Yingluck tearfully insists to stay on as caretaker PM

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Yingluck insists to stay on as caretaker PM
By English News



BANGKOK, Dec 10 - Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today reaffirmed she will continue her duties until a new Cabinet takes office even as anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban gave her a 24-hour deadline to step down from the caretaker premier role, paving the way for the establishment of a 'people's council'.

Ms Yingluck held a news conference after chairing a special Cabinet meeting this morning at the Army Club on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road.

Election Commission secretary-general Pushong Nutrawong informed the Cabinet of election regulations.

The caretaker cabinet also discussed their job descriptions as caretakers, what they can and cannot do under the Constitution, Article 181.

Tearfully, she urged protesters not to blame her Shinawatra family, saying "I have retreated so much that I don't know how to retreat any further."

Ms Yingluck however insisted that she will continue as caretaker premier until there is a new cabinet, calling on the Democrat Party to participate in the upcoming election.

Protesters of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee, led by Suthep Thaugsuban, today remain encamped around Government House despite the dissolution of the House. Two rally stages have been installed at Chamai Maruchet Bridge and the Nang Lerng area.

Protest leaders Thavorn Senneam and Witthaya Kaewparadai today called on their supporters to join the rally to pressure the caretaker government to respond the protesters'demand for a people's council. They also urged the anti-graft agency to speed up its consideration of the impeachment petition against 312 MPs and senators who proposed the charter amendment on the composition of the Senate.

Meanwhile, National Security Council (NSC) secretary-general Lt Gen Paradorn Pattanathabutr said the number of protesters decreased this morning, saying most of them understand the rule of law and want to go on with the general election.

The NSC chief said he believes, with less protester turnout, Mr Suthep will prolong rally and try to find a soft landing as the idea of setting of a people's council cannot be done by law.

He said the army will remain in position at state buildings, while police officers will maintain law and order during this period. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2013-12-10

[Stradavarius37]

Crocodile Tears....Poor lady.

[up-country_sinclair]

"I have retreated so much that I don't know how to retreat any further."

I believe I can be of assistance with that.

1. Don't take the position of caretaker PM.
2. Declare now that you (or Yaowapa) won't accept the position of PM if PT wins in February
3. Have your brother state unequivocally that he will not return to Thailand unless it is fulfill his prison sentence

Edited December 10, 2013 by up-country_sinclair

[TVGerry]

God what a useless person. Turning on the waterworks won't make the people who hate you and your family hate you any less! Just leave already. Dubai awaits!

[Emptyset]

He said the army will remain in position at state buildings, while police officers will maintain law and order during this period.

Presumably not if Suthep has anything to do with it. Isn't his committee organizing a 'people's force' which will supposedly take over police duties nationwide?

[aguy30]

_{BOO HOO, are you so arrogant to not believe and understand what the protesters want and that you created the disastrous situation. Live with it. Quit politics and stick with what you are good at-shopping. You can many people happy if you move to Dubai to be near the senior family criminal.}

[lovetotravel]

He said the army will remain in position at state buildings, while police officers will maintain law and order during this period.

Presumably not if Suthep has anything to do with it. Isn't his committee organizing a 'people's force' which will supposedly take over police duties nationwide?

They for sure couldn't do any worse than the present police force. When Georgia (the country) had problems with it's police force, they fired every one. Guess what? Crime went down because one way or another the police were involved, explicitly or implicitly.

[mrtoad]

She should resign totally, and not even seek re-election. Disgusting puppet.

[uty6543]

RT @tulsathit: YL: I've backed off. I've basically agreed to everything. Why is it getting to the family? Can't we live on this land? -@jeerapong_nna

Yingluck if you had a thief steal from your house how would you like to live next door to the thief. The Shinawatra family has been stealing from Thailand for years that's why the people want to see you and your family gone for good.

[webfact]

Thai PM rejects protesters' demand to step down
by Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI

BANGKOK, December 10, 2013 (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Tuesday refused demands by anti-government protesters to resign ahead of upcoming elections, urging them to abandon their "people's revolution".

