Thaksin Planning Violence To Destroy Govt: Pad

[webfact]

Thaksin planning violence to destroy govt: PAD

By The Nation

Published on September 14, 2009

Acting police chief 'reassures' PM there won't be trouble

The People's Alliance for Democracy yesterday warned that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra would resort to violence to try to destroy the government.

Suriyasai Katasila, secretary-general of the PAD's New Politics Party, said Thaksin was expected to mobilise all of his men, including those in uniform, to try to topple the government not long after the red shirts start their rally on Saturday, the third anniversary of the coup that ousted Thaksin.

Security agencies would also need to monitor the situation outside the rally ground, as Thaksin would use his network to stage a disturbance near the rally so that the violence could escalate until the government collapses.

The pro-Thaksin movement is expected to gather at the Royal Plaza, Government House and possibly the residence of Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda, he said.

Thaksin apparently realises that Saturday's rally would be his last chance to overthrow the government, he said.

If Thaksin fails this time, it will be harder to force out the Democrat-led government and it might complete its term. Thaksin could be convicted in other cases and his network could eventually disintegrate, he said.

Thaksin would have to use his network to carry out underground operations to try to oust the government because it is expected that the people joining the rally would not be enough to depose the government, he said.

The rifts among the red-shirt leaders would result in a low turnout, he said.

The red shirts were divided into two groups - the three buddies or Veera Musigapong, Natthawut Saikua and Jatuporn Prompan on one side, and Jakrapob Penkair and his allies on the other, he said.

The three buddies want to take revenge for Thaksin while Jakrapob is seeking change to the ruling system, he said.

Thaksin is now a fugitive in exile.

Senator Prasarn Marukhapithak expressed confidence that no coup would happen because of the rally on Saturday.

He said there would be no justification for a putsch as the government could control the situation and no violence would arise.

Thaksin could not manoeuvre much abroad because his host countries, including the United Arab Emirates, would restrict his political movements, he said.

No more than 20,000 people would join the rally in front of Prem's house and they would disperse peacefully, he said.

The rally would be held just to try to extend the life of the red-shirt movement, he said.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said it was weird that coup speculation sprang up.

"Actually, nobody should have talked about a coup again because they have been calling for democracy. Now, why has it changed into a call for a change through a coup?" he said.

On Saturday, former supreme commander General Chaisit Shinawatra, a cousin of Thaksin, said he supported a coup if it would improve the country's situation. If one does take place, politics would have to start anew so that the conflicts in the country could end, he said.

Abhisit said he had talked to acting police chief Thanee Sombunsap, who reassured him that there should be no violence on Saturday, as most people want to protest peacefully.

But the government would try to prevent any untoward incident, the prime minister said.

-- The Nation 2009/09/14

[webfact]

Something is in the pipe....

I shiver when I read that

Edited September 14, 2009 by webfact

[miatai]

final countdown??????

or more of the same??????

or the beggining of the end of democracy a la carte thailand???????

[baht&sold]

Something is in the pipe....

I shiver when I read that

Ditto.

And IF the pipe explodes, so does high season, along with economic recovery. All of which would greatly assist just one person's narcissistic megalomaniacal ambitions. And don't expect smiling tourists getting photos taken with troops, or smiling schoolgirls placing flowers on tanks this time round...

The PAD aren't helping matters by kicking up a stink at Preah Vear and should stand down (and shut the hel_l up before they kick off another border clash coinciding with a red-clash).

If I were Abhisit, I'd send Suthep to NY (at the last minute) take charge personally (again) and put the very professional Korat troops on point (again).

Let's just pray for a non-event, as unlikely as it seems.

[Insight]

The PAD aren't helping matters by kicking up a stink at Preah Vear and should stand down (and shut the hel_l up before they kick off another border clash coinciding with a red-clash).

Have to agree. What the h3ll are they playing at, especially with the timing? There's a time and a place, and this certainly isn't it.

[britmaveric]

Unfortunately the PAD is part of the problem and are half bent on destroying thailand themselves.. fking with the airport wasn't enough now they want to start an armed conflict with Cambodia.

[givenall]

Something is in the pipe....

I shiver when I read that

Ditto.

And IF the pipe explodes, so does high season, along with economic recovery. All of which would greatly assist just one person's narcissistic megalomaniacal ambitions. And don't expect smiling tourists getting photos taken with troops, or smiling schoolgirls placing flowers on tanks this time round...

The PAD aren't helping matters by kicking up a stink at Preah Vear and should stand down (and shut the hel_l up before they kick off another border clash coinciding with a red-clash).

If I were Abhisit, I'd send Suthep to NY (at the last minute) take charge personally (again) and put the very professional Korat troops on point (again).

Let's just pray for a non-event, as unlikely as it seems.

The new technology has made it easy to communicate and that is probably a good thing, but also made it easy for any dog to bark.

All this baseless treat are nonsense and the government need to do their job and keep the country safe from all the hoodlums and impose any mean i.e ISA which I think is a very good tool.

[LaoPo]

Something is in the pipe....

I shiver when I read that

Hmmm... I don't know.

To me, it seems that if a dog farts on Sukhumvit Soi 23, the waiter on the river terrace of the Oriental Hotel drops his tea cups and whispers to the old General, sitting there, enjoying his Mia Noi, he just heard of this rumor that a certain PAD leader just came back from Dubai.....

Sondhi himself met his old buddy Thaksin and together they're sick and tired of all the commotion in Thailand and decided to join forces and want to establish an Old Farts Home on Koh Phangan.

LaoPo

[noithip]

Hmmm... I don't know.

To me, it seems that if a dog farts on Sukhumvit Soi 23, the waiter on the river terrace of the Oriental Hotel drops his tea cups and whispers to the old General, sitting there, enjoying his Mia Noi, he just heard of this rumor that a certain PAD leader just came back from Dubai.....

Sondhi himself met his old buddy Thaksin and together they're sick and tired of all the commotion in Thailand and decided to join forces and want to establish an Old Farts Home on Koh Phangan.

LaoPo

To me it seems like a colored lion just farted out of his fingers

[basjke]

If I were Abhisit, I'd send Suthep to NY (at the last minute) take charge personally (again) and put the very professional Korat troops on point (again).

Let's just pray for a non-event, as unlikely as it seems.

I said this 2 weeks ago already and will say it again.

Abhisit will go to New York because he knows that he,unfortunately,can't win this game.He know what's gonna happen and he try to save his own a_ss by being out of the country.

[animatic]

A very fatalistic response.

There are ways to keep order. Suthep will have full powers to keep order.

Regardless of rumors of army gov disputes, 1 lil bro getting fired is not enough to cause a mutiny.

No doubt Thaksin pre cadet class officers are being watched VERY closely.

If they start being ordered to barracks or picked up, then we know they have started to make their move.

Cousin Chaiyashit gave the game away this week too. They are watching for moves left and right now.

Most should be cut off at the pass.

If not, Abhisit will have left enough powers in charge to deal with 20 hours of in flight time.

I doubt Suthep will just hang in his office waiting to be picked up by mutinous soldiers.

Just because Thaksin was surprised, and due to his controlling nature

left no one at the switch with any decision making abilities,

and Somechai was incompetent and never HAD anyone fully competent at #2 position,

doesn't mean this is the case for Abhisit.

A different ball game today, regardless of rumors flying...