Yingluck's No-Show Raises Democrat Ire In House

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PM's no-show raises Democrat ire in House

The Nation

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The second day of the House debate on the Budget Bill yesterday saw an exchange of barbs between coalition and opposition lawmakers, focusing on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's absence from the debate for two consecutive days.

Yingluck had earlier said she would not travel to inspect |flooding in the South in order to devote full attention to the debate on the Budget Bill for fiscal 2012, which started on Wednesday and was expected to be completed today.

Opposition Democrat MP Boonyod Suktinthai wryly filed a Yingluck truancy report from the House floor, prompting protests from the coalition bench.

On the first day of the debate for the second reading of the Budget Bill, lawmakers spent more than 13 hours before passing one provision of the bill prescribing a total spending of Bt2.38 trillion.

As the debate moved on to another provision pertaining to the Bt420 billion central funds destined for mid-year allocations, Boonyod lashed out at Yingluck for playing truant.

In retaliation, MP Kiart-udom Menasawat from the ruling Pheu Thai Party requested House Speaker Somsak Kiartsuranont to order the Democrat to withdraw his sarcastic remarks. After a war of words, Boonyod agreed to have his remarks removed from the records but not before his parting shot.

"I agree to withdraw my remarks in order to prove the double standards in the House speaker's conduct towards the opposition," he said.

Democrat MP Sukit Attopakorn said he was puzzled why Yingluck was a no-show at the budget debate, which she cited as a reason not to inspect the flood-hit areas in the South. Sukit said the prime minister had no justification for being absent from the budget debate.

The prime minister yesterday spent most of her work time at her Government House office - from morning until about 2pm.

At noon, Yingluck had a working lunch with Army commander-in-chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha. She left Government House at about 2pm to attend the opening ceremony of the Board of Investment's BoI Fair at Muangthong Thani in Nonthaburi late in the afternoon.

-- The Nation 2012-01-06

[KKvampire]

Need to rewwrite this. what a mess. Matches Yinglucks standards

[whybother]

So Yingluck thinks opening the BOI fair is more important than the budget AND the floods in the south.

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[Siripon]

Her brother was the same, avoiding Parliament as much as possible, like him, she's probably afraid she can't answer any questions posed .

[Moruya]

I can somehow see. Thai politics going the way of car sales. You put some partly clad babe up for the sale and end up doing all the paperwork with some grey suited pimply bloke.

[lazygourmet]

She will never dare to travel in the south...

Knowing that brave Thai soldiers have better things to do than protecting her white a$$

[hellodolly]

The reality is she had no choice.

To show up would have also shown her up for the bumbling buffoon she is.

She might even have cried and been forced to say give me time.

[AleG]

Yingluck's time to prove herself is up; result, she's not up to the job.

[Mosha]

Her brother was the same, avoiding Parliament as much as possible, like him, she's probably afraid she can't answer any questions posed .

Well she is his clone afterall

[Thaddeus]

January Sales?

[philw]

The reality is she had no choice.

To show up would have also shown her up for the bumbling buffoon she is.

She might even have cried and been forced to say give me time.

How predictably fair minded and sweet of you.

[Deez]

The reality is she had no choice.

To show up would have also shown her up for the bumbling buffoon she is.

She might even have cried and been forced to say give me time.

How predictably fair minded and sweet of you.

And true.

[otherstuff1957]

In a Parliamentary system, like Thailand's, there is no real split between the legislative and the executive branches on the government. Yingluk's training, background and experience is all executive, not legislative. She's not a lawyer, she didn't spend years in Parliament learning how to draft laws or debating their merits.

She's obviously more comfortable acting as a CEO or President, rather than as a Member of Parliament. So, she's leaving Parliament, with all of it's unfamiliar complexities, to Chalerm, while she runs around holding meetings.

[jonclark]

January Sales?

Nice one.

[slapout]

The woman is displaying her true character on/off the job. She has an excuse for not attending, missing, foregoing meeting/appointments which would put some of my ex girl friends to shame. She professes ignorance of what the various government groups/individuals are/have done, blames mechanical failure, takes a few days off to be with family, etc. It would appear that she regards the job of PM in much the same way as her illustrious position in her brothers organization, draw a paycheck while holding a title with no responsibility.

[ginjag]

The reality is she had no choice.

To show up would have also shown her up for the bumbling buffoon she is.

