Thai govt drops amnesty bills

[maoribrotha]

@forbesasia: Thailand's bubble economy is heading for a 1997-style crash onforb.es/1anpgll”

And meanwhile...the economy is in serious trouble...

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[Beetlejuice]

Thank goodness for that.

The storm was petered out before it turned into a full scale hurricane.

I think Yingluck has done her reputation irreplicable damage and lost a lot of her credibility as Prime Minister.

[drdoom6996]

I think the fact it wasn't just your average person who was protesting, but Business leaders, businesses and University Lecturers too, it doesn't really paint the Bill in a positive light to the rest of the world. Especially with Asean around the corner, tourist season upon us, this is the last thing the Government needs; and as others have mentioned, the risk of a potential coup could have been the swaying factor.

The thing is though, many Thais don't believe this anouncement and think its either fake, to get the protesters to back down or there's something else at play here.

I would agree with that. Watch your back!

[shaurene]

Who was the 1?

Probably the PM. Good on them they have noticed the people and if it had gone through it would not have surprised me a Revolution would have followed and who would be the winners there, NO ONE.

3Cheers for the people.

[Hawkman]

Wasn't it last week that 310 - 0 voted for the bills, now they suddenly voted 310-1 to disband the bills?

So, all of them changed their minds? Don't these puppets have a mind of their own? Hence why people smell a rat.

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[animatic]

BLINK !

Someone blinked big time.

[Sunisalom]

Thank goodness for that.

The storm was petered out before it turned into a full scale hurricane.

I think Yingluck has done her reputation irreplicable damage and lost a lot of her credibility as Prime Minister.

Can you lose something you never had?

-Mel

[noitom]

Too bad the general didn't go to parliament for consensus before he initiated the coup on Sept 19. Thailand would be in a much better place had it not had all this turmoil for over seven years.

[hansnl]

Does this mean the Government will now get down to solving some of the more

serious problems of Thailand, now this matter has been put on the back burner,

for the time been at least.

regards worgeordie

Huh?

What serious problems?

[Sunderland]

Wasn't it last week that 310 - 0 voted for the bills, now they suddenly voted 310-1 to disband the bills?

So, all of them changed their minds? Don't these puppets have a mind of their own? Hence why people smell a rat.

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If I am not misunderstanding something, they did vote 310-0 to approve the bill that the Senate will scrutinize tomorrow.

They voted 310-1 to drop the alternative bills that are not being considered by the Senate anyway.

[sawadee1947]

,,wise decision. Respect Mrs Yingluck! Take a review and present again in an appropriate way which will not hurt your people

[happyinthailand]

Another gross misjudgement from the man in Norway. Or part of another devious plan.... Beware!

[Sunisalom]

Another gross misjudgement from the man in Norway. Or part of another devious plan.... Beware!

Talking about Anders Behring Breivik, or the same?

-Mel.

[petedk]

Another gross misjudgement from the man in Norway. Or part of another devious plan.... Beware!

He left Norway a few days later, supposedly going to Sweden. (but who knows?)

[MacWalen]

Hope things will return to normal. Fighting and too many angry people on the streets is not good.

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[robblok]

Hope things will return to normal. Fighting and too many angry people on the streets is not good.

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It only good if it leads to improvement if it goes back to normal nothing has been won.

[vincent13]

Does this mean they have dropped all the bills they don't need (draft) and just left the bill that passed through? I don't trust this government; they are devious.

YES

Being deliberated 2pm tomorrow

That's my understanding also.

[Thait Spot]

What's the deal with bringing the senate meeting forward?

The G40 are calling foul about enough senators being able to attend

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[petedk]

According to the Bangkok Post, the Senate is meeting to discuss the amnest bill TOMORROW not Monday as first planned.

Oops. sorry I didn't see the previous posting.

[khunken]

Like Crossy I smell a rat too.

This is just a devious tactic to try & get the protestors off the streets. Don't forget that Mr ear medicine has a couple of amnesty bills up his sleeve - which haven't yet been presented to the parliament. What has not yet been said by YL is that amnesty for Skyping bro is off the table.

