Applause For Abhisit

[metisdead]

A post was deleted earlier as being propaganda. Unfortunately there were a lot of replies to that post which in turn had to be deleted. Apologies for that.

[Siam Simon]

Abhisit is at least a few years ahead of his time in politics. I thought he made a huge mistake taking on the First Minister job in the contrived circumstances that he did. I could fully understand him wanting to get in there to serve the nation and be a force for good. But I expect he could never have imagined, when in opposition, the levels of interference, the amount of having to turn a blind eye to corruption.

The cycle of corrupt Thaksin governments, equally corrupt Old Money dominated governments and corrupt Generals is causing Thailand to slowly-but-surely implode. IMO this will eventually lead to one of two scenarios, or possibly the first followed by the second: (1) Some kind of civil disruption on a scale we've never seen before (2) A genuine national unity government of the type that has formed in other countries that have gone through similar 'growing up' processes. Abhisit was the man for the job in the second scenario, but he is now associated by a large section of the population (unfairly IMO) with the latest attempt by the Old Elite to take back the country for themselves.

Abhisit now needs to distance himself from most of his former allies and spend a while making it clear that he and his reformers were a force for good working from the inside.

I wouldn't disagree with any of that, besides to say that i don't think it was a huge mistake him becoming PM, although i agree the way that he did was far from ideal. I think he did a reasonable job and although he has been rejected by the Thai people, will be remembered as a good man who did the best he could in extremely tricky times. I don't think we have seen the last of him either.

He did his level best, and at times it was a joy seeing him so ably juggle the assorted uglies that he had to deal with. But he was never allowed anything more than small victories by his 'own side'. The Rohingya tragedy was particularly disheartening for me: Abhisit did a round of media stuff where he ate all the humble pie that others responsible for that debacle should have eaten, with a solemn promise (which he clearly believed would be backed up) of no repeats. The Armed Forces, brutal and stupid as ever, just carried on as normal in the following sailing season. And then their brutal stupidity was inevitably exposed by the international media.....impossible situation for Abhisit.

[MAJIC]

Abhisit was the best PM that an undeserving Country could wish for.

Now the Country will get the PM they do deserve!

Edited Typo

Edited July 7, 2011 by MAJIC

[Lite Beer]

Deputy PM Suthep confident Democrats will reelect Abhisit as party leader as he is deemed the most suitable/MCOT