Paetongtarn Shinawatra to be Nominated as Thailand's New PM

[paul1804]

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

[jaywalker2]

No experience, none. No foreign relations experience, no economic experience, no parliamentary experience...Well qualified obviously to be Thailand's PM!

[John Drake]

2 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

The next elections will prove that .

 

What elections?

[Thingamabob]

4 hours ago, sfbandung said:

It doesn't matter, there will be a trumped up charge made and she will be the next Shinawatra fugitive. Then there will be another coup because the military will insist on keeping control. Round and round it goes.

Yes indeed. I wonder how long she will last...

[connda]

Well of course - Thailand ❤️ Dynasties.

[connda]

3 hours ago, Boedog said:

And thet would like to thank the Thai people for there support What a joke the Thai people voted for change with the MFP but they fixed that, it doesn't matter what the Thai people want its about corruption and control

Then people wonder why the military keeps stepping in the "fix" the corruption.

[dlclark97]

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Orchestrated to a T...   (Thaksin pun intended).... 

 

The Master puppeteer has moved his pieces perfectly...  Pushed Sreetha through, knowing his Digital wallet was untenable, illegal and vote buying, he'd be easy to 'oust' and he was.

 

Nudge out the competition, Pita and the house of representatives... 

 

And we have a new 'fresh face'.. Wooo !!! - at least its not that vile anti-farang tub of lard, Anutin.

 

Next on the agenda?  full pardon for Thaksin himself ?...  His aliments will magically have improved and he won't need his 'Dubai Specialist' (Doctor)... and Auntie will be back at the family dinner table soon enough.

 

 

What left for Thai politicians? to openly call the public a bunch of gullible fools ?...  

 

One of the many things Thailand has going for it, is that even in light of such open insult to democracy and the public in general, their apathy is such that the tendency to respond violently is significantly suppressed.... History has shown that serious uprising is dealt with swiftly and in a deadly manner (1976 Thammasat University massacre / 1992 Black May).

 

A populace gets the government it deserves...   and it would be amiss of me to highlight how broken our own democratic process are with the Biden debacle proving a perfect example of external puppeteering. 

 

I hope this is a refreshing and advantageous step for Thailand, but can't help think that this is just one last dance for a megalomaniac.

 

 

 

What I have to say about this would be best left unsaid!

[Edwin Cameron]

Thailand,you just love asking for trouble,reeks of NESPOTISM,,!

[crazykopite]

Should we be surprised absolutely not in less than a year she will be heading to Dubai to escape from the courts 

[watchcat]

2 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

In the end , he is a loser .

 

As he is a "seriously ill person" he must pretend like he is.

[Nickcage49]

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, Clarkey611 said:

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

Not sure, this was a party campaign promise, which should be upheld... nothing to do with a change at the top?

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Initially, a meeting of government whips at Thaksin’s residence had agreed to nominate Chaikasem Nitisiri, 76, as their candidate. However, a meeting of Pheu Thai MPs today decided to nominate Paetongtarn instead.

Interesting that a man on parole has such influence.

[MikeandDow]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Not sure, this was a party campaign promise, which should be upheld... nothing to do with a change at the top?

This is Thailand Hub of flip flop decisions,  the Thai people where NEVER going to get 10000baht

[nikmar]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

 

 

I keep singing this to myself. Started singing it just after the last coup and havent stopped

[Elkski]

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Orchestrated to a T...   (Thaksin pun intended).... 

 

The Master puppeteer has moved his pieces perfectly...  Pushed Sreetha through, knowing his Digital wallet was untenable, illegal and vote buying, he'd be easy to 'oust' and he was.

 

Nudge out the competition, Pita and the house of representatives... 

 

And we have a new 'fresh face'.. Wooo !!! - at least its not that vile anti-farang tub of lard, Anutin.

 

Next on the agenda?  full pardon for Thaksin himself ?...  His aliments will magically have improved and he won't need his 'Dubai Specialist' (Doctor)... and Auntie will be back at the family dinner table soon enough.

 

 

What left for Thai politicians? to openly call the public a bunch of gullible fools ?...  

 

One of the many things Thailand has going for it, is that even in light of such open insult to democracy and the public in general, their apathy is such that the tendency to respond violently is significantly suppressed.... History has shown that serious uprising is dealt with swiftly and in a deadly manner (1976 Thammasat University massacre / 1992 Black May).