She might even have cried and been forced to say give me time.

How predictably fair minded and sweet of you.

I have noticed along with most posters that you offer no fair reason yourself, and avoid to comment on the "no show up",

A big failing of you red supporters, not having the gall to give reason for her actions, Easily see the absence of your faithful few, they have similarities with the FAMILY here in control. Avoid if you can. bulls##t your way out of it, and blame opposition for this regimes failings, Don't be like me and find fault with ANYTHING wrong with ANY party. Thats why our Maggie was brilliant at first--then became dictatorial, and had to go, but thats off topic, but similar here soon this lot will have to go, and who knows who will have to remove them.

[sparebox2]

The woman is displaying her true character on/off the job. She has an excuse for not attending, missing, foregoing meeting/appointments which would put some of my ex girl friends to shame. She professes ignorance of what the various government groups/individuals are/have done, blames mechanical failure, takes a few days off to be with family, etc. It would appear that she regards the job of PM in much the same way as her illustrious position in her brothers organization, draw a paycheck while holding a title with no responsibility.

I agree too. Next time she should go open the motor show event too. Not as a Thai car sales's prety, but as a govt icon to show support for the Thai industry.

[sparebox2]

"At noon, Yingluck had a working lunch with Army commander-in-chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha."

Who say having a working lunch with Army commander-in-chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha is LESS important?

Perhaps (just perhaps) Thaksin may have refuse a working lunch just before he (Thaksin) was booted by the army.

[KKvampire]

Yingluck's time to prove herself is up; result, she's not up to the job.

If a political leader in a democracy cannot stand up in the house of the peoples representatives to defend itself then they will not last.

All this highlights the Thai peoples naivety in supporting this puppet placement by the Party lead by their fugitive leader.

With all the problems the country face a government of such parts will fail those it claims to represent.

Edited January 6, 2012 by KKvampire

[lazygourmet]

The only reason why another "coup d'etat" will never happen is only because no other countries -even Uganda & Montenegro- want her on their soil!

[steveromagnino]

Yingluk's training, background and experience is all executive, not legislative.

She's obviously more comfortable acting as a CEO or President, rather than as a Member of Parliament.

Actually, she has arguably not held a proper job as a CEO or President, as anyone who worked or dealt with her at SC Asset and AIS can vouch for.

In those positions she only acted as the nominee; first of all for a PM who is not allowed to run a business due to conflict of interest (and during which time AIS fortunes soared while their competitors were consistently hamstrung by government policy right up until a political decision to allow foreign ownership up to 49% at which time AIS became 96% foreign owned completely coincidentally as Thaksin didn't know anything about the policy change and his relatives made the decision to sell to Temasak completely without his knowledge as well) and then secondly as a nominee running a very well funded yet surprisingly 2nd rate property company for an absent main owner.

In both cases, her main job was to manage the press, and be a figurehead, without ever really needing to know what is going on in detail. Its not like she got the job through interviews and proven performance!

It's almost as laughable as describing someone as a successful entrepreneur because they cornered a profitable 2 watt GSM phone network and secured a monopoly on it through connections, then used connections to avoid a financial crash when all their competitors anyhow on inferior networks crashed and burned.....such a person is successful, but not as a real businessman - as a crony capitalist, sure.

One wonders whether she is actually aware of what a poor public speaker and leader she is turning out to be; as the first PM to come in with a huge amount of goodwill provided by the press and the public, her aura has lasted surprisingly well given her inability to answer questions, pick up what are fairly simple and basic issues then present them, and to do the job for which she is paid. My guess is she didn't do any better at the last 2 jobs she held, but because of her connections and the lax standards which business leaders are held to in the media, she was never exposed.

Rank and file PT supporters like Chalerm; a gun wielding posturing strongman with a family record of intimidation and alleged murder, and complete indifference to following the law coupled with seemingly virtually no morals. With such taste, is it little wonder that Yingluck can be held to such a low standard and considered acceptable?

I am willing to bet the many voters would not even care if they dissolved parliament and did all policy making from now on without any debate or consideration on the floor. Sadly, that is the state of Thai democracy at this point, and it has been deliberately and systematically dragged down to reach this point since TRT 1.

Edited January 6, 2012 by steveromagnino

[Gianni77]

If she says she will go and then she doesn't, of course will cause commotion. Not a smart move, denotes a clear fear for questioning and also, not keeping her word kinda shows she can't be trusted, even with her own sayings.

