Thaksin's nephew to stand in Thai polls

[Lite Beer]

Thaksin's nephew to stand in Thai polls
Tan Hui Yee
The Straits Times

BANGKOK: -- For weeks, Yaowapa Wongsawat - a sister of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra - tried to lie low as protesters in Bangkok hurled abuse at the clan, for allegedly monopolising Thai politics and defrauding the country.

Until the House of Representatives was dissolved on December 9, the younger sister of Thaksin was a legislator from Chiang Mai, the stronghold of Puea Thai party.

She was also said to be the "back-up prime minister" to caretaker Premier Yingluck Shinawatra, whom critics say serves as Thaksin's proxy.

But approached by The Straits Times in Chiang Mai on Saturday, Yaowapa, in her late 50s, defended her family in tones of quiet outrage.

Read More: http://www.asianewsnet.net/Thaksins-nephew-to-stand-in-Thai-polls-55526.html

--Asia News Network 2013-12-29

[Local Drunk]

All this nepotism has to end. It's only going to reinforce the opposition.

[mrtoad]

They will never learn.

[Briggsy]

The son of Madame 10%!

[zydeco]

Later, in the original article, there is this: "We [shinawatras] don't ask for any extra privilege, just the same standard as other people."

Yep, just like ordinary folks, they are.

[Yunla]

They timed this announcement well, didn't they.

[Thailand]

What's the problem?

The voters will have choices, up to 53 in some cases. Why not let them choose?

[siampolee]

The power game goes on. Any way at all to force a new political family dynasty(Dictatorship) on Thailand and its peoples along with getting their snouts into the trough of financial political swill.One is led to wonder what sort of gene pool this clan originated from .

[billd766]

The arrogance of this family is unbelieveable.

I am not standing, said Yaowapa, partly to defuse talk that her family, but my son is standing in my place.

Why don't they go the whole hog and make him number 3 in the party list and some other member of the family to stand in for her?

Edited December 29, 2013 by billd766

[spare5]

Just like the Kennedy of USA.

Or Mr. Lee of Singapore.

Or Bush, etc, power in the west also past within family.

[TVGerry]

Haahahaha another one for the family business.

If the Shinawatras get their way, this boy is destined to become at very least, a cabinet minister.

Let's hope Suthep or the Army throws out the trash of this government next month.

[siampolee]

Thailand post # 7.

What's the problem?

The voters will have choices, up to 53 in some cases. Why not let them choose?

Indeed, and one is led to wonder just how many of them are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Thaksin clan and the P.T.P.?

Thaksin always likened his political style to that of a business mogul

[ginjag]

Sister is not standing because she wants to defuse the objections of a family monopoly, BUT HER SON IS.

[wprime]

Argh, I lost a bet - I thought it was going to be Yingluck's son.

[whybother]

What's the problem?

The voters will have choices, up to 53 in some cases. Why not let them choose?

Yingluck: "We want peace, not power"

[khunken]

"I'm not here for my mother's sake," he stressed. "I decided on it myself."

Yep BS - the same as Yingluck except it's for her brother's sake.

What an obnoxious clan who haven't the honesty to admit that they have deeply polarised the country since 2001.

BTW I see that 'Phoenix' Sanoh has risen from the ashes and is on the party list, no doubt ready to sort out a few more judges and temple endowments

[pedro01]

What's the problem?

The voters will have choices, up to 53 in some cases. Why not let them choose?

How about if anyone canvassing against her son is beaten up?

How about the fact that nobody else from the ptp party has a chance to stand?

This is an edict from on high, not a party decision.

Funny democracy

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[Phuket Stan]

The son of Madame 10%!

Don't you mean 30%

[ginjag]

What's the problem?

The voters will have choices, up to 53 in some cases. Why not let them choose?

Yingluck: "We want peace, not power"

Really who chooses the words for this sister to say, they shoot themselves in the foot. The lady wanted to LAY LOW for a while... my god without bad mouthing the lady but how can a person of that size LAY LOW.

[Local Drunk]

Where are the Thaksin lovers on this tread?