 

A populace gets the government it deserves...   and it would be amiss of me to highlight how broken our own democratic process are with the Biden debacle proving a perfect example of external puppeteering. 

 

I hope this is a refreshing and advantageous step for Thailand, but can't help think that this is just one last dance for a megalomaniac.

 

 

 

I was with you until you confusingly brought Biden into comparison in this Thai mess somehow. 

[Dogmatix]

27 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Yes indeed. I wonder how long she will last...

We might be surprised but I wouldn’t give her more than a year.
 

It will probably be quite entertaining at times. She is not very bright like Yingluck but, unlike Yingluck, apparently quite arrogant. Whatever honeymoon period this coalition government may have had under Srettha is long gone.

[Srikcir]

Who cares? Certainly not the Thai People.

NIDA Poll "Political Popularity Survey for the First Quarter of 2024":

When asked about support for candidates for PM:

Pita 42.75%, "no suitable candidate" 20%, Thavisin 17.75%, Paetongtam 6%, Pirapan 3.6%. (some figures rounded, my bold).

https://nidapoll.nisa.ac.th/data/survey/uploads/FILE-1711167362839.pdf

Of course MFP no longer exists. 

 

 

[herfiehandbag]

3 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Nobody voted for her .

Nobody wants her to become PM outside her circle .

She was a Pheu Thai party list candidate - so rather a lot of people voted for her in fact. She was always very much in the top tier of the party leadership, so again that was known when people voted Pheu Thai.

 

Now I don't pretend to know whether she will be any good as Prime Minister, but given the experience of when her aunt was in the job she will probably be less, umh, "venal" than some others.

 

Either way, I suspect that it will end in tears.

 

[Will B Good]

 

 

Easy to forget that whoever leads the country....... in terms of party or PM........ has very little to do with what the general Thai population actually want.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 16 by Will B Good

[illy]

Almost feel sorry for her when  she has to exile to Dubai in future.. Sacha Baron Cohen couldn't make up a better story!

 

[Ralf001]

4 hours ago, Chwooly said:

Still WOOD

Agreed... only reason why i'd kick her outta my bed is to do her on the floor !

[Will B Good]

5 hours ago, YaiJung said:

Good lord!  She would be selling phones at the mall if it wasn't for her dad.   You have to be kidding me! 

 

 

I'd buy one.....🤭

[Will B Good]

5 hours ago, chilli42 said:

57 million people played like a fiddle again.  I have to give it to Taksin he has been working devilishly hard the last 6 months getting things aligned and doling out favors and positions to bring this to pass.

 

 

....and people forget he has managed to do all this whilst at death"s door.....no mean feat.

[Derek B]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

bachelor's degree in political science from Chulalongkorn University and a master's in international hotel management from the University of Surrey in England

Okay so she tickets the box for being well educated - not exactly Ivy League though.

Maybe she will become an American Presidential candidate down the road if things do not work out here in Thailand - the only qualification needed is to have been born in the USA which she was it seems.

 

I wonder which airline her husband flies for.

 

[jogamonkseven]

2 hours ago, connda said:

Then people wonder why the military keeps stepping in the "fix" the corruption.

 

You think Thaksin is not big military guys toy what they are using when country is falling too near to democracy? 

[ChipButty]

Since she was born in America could she run for president? that would be right up Toxin's street that would, 

[Derek B]

1 hour ago, Derek B said:

 

Nice photo.

[ChipButty]

4 minutes ago, Derek B said:

Okay so she tickets the box for being well educated - not exactly Ivy League though.

Maybe she will become an American Presidential candidate down the road if things do not work out here in Thailand - the only qualification needed is to have been born in the USA which she was it seems.

 

I wonder which airline her husband flies for.

 

could be Toxin's personal pilot, he's got a few planes on standbye

[John Drake]

6 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Since she was born in America could she run for president? that would be right up Toxin's street that would, 

 

I just looked her up using Google. Her overview says she was born August 31, 1986 United States. But you go to her Wiki page and it says she was born in Bangkok. Which one is true? Is there some online scrubbing going on?

Edited August 16 by John Drake