Thaksin's Son Praises Sonthi For 'Unlocking Nation'

[rubl]

A few members discussing the formal and legal foundation of an election date and the status of a former PM.

Never saw so many legal experts as here on TVF

[gand]

A few members discussing the formal and legal foundation of an election date and the status of a former PM.

Never saw so many legal experts as here on TVF

That's just the beer talking, them, not you.

[waza]

The date itself doesn't matter, the real fact is that there was to be an election held. The very action of a Coup took away the democratic right of every eligible Thai to vote for their choice of MP and Party.

That's not what you guys were singing earlier in this thread:

"..there was that scheduled election.." - there wasn't.

"..vote Thaksin and his party out at the Polls in the October Election.." - definitely not in October.

"..good old fashioned election that had been announced.." - had NOT been announced.

and dont forget my personal favourite, "Thaksin didnt resign". lol

Edited May 31, 2012 by waza

[gand]

Is it not a coup for TS to illegally occupy the office of PM? So how is it a coup to remove him then? Wouldn't it be the duty of every Thai to remove TS from illegally remaining as PM?

[OzMick]

Yes did you read the royally endorsed date of October 15th, and then the Nation piece wrt why the Thaksin opposition would wish to delay the election further. Volk and now you are telling me that no official date for an election had been made? What part of royally endorsed do you not understand. There was going to be an election on October 15th. For various reasons not all connected to anti thaksin supporters the date would have been put back but happen it would. You need to read the whole of the links if you wish to understand. Obviously it doesn't suit your viewpoint but those are the facts.

Royal endorsement is not magic. An election was planned, and endorsed, but the EC was not prepared for that date. The EC were proposing a later date, somewhere between that statement and xmas depending on what other problems arose.

I'm not sure if you are being deliberately or inadvertantly obtuse, you often are both when it suits your argument.

New version of a double post.

As plain as day actually. There was an election planned for oct 15th. The new EC met to discuss a new date. The Chairperson of the new EC had suggested a date of November 19th or 26th which implies somewhat that they would be ready for it. The date itself doesn't matter, the real fact is that there was to be an election held. The very action of a Coup took away the democratic right of every eligible Thai to vote for their choice of MP and Party. The fact that the Junta were so incompetent in government that they held an election a year later(Sonthi said two weeks) is neither here nor there. They still rode roughshod over democracy. How hard is that to understand?

19th or 26th, or later if there were problems? And after the corrupt scum were sent packing, and measures installed to reduce corruption, an election was called because they were incompetent, or because that was the democratic thing to do?

Prove their incompetence, how much did they steal? NOWHERE NEAR AS MUCH?

[mca]

Wouldn't it be the duty of every Thai to remove TS from illegally remaining as PM?

If we're being brutally honest outside the realms of the press, certain websites and the political groups and their followers a very large number of Thais simply couldn't give a shit about any of it and just go on with their lives