[Costas2008]

If you are surrounded by idiots, it's better to trust your own family.

At least they are as crooked and megalomaniac as you.

[Briggsy]

The son of Madame 10%!

Don't you mean 30%

Could be I couldn't quite remember. Whatever it was, 30% or 10% from any successful contractor bidding for a government project would certainly add up over 6 years.

[oldthaihand99]

Where are the Thaksin lovers on this tread?

Dubai Thai-filled upscale MPs might be a better place to look.

Tread? Must be Quebecois.

[Scamper]

It's not that Thaksin doesn't realize that the issue of " back-up prime ministers " isn't an outrageous concept in the free world. He simply doesn't care. And his confidence strongly suggests he believes he can get away with it - as frequently, he has. Oblivious as to all the havoc caused by all the Thaksin initiatives dutifully thrust forward by this administration - of which the amnesty bill was only the most galling - is a cavalier disregard for whatever fallout comes of them in their wake. But it also suggests short-term and two-dimensional thinking. For a truly gifted tactician wouldn't reveal his hand so blatantly, and at the most inopportune moments.

[Maha Sarakham Marty]

The arrogance of this family is unbelieveable.

I am not standing, said Yaowapa, partly to defuse talk that her family, but my son is standing in my place.

Why don't they go the whole hog and make him number 3 in the party list and some other member of the family to stand in for her?

Ahhh... The wonderful Wongsawat clan. The unprecedented role modeling family.

Dad = banned for electoral fraud

Mom = banned for electoral fraud

Daughter = banned for lying on her asset declarations

btw, her daughter stood in her mother's place when her mother was banned, only to be subsequently banned herself. She is still banned which has necessitated using the other off-spring this go around.

Edited December 29, 2013 by Maha Sarakham Marty

[mumjokmok]

Hardly shocking news. Maybe it's because your family comes from Chaing Mai, and then you can't be afforded the same rules as others, becase the others are from Bangkok and would like to hang onto power thanks very much.

Are Thaksin's crimes unique or did he just capitilise on the standard model of operation better than others were able to?

I think Mr T has a Nehru-Gandhi fascination....

[tomacht8]

In 2008, Yaowapa's husband Somchai Wongsawat took the job of prime minister briefly before being unseated by a court ruling which found his party guilty of electoral fraud, requiring him to serve a five-year political ban.

For the Feb 2 election, he is contesting as the No. 2 candidate in the Puea Thai's party list.

He was relegated from parliament already (guilty of electoral fraud).

Why they let this people run again in elections?
The barrier of five years ban is "shit".

[spare5]

Just like the Kennedy of USA.

Or Mr. Lee of Singapore.

Or Bush, etc, power in the west also past within family.

No it isn't.

Was George W. Bush the PUPPET of his fugitive self exiled Daddy George H. W. Bush?

This coming from someone who absolutely detests George W. Bush.

Yes it is.

And Mr Lee S L is still the PUPPET of his father Lee Kuan Yew, openly declare himself as a Senior Minister to mentor the junior.

[oldthaihand99]

It's not that Thaksin doesn't realize that the issue of " back-up prime ministers " isn't an outrageous concept in the free world. He simply doesn't care. And his confidence strongly suggests he believes he can get away with it - as frequently, he has. Oblivious as to all the havoc caused by all the Thaksin initiatives dutifully thrust forward by this administration - of which the amnesty bill was only the most galling - is a cavalier disregard for whatever fallout comes of them in their wake. But it also suggests short-term and two-dimensional thinking. For a truly gifted tactician wouldn't reveal his hand so blatantly, and at the most inopportune moments.

Back up PM's = vice presidents (e.g. USA). Same same.

Amnesty = forgiveness. I like the idea. But Suthep would rather have blood than reconcile.

Edited December 29, 2013 by oldthaihand99

[Maha Sarakham Marty]

Candidate Yodcharan is on the far right, to his left is sister Chinnicha (banned), to her left is dad Somchai (formerly banned), to his left is mother Yaowapa (formerly banned), and to her left is the last remaining non-politician in the family, sister Chayapa.