Bangkok has been shaken by more than a month of mass opposition rallies aimed at ousting Yingluck and ridding the kingdom of the influence of her older brother, deposed former leader Thaksin.

Around 140,000 people were estimated to have gathered in Bangkok on Monday, calling for the elected government to step down.

The protesters are a loosely-allied group united by their animosity towards Thaksin, a billionaire tycoon-turned-politician who was overthrown in a military coup seven years ago but is widely thought to control the government from abroad.

Yingluck, who called an early election on Monday in an effort to calm the political turmoil, said her cabinet was legally-bound to act as an interim government until the polls are held.

"I would like the protesters to stop and to use the electoral system to choose who will become the next government," she told reporters after a cabinet meeting early Tuesday.

A visibly emotional Yingluck -- who said she had not discussed with party colleagues whether she would run in the February 2 election -- reacted angrily to protesters' calls that her family be removed from Thailand.

"I have retreated as far as I can -- give me some fairness," she said.

Rally leader Suthep Thaugsuban has rejected elections and vowed to set up a parallel government that would suspend the democratic system in Thailand and redraw its constitution.

He issued an ultimatum late Monday calling on Yingluck and her colleagues to resign from the caretaker government.

Huge crowds converged on the government headquarters on Monday in one of the largest turnouts since the protests began, bringing with them a caravan of food stalls and vendors of a wide variety of protest paraphernalia -- from t-shirts to tiaras.

Numbers had dwindled dramatically overnight after Bangkok-based protesters returned to their homes to sleep.

Thaksin is loathed by many in the royalist elite and Bangkok middle class, but loved among the working classes and those in his rural northeastern heartland.

His overthrow in 2006 by generals loyal to the king ushered in years of political turmoil and rival street protests by the royalist "Yellow Shirts" and Thaksin's supporters, known as the "Red Shirts".

Pro-Thaksin parties have won every election in more than a decade, but all governments linked to the divisive former premier since 2006 have been cut short by military or judicial intervention without serving a full term.

Observers have raised fears that if another Thaksin-allied government is forcibly removed it could trigger a fresh round of violence in the politically turbulent nation.

Yingluck's ruling Puea Thai Party is widely expected to win the upcoming vote, bolstered by Thaksin's enduring popularity.

The opposition Democrat Party -- whose MPs resigned en masse Sunday because they could not achieve anything in parliament -- has not won an elected majority in about two decades.

Democrat Party officials said Monday they had not yet decided whether to take part in the upcoming election.

Tensions remain high after several days of street clashes last week when police used tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets against rock-throwing demonstrators.

The unrest has left five people dead and more than 200 injured. Authorities have said they would try to avoid fresh confrontation.

The demonstrations were triggered by an amnesty bill, since dropped by Yingluck's ruling party, which opponents feared would have cleared the way for Thaksin's return.

The former premier went into exile in 2008 to avoid jail for a corruption conviction which he says was politically motivated.


-- (c) Copyright AFP 2013-12-10

[coobah666]

The tears are only because she now knows that the shopping trips paid by the tax payers are now over

[TVGerry]

""I have retreated as far as I can -- give me some fairness," she said."

Give her some fairness! OMG! The nerve of these people!

[Mampara]

She should resign totally, and not even seek re-election. Disgusting puppet.

The world is watching, future investment and the growth of the country may well depend on the next move, She should be permitted to stay on as the caretaker, But not the 312 puppets who supported the changing of the charter, they should be removed with immediate effect.

[h90]

"I have retreated so much that I don't know how to retreat any further."

I believe I can be of assistance with that.

1. Don't take the position of caretaker PM.
2. Declare now that you (or Yaowapa) won't accept the position of PM if PT wins in February
3. Have your brother state unequivocally that he will not return to Thailand unless it is fulfill his prison sentence

2. don't forget: Somchai (brother in law) and Surapong (Thaksins Cousin) or any other family members or close people (that driver that had so many shares from Thaksins companies shouldn't get premier as well)

[h90]

She should resign totally, and not even seek re-election. Disgusting puppet.

