayut Chan-o-cha to seize power in a coup on May 22, 2014.

 

by Mitch Connor

Photo courtesy of The Nation

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-05-23

 

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[watchcat]

26 minutes ago, webfact said:

Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra sparked fresh hope for Thailand’s democratic future, declaring that the country will soon see a return to full democracy under the Pheu Thai Party-led government with a new people’s charter.

 

This is yoke right?

[TroubleandGrumpy]

Bring back Yingluck I say - she was charged under the Junta aligned Courts for being corrupt, when all she did was to be stupid. I saw absolutely no evidence that she personally gained from the rice deal, or any member of her family. What I saw was a politcal vendetta abusing the system thaty the Junta created in an attempt to jail a political opponent. Just like they did in Myanmar.  But Ying luck was told to 'get out' and she did the wise thing and has lived in exile ever since.  Bring her back and let the cards fall where they may.  

[mancub]

45 minutes ago, webfact said:

I hope to see Thailand return to democracy with a new constitution written by the people, for the people.”

Return ?.. to a Shin "democracy" written by the Shins for the Shins. 

 

[mancub]

31 minutes ago, watchcat said:

 

This is yoke right?

It's beyond a yoke ! 😁

[connda]

"Democracy" goes to the highest bidder.  Pretty much globally. 

 

So I see Thaksin "I'm On My Deathbed" Shinawatra has suddenly made a miraculous recovery and is now in the forefront to reestablishing himself into the Thai political power structure. 

Hallelujah - Praise Buddha - A Miracle!!!

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

declaring that the country will soon see a return to full democracy under the Pheu Thai Party-led government with a new people’s charter.

and my big brother as the frontman, while I play on the background.... free speech, democracy regardless who the people voted for

[spidermike007]

Quite ironic, considering that her morally bankrupt party is the one who stole the election from the people, and denied duly elected Pita the right to govern, and installed the spectacularly incompetent stooge PM, while jumping into bed with the army, which was the last thing in the world the people of Thailand wanted, after 9 disastrous years under ChaCha. 

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“I hope to see Thailand return to democracy with a new constitution written by the people, for the people.”

Fat chance...

Pheu Thai got in by default and the senate blocking Pita/FFP

Thaksin is writing the rules and that seems to having nothing to do with the people having a say in anything, including the new senate.

[hotchilli]

39 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Quite ironic, considering that her morally bankrupt party is the one who stole the election from the people, and denied duly elected Pita the right to govern, and installed the spectacularly incompetent stooge PM, while jumping into bed with the army, which was the last thing in the world the people of Thailand wanted, after 9 disastrous years under ChaCha. 

Spot on.... well said.

[newbee2022]

Family will stick together. How's the brother so the sister.

Thaksin will manage it🙏🙏🙏

[Enzian]

2 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

all she did was to be stupid.

There's that old rule not to attribute to malice what can be easily explained by stupidity, but I'm not sure she deserves the benefit of the doubt; and the results look to be the same anyway... and unending.

[billd766]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Quite ironic, considering that her morally bankrupt party is the one who stole the election from the people, and denied duly elected Pita the right to govern, and installed the spectacularly incompetent stooge PM, while jumping into bed with the army, which was the last thing in the world the people of Thailand wanted, after 9 disastrous years under ChaCha. 

Silly me. There was I thinking that the appointed by the military coup government under a constitution written expressly for that purpose purpose, and rammed through parliament, were the ones who stopped Pita forming the government.

 

It seems that everybody else is right and I am wrong.

 

I have been wrong before, but I have been right more times than I have been wrong.

[PETERTHEEATER]

I guess that, after ten years, shopping at Harrods commuting from her central London Georgian terraced house gets boring. Her kids obliged to go to a British school when they should be in the renowned Thai education system. Constatly having to satisfy British Immigation requirements. Come on folks, let's see some empathy here.

🎶....Bring her home.....🎶

[John Drake]

I miss Prayuth.