As I said before, a PM or president is a manager, and as a manager, he/she needs to be where the most important things are happening to be able to make informed decisions. I'd like to see a CEO missing a budget meeting and given her corporate background, it makes me wonder if it was her decision or was advised to miss it. If she was advised, you can start speculating by whom... hahahaha.

Have a nice day everyone.

[DLock]

Yingluk's training, background and experience is all executive, not legislative.

She's obviously more comfortable acting as a CEO or President, rather than as a Member of Parliament.

Actually, she has arguably not held a proper job as a CEO or President, as anyone who worked or dealt with her at SC Asset and AIS can vouch for.

In those positions she only acted as the nominee; first of all for a PM who is not allowed to run a business due to conflict of interest (and during which time AIS fortunes soared while their competitors were consistently hamstrung by government policy right up until a political decision to allow foreign ownership up to 49% at which time AIS became 96% foreign owned completely coincidentally as Thaksin didn't know anything about the policy change and his relatives made the decision to sell to Temasak completely without his knowledge as well) and then secondly as a nominee running a very well funded yet surprisingly 2nd rate property company for an absent main owner.

In both cases, her main job was to manage the press, and be a figurehead, without ever really needing to know what is going on in detail. Its not like she got the job through interviews and proven performance!

It's almost as laughable as describing someone as a successful entrepreneur because they cornered a profitable 2 watt GSM phone network and secured a monopoly on it through connections, then used connections to avoid a financial crash when all their competitors anyhow on inferior networks crashed and burned.....such a person is successful, but not as a real businessman - as a crony capitalist, sure.

One wonders whether she is actually aware of what a poor public speaker and leader she is turning out to be; as the first PM to come in with a huge amount of goodwill provided by the press and the public, her aura has lasted surprisingly well given her inability to answer questions, pick up what are fairly simple and basic issues then present them, and to do the job for which she is paid. My guess is she didn't do any better at the last 2 jobs she held, but because of her connections and the lax standards which business leaders are held to in the media, she was never exposed.

Rank and file PT supporters like Chalerm; a gun wielding posturing strongman with a family record of intimidation and alleged murder, and complete indifference to following the law coupled with seemingly virtually no morals. With such taste, is it little wonder that Yingluck can be held to such a low standard and considered acceptable?

I am willing to bet the many voters would not even care if they dissolved parliament and did all policy making from now on without any debate or consideration on the floor. Sadly, that is the state of Thai democracy at this point, and it has been deliberately and systematically dragged down to reach this point since TRT 1.

Great post Steve. Nice summation of her illustrious past achievements.

Didn't she ask for 6 months grace period before her party was judged?

Are we there yet?

[sparebox2]

Yingluk's training, background and experience is all executive, not legislative.

She's obviously more comfortable acting as a CEO or President, rather than as a Member of Parliament.

Actually, she has arguably not held a proper job as a CEO or President, as anyone who worked or dealt with her at SC Asset and AIS can vouch for.

In those positions she only acted as the nominee; first of all for a PM who is not allowed to run a business due to conflict of interest (and during which time AIS fortunes soared while their competitors were consistently hamstrung by government policy right up until a political decision to allow foreign ownership up to 49% at which time AIS became 96% foreign owned completely coincidentally as Thaksin didn't know anything about the policy change and his relatives made the decision to sell to Temasak completely without his knowledge as well) and then secondly as a nominee running a very well funded yet surprisingly 2nd rate property company for an absent main owner.

In both cases, her main job was to manage the press, and be a figurehead, without ever really needing to know what is going on in detail. Its not like she got the job through interviews and proven performance!

It's almost as laughable as describing someone as a successful entrepreneur because they cornered a profitable 2 watt GSM phone network and secured a monopoly on it through connections, then used connections to avoid a financial crash when all their competitors anyhow on inferior networks crashed and burned.....such a person is successful, but not as a real businessman - as a crony capitalist, sure.

One wonders whether she is actually aware of what a poor public speaker and leader she is turning out to be; as the first PM to come in with a huge amount of goodwill provided by the press and the public, her aura has lasted surprisingly well given her inability to answer questions, pick up what are fairly simple and basic issues then present them, and to do the job for which she is paid. My guess is she didn't do any better at the last 2 jobs she held, but because of her connections and the lax standards which business leaders are held to in the media, she was never exposed.