Seeking re-election is the top of shameless....

[webfact]

Tearful PM seeks justice for her Shinawatra family



BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra burst into tears during a press conference at the Army Club after the first meeting of her caretaker cabinet late today.

The press conference was held to assess the ongoing anti-Thaksin demonstrations and to prepare her cabinet for the caretaker role after the dissolution of parliament.

She insisted on staying on the caretaker role until a new elected government coming into office, and called on protesters to end the protests and return homes as now a general election has been set on February 2 next year.

At one point hen she was asked by reporter on one of the demands of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee that calling on members of the Shinawatra to leave the country, Ms Yingluck could hardly control her emotion, bursting into tears.

She said she also had feeling same as those at the protests but would like that they should not accuse all members of the Shinawtra family.

She admitted that she has now retreated so far and did not know where to retreat further.

She asked sympathy from protesters for her family saying “we’re all fellow Thais, and why do we have to hurt one another.”

She asked if the protesters wanted her to not even set foot on the Thai soil.

She then left the press conference immediately without further questions.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/tearful-pm-seeks-justice-shinawatra-family/

-- Thai PBS 2013-12-10

[Skint]

Pictures or video of tears or it did not happen!

[chuang]

Strange Yingluck is being condemned...when the real perpetrators are suthep and the democrats...have you not read what suthep and his mob demand...

[h90]

She should resign totally, and not even seek re-election. Disgusting puppet.

Seeking re-election is the top of shameless....

[Local Drunk]

A step down from the PM would be a step up for Thailand

[Swiss1960]

What ever you think about her politics, one thing should be clear: Ms. Yingluck IS the democratically elected PM of Thailand. Whether she, her brother, her party bought the votes does not matter in first place. if the VOTERS can be bought, it is a voters problem. If the VOTERS accept that the government rips them off, it is the VOTERS problem.

And it is the problem of the opposition parties when they can not reach out to the voters and make it clear to them that they have a better choice. Hard work is what the opposition should invest in order to inform the voters about their ideas and make sure that voters understand that they would be better off with voting for them.

That is democracy. Each democratic country has the government it deserves.

A "peoples council" as Mr. Suthep seeks to form is not what democracy is about. A "peoples council" is just another form of dictatorship by people who think that they know better than the majority about what is best for a country. The best example of such "peoples council" can be found in the communist countries of the world.

[Smokemachine]

Tearful PM seeks justice for her Shinawatra family

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra burst into tears during a press conference at the Army Club after the first meeting of her caretaker cabinet late today.

The press conference was held to assess the ongoing anti-Thaksin demonstrations and to prepare her cabinet for the caretaker role after the dissolution of parliament.

She insisted on staying on the caretaker role until a new elected government coming into office, and called on protesters to end the protests and return homes as now a general election has been set on February 2 next year.

At one point hen she was asked by reporter on one of the demands of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee that calling on members of the Shinawatra to leave the country, Ms Yingluck could hardly control her emotion, bursting into tears.

She said she also had feeling same as those at the protests but would like that they should not accuse all members of the Shinawtra family.

She admitted that she has now retreated so far and did not know where to retreat further.

She asked sympathy from protesters for her family saying “we’re all fellow Thais, and why do we have to hurt one another.”

She asked if the protesters wanted her to not even set foot on the Thai soil.

She then left the press conference immediately without further questions.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/tearful-pm-seeks-justice-shinawatra-family/

-- Thai PBS 2013-12-

Now using sympathy tactics. When her red army attack our innocent thai citizens, did she and TS think for US!!!???

[Smokemachine]

I am sick of the pro-TS here keep only pointing at Suthep. What if today the person is not Suthep who want to overthrow the TS regime? What if he is only a Thai common citizen? What have you got to say?? After questions about the corruptions, problems and responsibilties,trying to above the law. Doesn't YL as the elected PM has any role to play?? SHe need not give any answer??? Dodging here and there. She HERSELF should have feel bloody shamed and volunteer to quit her PM position.

