Paetongtarn Shinawatra to be Nominated as Thailand's New PM

[Presnock]

4 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Well, I never! Almost like it was scripted. 🙂

TIT alive and well!

[Shocked farang]

Before Taksin returned to Thailand he went to Cambodia to ask for the blessings of the Hun Sen family, who has been in power in Cambodia since the defeat of the Khmer Rouge in the 90's.

This dictatorship is now in the second generation, power was transfered to Hun Manet, the son of the original dictator Hun Sen. It's seems that Taksin was a good student when he visited Hun Sen! 

[AlexPattaya]

It’s a Great Choice! Smart, Educated, She will bring stability and prosperity to the Kingdom! I think she will be great !

[bob smith]

...as long as my USD keeps getting more bang for it's buck the longer this crap goes on then I don't care anymore...

 

Thailand is beyond saving now and Thai people have only themselves to blame for allowing this freak show to persist!

 

bob.

Edited August 16 by bob smith

[koele2]

With the internet today, you can watch all this happen in real time with commentary.  They are all scheming and planning for years, and then when it happens, the public already knows the plan.  The fun part is watching them know that we know and they have to still continue on with the show, pulling all these elaborate schemes, and just wasting everyone’s time.  All so they and their friends can have more money.

[Fairynuff]

I’ll give her 5 minutes before she gives way to daddy. I could be wrong though, it might be quicker than that.

[OneMoreFarang]

 

[Hunz Kittisak]

When is Yingluck’s triumphant return? 
Leave it to the Shinawatras to make Thailand great again! 

[watchcat]

2 hours ago, vukovar77 said:

This will be interesting???I hope it will not make unrest and political instability we have witnessed before in LOS!!!!

 

When?

[Rig Pig]

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

What's the old saying.....Once a Banana Republic, always a Banana Republic!!!

[redwood1]

26 minutes ago, AlexPattaya said:

It’s a Great Choice! Smart, Educated, She will bring stability and prosperity to the Kingdom! I think she will be great !

 

If your not being sarcastic  .....Please seek help....

[ThailandRyan]

2 hours ago, thesetat2013 said:

Daddy made it happen. The PTP was going to vote for that 76 year old man until they all went to Thaksins house for a meeting. Pretty obvious daddy told them what he wanted. They followed. 

Think you have it backwards. 

[shackleton]

Well good to read not many people on here are surprised at her nomination 🤔

[retarius]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

How long before Yingluk comes back?

Soon I hope. A real political talent.

[Clarkey611]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

She has a bachelor's degree in political science from Chulalongkorn University and a master's in international hotel management from the University of Surrey in England reported Thai PBS.

Well she is well qualified for the job as she has a Masters in International Hotel Management from Guildford, Surrey. She will be able to understand the numbers generated by the TAT calculator.

 

However, is this the end of the THB 10,000 handout?

[watchcat]

2 hours ago, PeachCH said:

Great choice!! 👍👍👍

 

Cant even take care of her own children!  But taking care of the country sounds OK?

[Callmeishmael]

Another 'self made millionaire' rises to the top!

[anchadian]

However, is this the end of the THB 10,000 handout?

 

Yes it is according to deputy PM Thaksin.

[ujayujay]

Money rules

[Surasak]

A return to the family run business, then?

[Dcheech]

38 minutes ago, koele2 said:

 They are all scheming and planning for years,

Yeah twenty years.

For all the cooing from the cheap seats about puppet master, two decades is a long time to wait, & yeah he has enemies. But they view the MFP as a bigger threat so. Still I don't think the T man wanted PM Srettha dumped like that. This is a power response, you want to play that way, here is what I got ... full house. Lets see if you can top that.

[TheAppletons]

A real coup d'tart this is.

[phetphet]

If she gets in,she has plenty of experience in the family to tell her what to  to guide her.

 

BTW. Is it a given that she will get the job? Does she have enough votes in the bag?

Edited August 16 by phetphet

[Purdey]

No one will flinch. Family first is a basic tenet of Thai society.

[paul1804]

Well Shretta was not doing a good job so who knows, she may be a better choice! 

[Dogmatix]

A real politicical Game of Thrones here. Anutin objected to Chaikasen on the grounds that he once supported the idea of Section 112 reform. But both Ung Ing and Srettha are on video saying they support 112 reform. Close to the 2023 election they realized that MFP was winning  at the polls with their pledge to refirm 112 as well as their commitment not to join a coalition with uncle parties. So Srettha and Ung Ing both jumped on the band wagon and said they agreed that 112 reform was necessary and pledged not to join a coalition with. Uncle parties. I suspect we haven’t heard the last of Ung Ing’s support for 112 reform. 
 

it is not clear whether this was the result Thaksin really wanted and that Chaikasem was just a smokescreen for Potjaman, who reportedly doesn’t want her daughter to take the heat as PM, or whether Thaksin would have preferred Chaikasem as puppet PM, at least for now. Chaikasem had a serious stroke last April and could probably only work similar hours to Joe Biden with a siesta and afternoon tea break. But Thaksin may have seen Chaikasem as a useful idiot who could take any legal hit for the digital wallet and bring Yingluck home without being accused of nepotism, even if he is too old and infirm to be  packed off out of the way on endless road trips like Srettha (and Yingluck before him). 

 

Now Thaksin has played his last card in the term of this government and his enemies will work overtime to get Ung Ing out. This will benefit Anutin who raised the objection against Chaikasem and Prawit?will be happy with the downfall of Ung Ing too. Thaksin has to run the risk that Ung Ing will get trapped by the legal issues surrounding the digital wallet and bringing Yingluck home will be harder for a family member to justify. Since Ung Ing lacks basic experience of politics, it will be more obvious that Thaksin is pulling the strings which will enrage his enemies. They already have a sword of Damocles hanging over him with the 112 charge from 2015 which suddenly came out of the woodwork when many, including possibly Thaksin, thought the charge was buried as part of his homecoming

arrangements.

 

[Celsius]

Enjoy your last pot Stoner

[DPKANKAN]

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Next week 

On the day her family member becomes P.M. Just like Thaksin did on the day Srettha Thavisin (Thak(vi)sin) got in as P.M. 😏😏😏😏

[bobbin]

6 minutes ago, Celsius said:

Enjoy your last pot Stoner

Or. the price for Anutin's support is ... 

[sandyf]

2 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Why not make big Joke the PM ?

At least his name would fit the position .

And the country that has a democracy that is a  ( bad )  joke as well ...

Not much different to the pantomine taking place in the US, with a lot less global significance.

When it comes to jokes, Ukraine has done quite well from putting a comedian in charge.

Remember how the forum ridiculed that at the time with their "know it all" attitude.