Rank and file PT supporters like Chalerm; a gun wielding posturing strongman with a family record of intimidation and alleged murder, and complete indifference to following the law coupled with seemingly virtually no morals. With such taste, is it little wonder that Yingluck can be held to such a low standard and considered acceptable?

I am willing to bet the many voters would not even care if they dissolved parliament and did all policy making from now on without any debate or consideration on the floor. Sadly, that is the state of Thai democracy at this point, and it has been deliberately and systematically dragged down to reach this point since TRT 1.

"In those positions she only acted as the nominee;"

So she is perfect for her current PM job. No one can blame her for lack of nominee experience. Ironic isn't it?

[EvilDrSomkid]

Yingluk's training, background and experience is all executive, not legislative.

She's obviously more comfortable acting as a CEO or President, rather than as a Member of Parliament.

Actually, she has arguably not held a proper job as a CEO or President, as anyone who worked or dealt with her at SC Asset and AIS can vouch for.

In those positions she only acted as the nominee; first of all for a PM who is not allowed to run a business due to conflict of interest (and during which time AIS fortunes soared while their competitors were consistently hamstrung by government policy right up until a political decision to allow foreign ownership up to 49% at which time AIS became 96% foreign owned completely coincidentally as Thaksin didn't know anything about the policy change and his relatives made the decision to sell to Temasak completely without his knowledge as well) and then secondly as a nominee running a very well funded yet surprisingly 2nd rate property company for an absent main owner.

In both cases, her main job was to manage the press, and be a figurehead, without ever really needing to know what is going on in detail. Its not like she got the job through interviews and proven performance!

It's almost as laughable as describing someone as a successful entrepreneur because they cornered a profitable 2 watt GSM phone network and secured a monopoly on it through connections, then used connections to avoid a financial crash when all their competitors anyhow on inferior networks crashed and burned.....such a person is successful, but not as a real businessman - as a crony capitalist, sure.

One wonders whether she is actually aware of what a poor public speaker and leader she is turning out to be; as the first PM to come in with a huge amount of goodwill provided by the press and the public, her aura has lasted surprisingly well given her inability to answer questions, pick up what are fairly simple and basic issues then present them, and to do the job for which she is paid. My guess is she didn't do any better at the last 2 jobs she held, but because of her connections and the lax standards which business leaders are held to in the media, she was never exposed.

Rank and file PT supporters like Chalerm; a gun wielding posturing strongman with a family record of intimidation and alleged murder, and complete indifference to following the law coupled with seemingly virtually no morals. With such taste, is it little wonder that Yingluck can be held to such a low standard and considered acceptable?

I am willing to bet the many voters would not even care if they dissolved parliament and did all policy making from now on without any debate or consideration on the floor. Sadly, that is the state of Thai democracy at this point, and it has been deliberately and systematically dragged down to reach this point since TRT 1.

Spot on again.

Wonder if gk with have any reasoned argument against this.

As I said in another thread recently, it is insulting she does not even bother to show up for work. She lied by saying she could not go to the South (PTP does not give flying rat's ass about about the South) because she had to attend these debates.

No, a press op at the BOI fair, is MUCH more important. She had to attend on of the persons who cannot be mentioned at the BOI fair.

[scorecard]

Yingluk's training, background and experience is all executive, not legislative.

She's obviously more comfortable acting as a CEO or President, rather than as a Member of Parliament.

Actually, she has arguably not held a proper job as a CEO or President, as anyone who worked or dealt with her at SC Asset and AIS can vouch for.

In those positions she only acted as the nominee; first of all for a PM who is not allowed to run a business due to conflict of interest (and during which time AIS fortunes soared while their competitors were consistently hamstrung by government policy right up until a political decision to allow foreign ownership up to 49% at which time AIS became 96% foreign owned completely coincidentally as Thaksin didn't know anything about the policy change and his relatives made the decision to sell to Temasak completely without his knowledge as well) and then secondly as a nominee running a very well funded yet surprisingly 2nd rate property company for an absent main owner.

In both cases, her main job was to manage the press, and be a figurehead, without ever really needing to know what is going on in detail. Its not like she got the job through interviews and proven performance!

