Thaksin Warns: Thailand's Economic Woes Worse Than 1997 Crisis

[mran66]

43 minutes ago, billd766 said:

PTP and Thaksin inherited this crisis as well.

 

...however he did not inherit it alone as in 2001. Not familiar with the 2001 situation details to compare to todays situation though, but anyway he is on a pretty short leash to do anything that the power holders see as negative. 

[BusyB]

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

And back in 1993, long before Thaksin came to power you were lucky to get 38 THB/GBP.

 

You can't even blame blame Thaksin for the Tom Yam Gung crisis, as he wasn't in power then either.

 

He won the election and the downside of winning was sorting out that mess. PTP and Thaksin inherited this crisis as well.

 

Actually Move Forward inherited the crisis. But PT benefited/help inveigle the soft putsch which denied them their election victory and they got banned.

 

That's also the answer to the poster who asked if they'll ever change or change in time. The last time that came close they massacred their own people. Now they camouflage things a bit better.

 

Thailand is a kind of Myanmar Lite.

[billd766]

1 hour ago, BusyB said:

 

Actually Move Forward inherited the crisis. But PT benefited/help inveigle the soft putsch which denied them their election victory and they got banned.

 

That's also the answer to the poster who asked if they'll ever change or change in time. The last time that came close they massacred their own people. Now they camouflage things a bit better.

 

Thailand is a kind of Myanmar Lite.

I must have missed the bit where the Move Forward party were elected and formed the government.

 

Granted that they won more seats than any other party, but not enough seats to form a government, and if they formed the government they would be in power and running the country now.

 

However they could NOT form a government or even a coalition government, so after a period of trying, the party with the next highest number of seats (in this case, the PTP) was given the opportunity, who could and have formed a coalition government and now run the country.

 

As the MFP are not in power, how could they have inherited the problem?

[BusyB]

12 hours ago, billd766 said:

I must have missed the bit where the Move Forward party were elected and formed the government.

 

Granted that they won more seats than any other party, but not enough seats to form a government, and if they formed the government they would be in power and running the country now.

 

However they could NOT form a government or even a coalition government, so after a period of trying, the party with the next highest number of seats (in this case, the PTP) was given the opportunity, who could and have formed a coalition government and now run the country.

 

As the MFP are not in power, how could they have inherited the problem?

 

You're right. OK - would have inherited. They couldn't form a government because the old clans wanted them out and it wasn't long before they were banned.

 

Rinse and repeat. The only ones allowed to hold power in Thailand are those allowed to hold power. And that has nothing to do with the vote. Very very sad really. Heartbreaking. 

[thaibeachlovers]

Why is that scumbag saying anything? He should be sharing one of those 30 person prison cells with a hole to poop in.

[motdaeng]

that must be fake news ... the 10k handout to millions of people (meant to fulfill a campaign promise,

or let's be honest, a vote-buying scheme) was supposed to stimulate the economy ... but as expected,

it seems to have done nothing ... except bring the thaksin clan back to power ...

 

 ... as they say, every country gets the government it deserves ...