Royal Endorsement For Yingluck Tomorrow Afternoon

[Lite Beer]

Royal endorsement for Yingluck tomorrow afternoon

By The Nation on Sunday

The royal endorsement of Yingluck Shinawatra as prime minister will take place tomorrow afternoon, according to House of Representatives' secretary-general Pithoon Poomhirun.

Pithoon said there was confusion on Friday over the time and date of the royal appointment, as Yingluck, Pheu Thai MPs and the media waited for news from the Royal Household Bureau, which needed to inform the House Speaker.

Yesterday morning, the bureau announced that HM the King would sign the proclamation at the Chalerm Prakiat Building at 5.30pm tomorrow with the House Speaker in attendance. The secretary of the House of Representatives will then relay the document to Yingluck, who will receive it and pay her respects to a portrait of the King at the Pheu Thai headquarters on New Phetchaburi Road.

On Friday evening, Pheu Thai officials mistakenly prepared a ceremony to accept the royal command at the party's headquarters on New Phetchaburi Road.

Once the House selection of the prime minister is completed and the House speaker reports the choice to HM the King, the Royal Household Bureau will fix the date for the House speaker to have an audience.

Caretaker PM Abhisit Vejjajiva, meanwhile, played down the delay on Friday which led to dissatisfaction among red-shirts who support the new PM and Pheu Thai. He said there was nothing unusual about the process and had nothing to do with the outgoing administration, adding that it was possible some things had been handled differently this time. Abhisit said people who blamed his government for "deferment" of the royal endorsement were speaking irresponsibly.

Meanwhile, Cambodian Premier Hun Sen said during a Cabinet meeting that he believed the border dispute with Thailand would lessen under a Pheu Thai government and that both nations would seek peace in the area. Hun Sen expressed confidence in forging good and friendly relations between the two nations. He had sent a note of congratulations to Yingluck.

-- The Nation 2011-08-07

[chainarong]

Goodluck Yingluck hope you do well , play the game fair and straight, although I have severe reservations for the future of Thailand in it's present state, the veterans of the political opposition parties, the media ,the establishment , will probably wipe the floor with you, because of your inexperience.

[david555]

Goodluck Yingluck hope you do well , play the game fair and straight, although I have severe reservations for the future of Thailand in it's present state, the veterans of the political opposition parties, the media ,the establishment , will probably wipe the floor with you, because of your inexperience.

i think she not worry too much as "big brother" knows the tricks as the best....

[peecee]

Goodluck Yingluck hope you do well , play the game fair and straight, although I have severe reservations for the future of Thailand in it's present state, the veterans of the political opposition parties, the media ,the establishment , will probably wipe the floor with you, because of your inexperience.

i think she not worry too much as "big brother" knows the tricks as the best....

Still going to need it though!

[cup-O-coffee]

Goodluck Yingluck hope you do well , play the game fair and straight, although I have severe reservations for the future of Thailand in it's present state, the veterans of the political opposition parties, the media ,the establishment , will probably wipe the floor with you, because of your inexperience.

i think she not worry too much as "big brother" knows the tricks as the best....

No! I do no think there will be any floor wiping. As David555 said in jest, I believe his comment should be taken seriously.

Firstly, a royal endorsement pretty much puts the clamps on anyone saying anything sarcastic or caustic on this OP. I take joy in that. To pad that statement with sincerity, I am confident that Mrs. Ying Luck will provide a fresh shot of blood into a stale government. I am confident that she will at bare minimum point out things that will make people think; things that will make people breathe easier because she will say things that others were lacking in courage to say before. I don;t mean things that will point a finger at people, but things that will make it easy for guilty people to step up and make a good name for themselves.

If it takes a big brother to scare off the bullies, than I am all for it! After all, the bullies have been there for awhile, and I have not seen anything they can brag about!

It's time for a change! A change to see what change can take place; a change that took 2554 years to come about! Give her a chance!!! You bicker and nit pick and at the same time expect her to balance a ball on her nose and walk a tight rope. With those kinds of odds, I'll tip my hat to anyone who did that with the likes of you yapping at her heels while shes on the high wire!

[Jingthing]

I reckon this is the standard royal protocol for a new PM in Thailand. Endorsement of this kind is not a political statement and I agree this thread shouldn't be a place for political debate. Plenty of other places for that!

To be more clear, in the context of this thread, it wouldn't be proper to criticize Yingluck, so I also consider it very bad form to pour on the Yingluck praise here knowing you won't get blow back.

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Edited August 8, 2011 by Jingthing

[flying]

Congrats to Yingluck on both the victory & the endorsement

Nice to see possible change from the stagnant.

Out with the old in with the new

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