[BobBKK]

She needs to understand what is meant by "full democracy", which includes FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

[Luuk Chaai]

7 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

This is yoke right?

looks like the ground work is in motion

[Luuk Chaai]

7 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Bring back Yingluck I say - she was charged under the Junta aligned Courts for being corrupt, when all she did was to be stupid. I saw absolutely no evidence that she personally gained from the rice deal, or any member of her family. What I saw was a politcal vendetta abusing the system thaty the Junta created in an attempt to jail a political opponent. Just like they did in Myanmar.  But Ying luck was told to 'get out' and she did the wise thing and has lived in exile ever since.  Bring her back and let the cards fall where they may.  

 

my favorite stupid moment

In a meeting in Laos, Yingluck misread the part of her speech where she was supposed to say "thank you, thank you, thank you", but instead said, "Thank you three times!"

 

her best bet ..   stick to being a cheerleader for the buffalo races
 

[Dogmatix]

A  return to democracy should at the very least involve respecting the results of the election rather than installing this corrupt family owned party in power.

[Lancelot01]

8 hours ago, mancub said:

It's beyond a yoke ! 😁

Don't egg him on.

[Callmeishmael]

New Charter?  

 

Didn't the Constitutional Court already rule that changing the constitution was unconstitutional?

[still kicking]

6 hours ago, John Drake said:

I miss Prayuth.

Oh get knotted 

[BayArea]

as the saying goes, the more things changed, the more they stay the same. TIT

[billd766]

6 hours ago, BobBKK said:

She needs to understand what is meant by "full democracy", which includes FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

Did you mean the same freedom of speech and democracy that was so generously given by Prayuth and his illegal military coup government?

[Mr Meeseeks]

Once all the rotten rice begins to sell she’ll be back and all will be forgiven. 

[OneMoreFarang]

And what does she think about nepotism and corruption? Is that also part of democracy?

[still kicking]

30 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And what does she think about nepotism and corruption? Is that also part of democracy?

In Thailand it is.

[Bundooman]

15 hours ago, Enzian said:

There's that old rule not to attribute to malice what can be easily explained by stupidity, but I'm not sure she deserves the benefit of the doubt; and the results look to be the same anyway... and unending.

When little miss pretty was chasing her political dream of following Thakkis footsteps, does anyone remember her huge posters of electioneering, waving a Samsung Galaxy Notebook in the air?

"One for every student in Thailand" was her battle cry!

What they got was a typically cheap, measly unsupported, badly-made copy of some Chinese garbage. Thousands of them arrived - late, of course........

Most of the cheapy 'tablets' died within months of delivery, no supporting technology, most schools without the electricity/internet services to run them and no manufacturer's guarantee of maintenance an all the other related issues. The kids played games on them!

Oh, and the rice disaster. Massive pilfering from the hundreds of rice warehouses nationwide and the sale of cheap foreign rice as 'Jasmine' Thai rice - at those prices.

Remember? I do.

Yup! Let's return to Shinawatra democracy, Yay!

[TroubleandGrumpy]

16 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

 

my favorite stupid moment

In a meeting in Laos, Yingluck misread the part of her speech where she was supposed to say "thank you, thank you, thank you", but instead said, "Thank you three times!"

 

her best bet ..   stick to being a cheerleader for the buffalo races
 

I doubt she will ever be in a senior role in Govt again for the reasons you said.  Back then when it all broke she was clearly 'lost' and it seemed to me that she had been taken advantage of by other Thais who always seem to get away with those sort of things.   

[mfd101]

15 hours ago, Callmeishmael said:

Didn't the Constitutional Court already rule that changing the constitution was unconstitutional?

Well she's at least right in saying that Thailand could do with a new charter.

 

The notion of building a real democracy under the fascist-written constitution run by the fascists' flunky judges is too ridiculous for words.

 

The democrats, the people, the true reformers have to get the balls to defy the CC and the EC and the generals. And noone should assume that the entire Army is against democracy. Far from it.

 

The main problem is the general passivity of the people, well inculcated with Buddhist despair.