webfact Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Thai PM pleads for rallies to end after amnesty defeatedBANGKOK, November 12, 2013 (AFP) - Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra appealed Tuesday for anti-government groups to end ongoing street protests after the parliamentary defeat of an amnesty bill failed to defuse political tensions.The bill, which critics say was aimed at allowing divisive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra to return home from self-exile, was rejected by senators in a unanimous vote late Monday.Anger over the amnesty proposal saw around 50,000 people cluster in the political heart of Bangkok late into the night, with some 2,500 anti-government protesters remaining on the streets early Tuesday.The opposition Democrat Party, which is seen as benefiting from the protests, has called for a three-day nationwide strike starting on Wednesday despite assurances from the ruling Puea Thai party not to revive the bill.Prime Minister Yingluck -- who is Thaksin's sister -- urged demonstrators to reject the strike and end their protest."As many of their demands have been met, I plead for those protesting to stop," she told reporters, appealing to the public to give her government time to run the country.Experts say the ill-fated bill has damaged Yingluck's administration and helped the opposition and anti-government groups -- who have come out in force for nearly a fortnight.The visceral reaction to the proposed amnesty has brought a new round of street politics in Thailand, where several bouts of rival protests since Thaksin's government was deposed in an army coup in 2006 have periodically brought chaos to the kingdom."The Democrats are now trying to enable conditions on the street to prod a judicial intervention... to upend Yingluck's government," said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, director of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University.Predicting the anti-government protesters will try to hold their ground until early December, Thitinan described the situation "as extreme brinkmanship" aimed at "provoking Yingluck's government into an over-reaction".Tens of thousands of government-allied "Red Shirts" rallied on Sunday in their first show of force over the question of giving amnesty for politically-related crimes.Their group, made up mainly of Thaksin supporters, has also been riled by the proposed amnesty, saying it would have absolved key Democrat leaders of blame for their alleged roles in a deadly crackdown on a Red Shirt protest in 2010.Thaksin is a hugely polarising figure in Thailand, drawing great support largely from the rural and urban poor but hatred from many of the Bangkok middle and upper classes.He was toppled by royalist generals in 2006 and lives in exile to avoid prison for a corruption conviction that he contends was politically motivated. -- (c) Copyright AFP 2013-11-12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 POLITICSPM calls on Thais to allow govt to carry out its workAnapat DeechuayThe Nation"If a lot of people strike then who will work? Please think about this," : YingluckBANGKOK: -- Yingluck asked protesters to bring a halt to the rallies and thus maintain foreigners' confidence in Thailand.Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday asked that the government be given a chance to continue its work, saying there are many issues that require its attention.The government has to continue its work, she said. Among the tasks that cannot be carried out without the government in place is the functioning of the joint committee on ThaiCambodian border, she said."Please give us time to prove ourselves. We have listened to (people's) opinions so we want the people to return home and stop protesting. We don't want to hear that foreigners change their schedules and don't come to Thailand," she said."We believe everybody must campaign for all the people to pay taxes according to the law. This is the government's duty. I'd like to ask the people not to strike as they can still express their (political) opinions after work. If the people don't pay tax, the country will eventually hurt and that will affect the economy and problems will return to hurt us," she said.She said "asking" is the first step the government will take. She added that the people should support tax payment.-- The Nation 2013-11-12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrtoad Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) She said "asking" is the first step the government will take. She added that the people should support tax payment. She maybe should have a chat with her brother about that one The more she speaks, the more foolish she continues to look. Edited November 12, 2013 by mrtoad 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bigbamboo Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 Hmm....... a Shinawat family member lecturing people about paying tax. Not sure about that. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Yingluck asked protesters to bring a halt to the rallies and thus maintain foreigners' confidence in Thailand. Not heard of a Gordian knot have they. So they will maintain foreign investors confidence by bringing a person so well connected with corruption? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 "We believe everybody must campaign for all the people to pay taxes according to the law. This is the government's duty. I'd like to ask the people not to strike as they can still express their (political) opinions after work. If the people don't pay tax, the country will eventually hurt and that will affect the economy and problems will return to hurt us," she said. Eventually? Withholding tax would be a drop in the ocean compared to.......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jaidam Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 She was given a fair chance to govern for 2 years but has totally blown it putting her brother's welfare above that of the Thai people, which was exactly the worry from the beginning. Even with the total ruination of the countries rice industry, the rampant inflation, the soaring debts, the lying ministers, she was still allowed to continue. Quite why she plays these dishonest games to keep the amnesty in play so her govt can enact it in 181 days is baffling. Is it not apparent to her that it will cause the PTP govt to fall? 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soi41 Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 "If people don,t pay tax, it will eventually hurt the country" Coming from a lady whos government implimented the rice-scam, costing the taxpayers about TBH 1 billion a day!! Not to mention the disappearence of the 350 billion baht watermanagement fund?? So what she is actually saying: Give us some more money, so we can continue to rob you blind!! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrtoad Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 I am not sure if Yingluck is deluded or just plain thick. The tax comments are just hilarious, given her families history. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ramrod711 Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 "As many of their demands have been met, I plead for those protesting to stop," she told reporters, appealing to the public to give her government time to run the country. The same way the red shirts quit protesting after the goverment promised them an election within 4 months. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob8891 Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 She's a miserable pleader of a leader. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallfarang Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Are there still large numbers of protesters near Democracy Monument? Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Edited November 12, 2013 by tallfarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coma Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Plea for your political life. They won't stop until the topple you and your government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thait Spot Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 A chance to work? As opposed to spending all that time cooking up bills to bring your brother home and grant amnesty for the clique's crimes? As opposed to actually being in parliament during sessions? Pay taxes like should have been done with the sale of ShinCorp? Suthep must be laughing his head off at all this verbal ammunition Sent from my Nexus 4 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post winstonc Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 what goes on in that tiny little brain....does she honestly not realise whats coming out of her mouth.....shes pathetic..im almost cringing with embarrasment when shes about to talk...its almost a relief that most are uneducated here..can you imagine if they were ..60.000.000 laughing at the same time you would here it in space.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 She's a miserable pleader of a leader. Pleading women...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Songhua Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 'If a lot of people strike who will work?' Well, PM ... noone!, That's the concept. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mister Fixit Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 '"If a lot of people strike then who will work? Please think about this," : Yingluck' Gosh, she's not exactly profound in her grasp of things, is she? Doesn't she realise that that is what strikes are for ...? After all, who would help sell her a new designer handbag in Emporium if it was closed? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Fixit Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Plea for your political life. They won't stop until the topple you and your government. She's already dead in the water - just a matter of time before Thailand's international embarrassment goes the way of her brother - out of the window. Edited November 12, 2013 by Mister Fixit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycountry Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 "She added that the people should support tax payment" People should pay tax so she can keep her voter base by giving half the tax money to the red shirt rice farmers, and the other half to her friends and family - and keep all the details secret???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 "If a lot of people strike, who will work?" Why does she always sound like a 7 year old, talking from her own personal perspective? Can't she wash her own dishes for a day or two? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post siampolee Posted November 12, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) Might be an improvement in matters if her megalomaniac brother kept his mouth shut and his nose out of Thailand's affairs as a first move. Follow up that move by the P.T.P. ignoring the megalomaniacs mental ramblings and orders then possibly she might just see an improvement in matters, although now the damage is done those matters in reality stand a very slim chance of improving. Yingluck was put into place as a cosmetic measure, now those cosmetics are wearing thin and we are now seeing the haggardness of reality as Yingluck comes to see that she is and always was no more than a fine application of political powder and paint to make her brother Thaksin seem what he' aint!!. Mr. and Mrs Somchai the average Thai have seen through the facade of powder and paint so perhaps madam Prime Minister it is you and your government (or as we all know it's your brothers government that needs to change not the people of Thailand. Now be a good girl, go to the ladies room , wipe away those crocodile tears and let's see if you actually have the ability or the willingness to change matters yourself, resigning your puppet star status might be a first good move then the removal of that political powder and paint stage makeup you are always wearing can be removed. Edited November 12, 2013 by siampolee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Her speeches and over the last several days have been a good demonstration the her and her teams ability, Her team including the caddie of course. Give us more time to prove ourselves. The "achievements" and performance over the last 2 years, coupled with the very obvious number one agenda item should be more than enough for almost anyone to make a judgement. Gonna be a lot more than 500 baht a vote next time sweetie - best get the 2.2 trillion in the bank quick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 She's a miserable pleader of a leader. Pleading women...! She has totally lost it. Not implying she ever had it. She reminds me of the words of an old song Please Mister Custer I don't want to go. Especially the line in the song, what am I doing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) "We believe everybody must campaign for all the people to pay taxes according to the law. This is the government's duty. I'd like to ask the people not to strike as they can still express their (political) opinions after work." With this in mind, I am assuming that us Aliens who pay taxes are allowed to express our political opinions. This should shut up the Red Shirt apologists, who keep saying "if you don't like it go home". Edited November 12, 2013 by mrtoad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 "Please give us time to prove ourselves". It's over two years, since the faux-PM first asked for six months in which to prove herself, so how come people are still waiting, and she's still begging for more ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Might be an improvement in matters if her megalomaniac brother kept his mouth shut and his nose out of Thailand's affairs as a first move. Follow up that move by the P.T.P. ignoring the megalomaniacs mental ramblings and orders then possibly she might just see an improvement in matters, although now the damage is done those matters in reality stand a very slim chance of improving. Yingluck was put into place as a cosmetic measure, now those cosmetics are wearing thin and we are now seeing the haggardness of reality as Yingluck comes to see that she is and always was no more than a fine application of political powder and paint to make her brother Thaksin seem what he' aint!!. Mr. and Mrs Somchai the average Thai have seen through the facade of powder and paint so perhaps madam Prime Minister it is you and your government (or as we all know it's your brothers government that needs to change not the people of Thailand. Now be a good girl, go to the ladies room , wipe away those crocodile tears and let's see if you actually have the ability or the willingness to change matters yourself, resigning your puppet star status might be a first good move then the removal of that political powder and paint stage makeup you are always wearing can be removed. "a fine application of political powder and paint to make her brother Thaksin seem what he' aint!!." A poetic reality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Are there still large numbers of protesters near Democracy Monument? Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Yes, still a couple of die hards. Yingluck's hollow pleadings falling on deaf ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 "Listened to tthe peoples opinion", but Ms Prime minister, you listened to the wrong people. You steam rolled a Aministy bill thru under the guise of reconciltion and then attempted to do the same via the Senate. You and various cronies have spent 3 weeks talking about the forthcoming verdict, now its here, you have gone back into your weasel mode. You and the cabinet has precested in touting your populist programs (not), knowing they were set up to facilate the middle men, cronies, and yourselves and you want to be allowed to get back to running the government? What needs to be done is the current government should review where they have had success in the past 2 years, where they have had complete failure, and take the honorable avenue in advancing Thailand's image on the world stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spare Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Are there still large numbers of protesters near Democracy Monument? Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app demo.jpg Yes, still a couple of die hards. Yingluck's hollow pleadings falling on deaf ears. That's yesterday's photo. Not today. I don't know about today too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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