Asean wants law and order in Thailand

NEW YORK: -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) wanted to see law and order in Thailand prior to its summit in Bangkok in December, Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat said Tuesday.

Foreign ministers of the group asked about political turmoil in Thailand when they met here on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly for the preparation of Asean summit due in the middle of December.

"Some ministers asked about the protest in the government house while many of them like to see law and order," Sompong told reporters.

"I told them that we want reconciliation and we will do it in Thai style."

However, the Asean ministers did not express their concern if the on-going political crisis would affect the coming Asean summit, he said.

"They understand that the normal life in Thailand is going on as usual and the government has already lifted the state of emergency," Sompong said.

Thai politic came into chaotic situation since the protesters People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stormed into the government house since late August and continued their sit-in protest since then.

The end of Samak Sundaravej's government did not end the protest since the PAD changed their goal to block all People's Power Party (PPP) led cabinets.

An Asean official hoped the current government could stay on until the Asean summit in mid December.

During the meeting with Asean, Sompong said he did not commit anything to the group since his government has not yet announced policies to the parliament.

The meeting agreed in principle to the plan of the Asean Secretariat restructuring in accordance with the Asean charter but would discuss the budget later, he said.

Thailand would inform the group later about its policy on Asean budget after the government announced the policies, he said.

The meeting mostly discuss on the preparation of Asean summit and the Asean-UN summit of which Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would attend in December.

-- The Nation 2008-09-30

Leaders from non-free nations want to see Thailand 'clean up' so they can visit and not risk getting their cars egged. How much one cares...

And doubtless they will round up and ship off the beggars and homeless people in advance of the meeting. As usual.

"I told them that we want reconciliation and we will do it in Thai style."

, so it will not be done then

"I told them that we want reconciliation and we will do it in Thai style."

, so it will not be done then

Simply because Thailand cannot or will not admit they have a problem , they have obviously not been reading all of the discussions going on here at TV , they cannot admit that things are in turmoil , they will lose that all important , top priority , above all things , FACE .

Most of all they cannot keep to one request made , that government stay as it is , are these representatives of Asean not aware that the current PM is in dire straits for breaking protocol , pity the poor people in the street .

Asean wants law and order in Thailand

NEW YORK: -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) wanted to see law and order in Thailand prior to its summit in Bangkok in December, Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat said Tuesday.

Foreign ministers of the group asked about political turmoil in Thailand when they met here on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly for the preparation of Asean summit due in the middle of December.

"Some ministers asked about the protest in the government house while many of them like to see law and order," Sompong told reporters.

"I told them that we want reconciliation and we will do it in Thai style."

However, the Asean ministers did not express their concern if the on-going political crisis would affect the coming Asean summit, he said.

"They understand that the normal life in Thailand is going on as usual and the government has already lifted the state of emergency," Sompong said.

Thai politic came into chaotic situation since the protesters People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stormed into the government house since late August and continued their sit-in protest since then.

The end of Samak Sundaravej's government did not end the protest since the PAD changed their goal to block all People's Power Party (PPP) led cabinets.

An Asean official hoped the current government could stay on until the Asean summit in mid December.

During the meeting with Asean, Sompong said he did not commit anything to the group since his government has not yet announced policies to the parliament.

The meeting agreed in principle to the plan of the Asean Secretariat restructuring in accordance with the Asean charter but would discuss the budget later, he said.

Thailand would inform the group later about its policy on Asean budget after the government announced the policies, he said.

The meeting mostly discuss on the preparation of Asean summit and the Asean-UN summit of which Secretary General Ban Ki-moon would attend in December.

-- The Nation 2008-09-30

How correct, Thailand does not deserve to be in ASEAN any more and should be kicked out.

On the contrary, Thailand has all the rights to sit or even chair this little club. The only thing missing here is a strong dictatorship, but Thailand can support Burmese one instead.

We have Law and Order, question as usual is..Whose Laws? and Whose orders ?

On the contrary, Thailand has all the rights to sit or even chair this little club. The only thing missing here is a strong dictatorship, but Thailand can support Burmese one instead.

I appreciate you're being sarcastic but I agree the underlying sdentiment.Thailand is a proper and admirable country and doesn't need lectures from ASEAN each of whose members is deeply flawed in many ways.Thailand has a political uncertainty at the moment but it still seems to me to be robustly functioning and there's a vigorous debate going on which would be quite impossible in the other ASEAN countries.

On reflection perhaps one should exclude Malaysia where there is debate going on which although obviously quite different oddly reflects some aspects of the Thai internal discussion.