Some people may say whoever in-charge ,corruption is still around.

No change, means thing is done. Forever in TS regime, corrupted, citizens having hard life.

Try to change, may have chances to have a new corrupted free nation. It is very hard but slowly start better than no start.

I personally believe after this time protest, Suthep himself will aware that power is still belong to the Thai people and they will unite and come out together to kick your ass out if you are doing harm to their country and their beloved Supreme leader (i do not mean Suthep). Suthep is not a dumbass either. He will not want to become same like TS, hated by so many own Thai fellow people. After this Suthep will take the corruption seriously (I personally believe). You may call me naive.

NO change, everything same same

Try change, may have something no same.

Why not give a change?

Cheers~

[Swiss1960]

She should resign totally, and not even seek re-election. Disgusting puppet.

Seeking re-election is the top of shameless....

Why should she NOT seek re-election? What is wrong about that? If she can get a majority of votes - whether bought or not - it is then the obvious choice of the majority of the Thai voters to say "we don't care about being ripped off, we don't care about having a corrupt government, we don't care about her brother being a criminal on the run".

The problem is purely with the opposition parties who are unable to convince voters that they would be better off with voting for them.

[Jip99]

She should resign totally, and not even seek re-election. Disgusting puppet.

Seeking re-election is the top of shameless....

Why should she NOT seek re-election? What is wrong about that? If she can get a majority of votes - whether bought or not - it is then the obvious choice of the majority of the Thai voters to say "we don't care about being ripped off, we don't care about having a corrupt government, we don't care about her brother being a criminal on the run".

The problem is purely with the opposition parties who are unable to convince voters that they would be better off with voting for them.

I think you will find that the problem is also partly to do with the electorate.

[Local Drunk]

She should resign totally, and not even seek re-election. Disgusting puppet.

Seeking re-election is the top of shameless....

Why should she NOT seek re-election? What is wrong about that? If she can get a majority of votes - whether bought or not - it is then the obvious choice of the majority of the Thai voters to say "we don't care about being ripped off, we don't care about having a corrupt government, we don't care about her brother being a criminal on the run".

The problem is purely with the opposition parties who are unable to convince voters that they would be better off with voting for them.

Why should she NOT seek re-election?

She's incompetent to begin with...

[spirit47]

Better dont ask for justice, maybe some familys of innocent kills in the drug-war coming and give you answers. Same from the South, where your brothers politics cost a lot of lives. And dont forget there was more than 2000 cases of corruption, your brother clean up with a amnesty bill. Not to speak about all the money your family take from Thai people in a criminal way. Have I forget something?

So if you ask for justice, I will pray for you, to get it...

The best you can do for your Karma, stop it now!

[JRSoul]

She should resign totally, and not even seek re-election. Disgusting puppet.

The world is watching, future investment and the growth of the country may well depend on the next move, She should be permitted to stay on as the caretaker, But not the 312 puppets who supported the changing of the charter, they should be removed with immediate effect.

Really, why? Do you think the PM was not involved in a party line vote? Even though she absents herself from the vote, the position still has responsibilities.

[Jip99]

She said she also had feeling same as those at the protests but would like that they should not accuse all members of the Shinawtra family.

Justice/fairness for the Shinawatra family can only come about after her brother returns to serve the sentence imposed him by the Thai courts.

[Crushdepth]

She should resign totally, and not even seek re-election. Disgusting puppet.

Seeking re-election is the top of shameless....

Why should she NOT seek re-election? What is wrong about that? If she can get a majority of votes - whether bought or not - it is then the obvious choice of the majority of the Thai voters to say "we don't care about being ripped off, we don't care about having a corrupt government, we don't care about her brother being a criminal on the run".

The problem is purely with the opposition parties who are unable to convince voters that they would be better off with voting for them.

Her family has divided the nation through their disgusting abuse of power. If she or another family member stands gain the protests will continue.

The country can't move forward and people will continue to die until they leave. If they had a shred of interest in the country's welfare, leave they would.

Getting elected is not a license to behave like a pig in a trough.