PM matures in the school of hard knocks

Piyanart Srivalo

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- After one year in office, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has managed to gradually display leadership despite criticism she is nothing short of a nominee PM for her brother, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

Yingluck faced the biggest test of her leadership right from the beginning of her term when the country was hard hit by catastrophic floods last year. Her leadership was called into question and her image was tattered when critics slammed her as inexperienced in handling the national crisis.

Worse, the politicians the Pheu Thai Party sent to help rescue her were incapable because they had received their posts through the party quota system. For instance Banthoon Supakwanit, with a background as former budget bureau director, was appointed as the PM's secretary-general.

"Big Boss" believed Banthoon would help Yingluck manage fiscal matters - but the man failed to efficiently carry out his duty.

Pheu Thai Party MPs and ministers did not take her orders because they took their instructions direct from the Big Boss. "Since the PM is powerless, she is meaningless.

The person who has the power is the Big Boss," a minister from Pheu Thai Party said.

Facing such a dilemma, Yingluck was disheartened and almost gave up, prompting the Big Boss to console his sister and threaten to remove ministers with no achievements from their posts. The Big Boss knew he could not afford to let Yingluck fail when the mission to help him return to the country had not been achieved. He ordered the 111 executives and ministers to lend a hand and save Yingluck from being deluged by the flood crisis.

Among the 111 executives, Suranant Vejjajiva offered great help to Yingluck who has learned much from him on the way to go. With a new secretary, Yingluck has gained confidence and learned to manage power. Suranant takes care not only of image issues for Yingluck but he helps screen all her work.

Although helping her brother to come back is one mission Yingluck has vowed to fulfil, she has to wait for the right timing and focus not only on solving her brother's problems - otherwise her government may not survive. Yingluck told her brother she must be freed from solving only his political problems and she must be allowed to put all her attention to running the country, the PM’s close aide said.

"If Thaksin does not agree, they both will get drowned," a leader of the Pheu Thai Party said.

On issues like the reconciliation bills and the charter amendment, Yingluck has not exercised her power but let matters rest with Parliament.

Yingluck demonstrated her leadership by delaying her brother’s wish to reshuffle the Cabinet after the 111 executives were freed from their political ban in May. Her leadership is becoming more evident as she gains wider experience and confidence in the post.

-- The Nation 2012-08-06

"School of Hard Knocks"? More like "The School for Scandal"

The former Finance minister, Korn is quoted as saying:

"I give her 10 out of 10 for meeting all my expectations," he quipped, clarifying that he had had a clear idea of whose interests she would be representing and how she would do it.

...despite criticism she is nothing short of a nominee PM for her brother, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

BINGO!!!

No one ever denied that she didn't like to get knocked hard.

Since the PM is powerless, she is meaningless.

True.

she may be enrolled in the school of hard knocks, but her truancy rate is exceptional.

I'd give her a hard knock, but I've never been asked...

Just to be my normal annoying self.......it's time to cast up to all the doomsayers and ask.......who among you thought one year later TS was still not back in the country??? Huh??? Huh???

Sometimes doing nothing is a fantastic alternative

"PM matures in the school of hard knocks"

I had absolutely no idea she was also a member of TV!...Truly Amazing what one

learns on this forum...Truly Amazing!

"School of Hard Knocks"? More like "The School for Scandal"

The former Finance minister, Korn is quoted as saying:

"I give her 10 out of 10 for meeting all my expectations," he quipped, clarifying that he had had a clear idea of whose interests she would be representing and how she would do it.

Kentucky State Scandal University.

Matures....

I think this just means she hasn't improved a bit, but the effort and daily schedul at pretending she has, has been aging her quickly. In another year of this stress level, she may expand and decline into older sister 'Yaowapa the 2nd', but without the she-sharks insincts.

Edited August 6, 201213 yr by animatic

Say "Cheese"

Since the PM is powerless, she is meaningless.

True.

No it's not. What have you got to say about the fact that she resisted pressure to shuffle the cabinet to accept some of those whose political ban has expired. That has required power and as such she is not meaningless. Mind you I haven't seen an answer from you to date.

"School of Hard Knocks"?

