Thaksin Pushes for Single-Party Rule, Faces Coalition Criticism

[bannork]

1 hour ago, Hunz Kittisak said:

Yes already checked mate 

Thaksin is dismantling the remnants of military influence on politics in Thailand. 
This is a progressive move 

We can't talk in depth about this but Hunz, do you and Bild, Thaksin supporters, accept the notion that Thaksin was allowed to come back to counter the rise of Move Forward? 

At the same time Army forces in Bangkok have become concentrated under a single authority, the same authority that has Thaksin on a string.

How can this be progressive? 

It is concentrating power in very few hands.

[AustinRacing]

There was a guy a while ago who went to jail, wrote a book, ceased power, eliminated the opposition, tried to rule beyond his imagination, destroyed many countries, was finally put in his place. Hope this guy doesn’t become one of those guys. 

[KhunHeineken]

13 hours ago, sungod said:

 

I'm sure the Army could oblige

And so could Dubai, again. 

[BangkokReady]

My, look at the time, it's a quarter to coup!

[ikke1959]

6 hours ago, billd766 said:

I doubt that the army has the power to interfere any more, especially as the majority of the troops in Bangkok are now under the control of the Kings Guards, and their loyalty is to a much higher person, than a bunch of generals.

But if the higher person orders it will done.. It happened before but that news was deleted within the hour

[lordgrinz]

Yes, Emperor Thaksin! 🫡

[billd766]

4 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

But if the higher person orders it will done.. It happened before but that news was deleted within the hour

More whataboutery.

 

Try facing reality. It is completely different to your world.

 

Do you truly believe that the person who brought Thaksin back and who controls the army in Bangkok will do that? The army is no longer the top dog in the country. Their supporters, the ultra royalists and the yellow shirts are ageing and dying off, the younger generation are taking over as they are far smarter than their parents and their grand parents, who suffer from blind loyalty to their version and idea of what Thailand is, and what Thailand is becoming in reality.

 

The younger generation want a better life than their parent and their grand parents and they are chiselling at the political foundations. They are no longer brainwashed by their parents and their schools, They are not blind or deaf and can see what is going on, and dislike what they see.

 

THET are the ones who will change the country. It may take a year, 5 years, 10 years or more, but it will happen, and neither you nor tthe police or the army can stop it.

[lordgrinz]

7 minutes ago, billd766 said:

THET are the ones who will change the country. It may take a year, 5 years, 10 years or more, but it will happen, and neither you nor tthe police or the army can stop it.

 

Think more like 20-30 years at the earliest, things are still getting worse, not better.

[bannork]

10 minutes ago, billd766 said:

More whataboutery.

 

Try facing reality. It is completely different to your world.

 

Do you truly believe that the person who brought Thaksin back and who controls the army in Bangkok will do that? The army is no longer the top dog in the country. Their supporters, the ultra royalists and the yellow shirts are ageing and dying off, the younger generation are taking over as they are far smarter than their parents and their grand parents, who suffer from blind loyalty to their version and idea of what Thailand is, and what Thailand is becoming in reality.

 

The younger generation want a better life than their parent and their grand parents and they are chiselling at the political foundations. They are no longer brainwashed by their parents and their schools, They are not blind or deaf and can see what is going on, and dislike what they see.

 

THET are the ones who will change the country. It may take a year, 5 years, 10 years or more, but it will happen, and neither you nor tthe police or the army can stop it.

Optimistic, and I believe with time, maybe 10 years or more, the People's Party will triumph. but in the meantime I expect they will be trounced in the PAO elections today as Thaksin's blatant vote buying, populist policies will persuade enough of the poor to vote for Pheu Thai.

Thaksin and the elite hope to fend off the rising tide of reform wishers in an unholy alliance of the elite with the poor, masquerading as patriotism.