Yingluck Shinawatra Heading Pheu Thai Leadership

[ratcatcher]

Thaksin not shock but surprise at Chalerm's resignation: aide

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had a telephone conversation with Pheu Thai MP Chalerm Yoobamrung on Tuesday's night, a day before the latter resigned his House seat, legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Wednesday.

"Thaksin isn't shocked but surprised at Chalerm's decision," he said.

-- The Nation 2011-03-23

Because Thaksin and his team lie 100% of the time, i believe he is shit scared about losing one of his oldest and closest allies.

This is just the start of the big demise of Thaksin.

You mean another rat has left the sinking PTP ship?

[animatic]

Only mickey mouse democracies allow power to be handed from father to child. This wouldn't happen in America LoLs.

Of course G. Bush Sr. didn't hand it over to G.W. Bush, nor between the Kennedy brothers. And Kirk Douglas didn't force it on Michael either.

Ok let's not leave out John Adams and John Quincy Adams,

And Theodore and Franklin Roosvelt too to be thorough.

[Puccini]

...see strong danger that PT can win the election through massive vote buying, and I suggest they won't hesitate to buy votes on a massive scale...

Thaksin indirectly said as much when he expressed fears that the Phuea Thai Party might get dissolved and for this reason decided to separate the position of party leader from that of the Prime Minister.

Normally, political parties will campaign for their party leaders as prime-ministerial candidates. But Thaksin will change the strategy for the next election. If his party is dissolved in the future, only the party leader will be banned from politics - his prime minister can still stay in office.

Source:

[AleG]

I suppose listening to who the voters would like to have as a candidate or party leader is too much to ask from people that go blue on the nose about how democratic they are, right?

[dunkin2012]

When the last day of Taksin comes, he can stop all bullshits.

[Buchholz]

One 'theory' I've heard is that they will go all out on vote buying, win with a landslide to give them enough votes to very quickly change the election laws so that they can't be scrutinized at all for vote buying, and quickly railroad legislation through parliament to overturn t's conviction and overturn the current bans on hundreds of their former party members.

Further, Khun Sodsri (not sure which way to assess her, she seems to be at both ends of the story) just said that the EC cannot make any progress to find / stop a lot of the vote buying.

Election Commissioner Sodsri just announced this afternoon that she is going to resign her position.

[Buchholz]

further info on the above...

PM: Sodsri’s resignation would not hinder election

BANGKOK, 24 March 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has assured that the upcoming general election will not be disrupted should Election Commissioner Sodsri Sattayatham decide to resign.

Citing a recent statement by Ms Sodsri that she might leave her post as Election Commissioner if selected into the Law Reform Commission, Prime Minister Abhisit pointed out that she would be entitled to such a decision. In that case, the Prime Minister asserted that the general election already in the plan would still proceed as there would be four other commissioners to handle its arrangement and there should not be any legal problems.

As for the real motive behind Ms Sodsri’s exit, Mr Abhisit ruled out political pressure, reasoning that politicians had never meddled in the Election Commission’s affairs.

In response to fears that the planned election would not be held as promised, the Prime Minister insisted that the Government had been striving to address both political and economic issues in the country and all sides must cooperate in order for the poll to be conducted on time.

-- NNT 2011-03-24