Where is her bursting tight school blouse?

What a pair of knockers.

Since the PM is powerless, she is meaningless.

True.

No it's not. What have you got to say about the fact that she resisted pressure to shuffle the cabinet to accept some of those whose political ban has expired. That has required power and as such she is not meaningless. Mind you I haven't seen an answer from you to date.

Who has she resisted the pressure from?

I remember her saying that the Ministers had been handpicked for their knowledge and quality and now she/Thaksin wants yet another reshuffle.

Will this be the third or 4th in a year?

Since the PM is powerless, she is meaningless.

True.

No it's not. What have you got to say about the fact that she resisted pressure to shuffle the cabinet to accept some of those whose political ban has expired. That has required power and as such she is not meaningless. Mind you I haven't seen an answer from you to date.

All it took was for Thaksin to say no - what a awesome display of power from the puppet PM.

Have you considered that not everybody wishes to read your drivel.

Since the PM is powerless, she is meaningless.

True.

No it's not. What have you got to say about the fact that she resisted pressure to shuffle the cabinet to accept some of those whose political ban has expired. That has required power and as such she is not meaningless. Mind you I haven't seen an answer from you to date.

Who has she resisted the pressure from?

I remember her saying that the Ministers had been handpicked for their knowledge and quality and now she/Thaksin wants yet another reshuffle.

Will this be the third or 4th in a year?

It would be the second if/when it happens.

No one ever denied that she didn't like to get knocked hard.

Including Anusorn?

The School of hard knocks.

There's a queue for that on here among the fetishistes rouges. Where's the address?

No one ever denied that she didn't like to get knocked hard.

Including Anusorn?

Straight up mate?

History books will show that she "handled" the floods. Everything got back to normal and the Japanese kept investing despite factory floodings. Tourism was booming according to the Nation's accounts based on quotes by "key" officials. Crime and drugs were controlled, criminals were arrested, news was squashed.

Pronouncements on building code violation enforcement were made, everyone scurried about, payments were shifted, everything remained the same. Tablets were distributed, promises were kept. Education was identified as a problem, the administration assured that they would take measures.

Thailland recognized the Palestinians, made peace with the Iranians, and gave them a public high level hearing to claim that terrorists were not "real Iranians." The Thais pledged that terrorism events would not happened in Thailand and tourists need not be concerned. Food poisonings were down, investigated diligently and news follow up was squashed.

Human trafficking was denied, pregnant women who are migrant workers are proposed to be legislated off Thai soil when they give birth, but welcomed back to work for substandard wages after the birth. Thais lobbied the US embassy to lift terrorist alerts, and they wrote open letters. They lunched, they drank, they met, they talked, they blustered. They acknowledged corruption, but denied and refused to acknowledge the huge sex trade. However, they did protest the blacklisting of Thailand for illegal copying of intellectual property. They denied inflation of food prices. They fixed caved in sink holes and replaced torn out ATM machines. They declared shock and concern about poison fish use to make fish balls.

So all in all it's a commendable status quo. This is what Thailand is all about at its best. maintaining the status, plugging holes in the "system," refusing to assimilate into the real world, and denying that the outside world knows anything about anything, so that Thainess prevails. They outdid themselves with 12 new or reinforced "hub" schemes to make Thailand the hub of all hubs.

She did a great job by these standards. They have surveys to prove it, and if they don't have them, they can manufacturer the results instantly in a new random survey.

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Since the PM is powerless, she is meaningless.

True.

No it's not. What have you got to say about the fact that she resisted pressure to shuffle the cabinet to accept some of those whose political ban has expired. That has required power and as such she is not meaningless. Mind you I haven't seen an answer from you to date.

She has only had five days to do it. And she has admitted she is thinking about it. Pretty sad when she can be in a year and you can only judge her performance on five days.

Since the PM is powerless, she is meaningless.

True.

No it's not. What have you got to say about the fact that she resisted pressure to shuffle the cabinet to accept some of those whose political ban has expired. That has required power and as such she is not meaningless. Mind you I haven't seen an answer from you to date.

You need to wash your red shirt. It is stained. Try Chlorine.