It's almost as laughable as describing someone as a successful entrepreneur because they cornered a profitable 2 watt GSM phone network and secured a monopoly on it through connections, then used connections to avoid a financial crash when all their competitors anyhow on inferior networks crashed and burned.....such a person is successful, but not as a real businessman - as a crony capitalist, sure.

One wonders whether she is actually aware of what a poor public speaker and leader she is turning out to be; as the first PM to come in with a huge amount of goodwill provided by the press and the public, her aura has lasted surprisingly well given her inability to answer questions, pick up what are fairly simple and basic issues then present them, and to do the job for which she is paid. My guess is she didn't do any better at the last 2 jobs she held, but because of her connections and the lax standards which business leaders are held to in the media, she was never exposed.

Rank and file PT supporters like Chalerm; a gun wielding posturing strongman with a family record of intimidation and alleged murder, and complete indifference to following the law coupled with seemingly virtually no morals. With such taste, is it little wonder that Yingluck can be held to such a low standard and considered acceptable?

I am willing to bet the many voters would not even care if they dissolved parliament and did all policy making from now on without any debate or consideration on the floor. Sadly, that is the state of Thai democracy at this point, and it has been deliberately and systematically dragged down to reach this point since TRT 1.

Great post Steve. Nice summation of her illustrious past achievements.

Didn't she ask for 6 months grace period before her party was judged?

Are we there yet?

Agree, nice post and also captures my awareness of this matter.

[Jingthing]

She is meeting my expectations ...

[animatic]

Yingluk's training, background and experience is all executive, not legislative.

She's obviously more comfortable acting as a CEO or President, rather than as a Member of Parliament.

Actually, she has arguably not held a proper job as a CEO or President, as anyone who worked or dealt with her at SC Asset and AIS can vouch for.

In those positions she only acted as the nominee; first of all for a PM who is not allowed to run a business due to conflict of interest (and during which time AIS fortunes soared while their competitors were consistently hamstrung by government policy right up until a political decision to allow foreign ownership up to 49% at which time AIS became 96% foreign owned completely coincidentally as Thaksin didn't know anything about the policy change and his relatives made the decision to sell to Temasak completely without his knowledge as well) and then secondly as a nominee running a very well funded yet surprisingly 2nd rate property company for an absent main owner.

In both cases, her main job was to manage the press, and be a figurehead, without ever really needing to know what is going on in detail. Its not like she got the job through interviews and proven performance!

It's almost as laughable as describing someone as a successful entrepreneur because they cornered a profitable 2 watt GSM phone network and secured a monopoly on it through connections, then used connections to avoid a financial crash when all their competitors anyhow on inferior networks crashed and burned.....such a person is successful, but not as a real businessman - as a crony capitalist, sure.

One wonders whether she is actually aware of what a poor public speaker and leader she is turning out to be; as the first PM to come in with a huge amount of goodwill provided by the press and the public, her aura has lasted surprisingly well given her inability to answer questions, pick up what are fairly simple and basic issues then present them, and to do the job for which she is paid. My guess is she didn't do any better at the last 2 jobs she held, but because of her connections and the lax standards which business leaders are held to in the media, she was never exposed.

Rank and file PT supporters like Chalerm; a gun wielding posturing strongman with a family record of intimidation and alleged murder, and complete indifference to following the law coupled with seemingly virtually no morals. With such taste, is it little wonder that Yingluck can be held to such a low standard and considered acceptable?

I am willing to bet the many voters would not even care if they dissolved parliament and did all policy making from now on without any debate or consideration on the floor. Sadly, that is the state of Thai democracy at this point, and it has been deliberately and systematically dragged down to reach this point since TRT 1.

Great post Steve. Nice summation of her illustrious past achievements.

Didn't she ask for 6 months grace period before her party was judged?

Are we there yet?

Agree, nice post and also captures my awareness of this matter.

Agreed also. Well stated description of the situation.

Success through nepotism at private company work,

does NOT translate to success through nepotism in the public world.

And to the "She is meeting expectations" comment.

Easy to do since the expectations were incredibly low to start.

[hellodolly]

The reality is she had no choice.

To show up would have also shown her up for the bumbling buffoon she is.

She might even have cried and been forced to say give me time.

How predictably fair minded and sweet of you.

Your welcome

It was a easy prediction based on her past performance. No crystal ball gazer needed.

[JulesMad]

What means "working lunch" in Thailand?!?

I had some absolutely great "working lunches" with other working ladies

Very good for my social networking

After all, TiT