Interesting article in the other paper saying that the Lawyers Council is currently translating the amnesty bill (the one before the Senate) for releasing to international media. It will demonstrate that PTP wants to absolve corruption, not only for Thaksin, but for thousands of cases currently with the NACC.

I do suspect that the protestors won't trust the government next time anyway.

[tingtongteesood]

Don't believe them for a moment. The government is made up of criminals, can you trust the word of criminals ? I don't think so. And Thaksin will keep pressuring them to do something. Tune in tomorrow for the next infuriating episode in this circus of idiots !

[tragickingdom]

Nice to see Thaksin face in combination with the amnesty bills. The reason that the people are not on Sanam Luang but on the public roads preventing school children from going to school and working people from going to work is of course that Suthep and Abhisit were also main beneficiaries of the amnesty and they need to get the government out because otherwise they will go to jail.

If there is so much resentment against amnesties why no cancelling all those amnesty bills that have been passed under the Democrat governments either, preventing democracy rapists in the army of facing the full force of the law.

[jdinasia]

Nice to see Thaksin face in combination with the amnesty bills. The reason that the people are not on Sanam Luang but on the public roads preventing school children from going to school and working people from going to work is of course that Suthep and Abhisit were also main beneficiaries of the amnesty and they need to get the government out because otherwise they will go to jail.

If there is so much resentment against amnesties why no cancelling all those amnesty bills that have been passed under the Democrat governments either, preventing democracy rapists in the army of facing the full force of the law.

I know you are still just holding your red-shirt party line, but that post was very hard to read and understand.

Abhisit and Suthep are leading the fight against the amnesty bill and are not asking for amnesty.

What amnesty laws were enacted when Abhisit was PM?

[RickBradford]

According to my morning Thai newspaper, the moment that the Japanese government heard about the amnesty plans, they rushed some high-level policemen to Bangkok, got a meeting with DSI, and said in forthright terms that they weren't prepared for the death of Hiroyuki Miramoto (photographer shot in the 2010 riots) to be whitewashed.

That, added to the general opprobrium being expressed here and overseas, seems finally to have percolated into the dim consciousness of the Pheu Thai leadership.

Not before time, some would say.

[Thait Spot]

Nice to see Thaksin face in combination with the amnesty bills. The reason that the people are not on Sanam Luang but on the public roads preventing school children from going to school and working people from going to work is of course that Suthep and Abhisit were also main beneficiaries of the amnesty and they need to get the government out because otherwise they will go to jail.

If there is so much resentment against amnesties why no cancelling all those amnesty bills that have been passed under the Democrat governments either, preventing democracy rapists in the army of facing the full force of the law.

 

To use a football saying - you're not watching the same game as me!

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[rubl]

I thought that maybe a golf caddy had hinted at this while playing the game

Just following military instructions

[Hawkman]

Nice to see Thaksin face in combination with the amnesty bills. The reason that the people are not on Sanam Luang but on the public roads preventing school children from going to school and working people from going to work is of course that Suthep and Abhisit were also main beneficiaries of the amnesty and they need to get the government out because otherwise they will go to jail.

If there is so much resentment against amnesties why no cancelling all those amnesty bills that have been passed under the Democrat governments either, preventing democracy rapists in the army of facing the full force of the law.

Your post doesn't make much sense.

What amnesty bills did the Democrats pass while in Government?

Plus Abhisit has welcomed a Trial, bring it on (not like a certain someone else who's ran away), as he probably knows there is more or less no evidence to put him away for anything.

[Nov 13]

Soon to happen again, no doubt.

[h90]

Another gross misjudgement from the man in Norway. Or part of another devious plan.... Beware!

Talking about Anders Behring Breivik, or the same?

-Mel.

Thaksins war against drugs and Tak Bai cost more than 3000 lifes. In compare Breivik is a small fish.

[GentlemanJim]

Hope things will return to normal. Fighting and too many angry people on the streets is not good.

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There has been no fighting. That happens when red shirts protest on behalf of the paymaster.