Yingluck Asks Suthep To Help Settle Crisis

By Khaosod English


PM Yingluck Shinawatra posing for photos with Matichon staff, 9 January 2014

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invited protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban to help her resolve the ongoing political crisis.

The responsibility to avoid injuries and deaths lays on both the government and Mr. Suthep, Ms. Yingluck said.

The Prime Minister made the comment during her visit to offices of Matichon Publishing, the parent company of Khaosod newspaper, earlier today, where she expressed goodwill messages to the executives of Matichon on the occasion of the 37th anniversary of the publication′s founding.

She also gave an interview to our correspondent, stating that she has instructed governmental officials and police officers to exercise restrain during their operation to contain the "shutdown" of Bangkok planned by anti-government protesters.

Mr. Suthep′s People′s Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD) has vowed to stage mass rallies in 7 major intersections across the capital city on 13 January. The "shutdown" of Bangkok is intended to pressure Ms. Yingluck into resigning from her caretaker position and scrap the general election on 2 February 2014.

Ms. Yingluck said the police will avoid confronting the protesters and they are prepared to assist the protesters in any possible way throughout the protests.

"I don′t want the rallies on 13 January to turn violent. The government has insisted that we will do everything we can to avoid the confrontation," Ms. Yingluck told our correspondent, adding that the police have been explicitly instructed to contain the protests under "international" practice.

Asked whether she is worried that a "third-hand" party might sow chaos during the protests, Ms. Yingluck admitted that it is one of her main concerns, but said she would like to ask for cooperation from the PCAD to stage the rallies without weapons and refrain from violence.

She also commented on the rumours about a possible military coup to oust her government. "What could be a reason to stage a coup?" Ms. Yingluck asked, "No one wants that to happen".

The government is committed to opening a dialogue between the administration and the protesters, Ms. Yingluck said. The dialogue may take place in a forum aimed at reforming the nations′ political system, chaired by academics, private sector representatives, and members of the civil society, according to Ms. Yingluck.

Ms. Yingluck has previously proposed a forum for reforms of her own to counter the demands of the PCAD which insist that an unelected ′People′s Council′ be established to implement series of reforms deemed appropriate by PCAD leadership.

"[Reform] is something we want to see, but if we only talk about what we disagree, the formation of a reform assembly will be difficult," the Prime Minister said, "So I would like to call on all sides to turn to each other and discuss what solution to our country′s reforms should be. I think this is a better solution than not talking to one another at all".

When a reporter asked her when the reform forum can be initiated, Ms. Yingluck said the government is still waiting for appropriate representatives to host the forum. "If the government chairs it, we will be seen as interfering in the reforms," she said.

Ms. Yingluck added, "I have already retreated. We already dissolved the Parliament. I am merely a caretaker leader. If they want me to take more steps back, we have to discuss how to help your country move forward, and how we can satisfy the protesters".

The Prime Minister also dismissed the question whether the government or the protest leadership should be responsible for any violence that occurs during the upcoming protests, insisting that leaders from both sides share that responsibility.

She said she needs Mr. Suthep′s help in maintaining the fragile situation.

"Both of us needs to join hands and [stabilise] the situation," said Ms. Yingluck, "So that there won′t be any violence. We should be doing our best."

Ms. Yingluck also stressed that she is willing to serve as a function to cooperate with all sides in the question for solutions to the crisis.

"Please think of the country. Where would the economy and investors′ confidence be as long as we still have concerns and problems like this?," Ms. Yingluck told our correspondent, "We cannot complete the reform in a single day. Only time will be a tool to solve the problems".

The Prime Minister later chaired a meeting at the Center for Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO), where she discussed with many officials about the impact of the current political crisis on the Kingdom′s tourism industry.

Source: http://www.khaosod.co.th/en/view_newsonline.php?newsid=TVRNNE9USTFPVE0zTnc9PQ==


-- Khaosod English 2014-01-09

"Give us time......." Deja vu again.

Once again, looking for the toilet when the crap is already coming out.

You talk about resolving conflicts while your government is inflaming the situation by making all sorts of threats. You say you want to 'reform' while your family is making things worse by actually adding another Shinawatra to the election roster. You should have resolved this long ago and distanced yourself from your criminal brother. Feeling all generous and conciliatory now that a coup is imminent? You should have found that toilet and toilet paper long ago.

PLeeeeease stop this Khun Suthep.................................or I'll start crying again.

I am only the caretaker leader. I can do nothing. Booo hoo. Where's my big brotherkins to hold my hand but I look beautiful in this photo don't I. Anyway it won't effect me cos I got sooooo much money and am playing this game cos I am bored. boo hoooo.

But don't I look beautiful. I have to keep saying it as some people say I am a witch. Time to go home now. Anybody seen my broom stick.

Too little, too late . . . again . . .

Once again, looking for the toilet when the crap is already coming out.

You talk about resolving conflicts while your government is inflaming the situation by making all sorts of threats. You say you want to 'reform' while your family is making things worse by actually adding another Shinawatra to the election roster. You should have resolved this long ago and distanced yourself from your criminal brother. Feeling all generous and conciliatory now that a coup is imminent? You should have found that toilet and toilet paper long ago.

There is no need for vulgarity. Please stay on topic and stop with the toilet references. She is still the PM. And in any case, she appears to be holding out an olive branch. Why are you so keen on seeing chaos?

I would hope that Suthep can take her up on her offer and see what she has to offer. At some time people are going to have to settle this situation by talks that might just do something positive for the country, as long the current situation is allowed to drag on, the world looks on in amazement, the tourists stay away, business stays away, the only plus side is the exchange rate for expats is moving up slowly all the time.

Once again, looking for the toilet when the crap is already coming out.

You talk about resolving conflicts while your government is inflaming the situation by making all sorts of threats. You say you want to 'reform' while your family is making things worse by actually adding another Shinawatra to the election roster. You should have resolved this long ago and distanced yourself from your criminal brother. Feeling all generous and conciliatory now that a coup is imminent? You should have found that toilet and toilet paper long ago.

There is no need for vulgarity. Please stay on topic and stop with the toilet references. She is still the PM. And in any case, she appears to be holding out an olive branch. Why are you so keen on seeing chaos?

How is that vulgar? It's a toilet parable. She's caretaker PM and holding out an insincere olive branch right at the last minute before the shutdown and a likely coup is too little, too late.

...really?

Too late to TRY and avoid a Mexican stand- off with 1...10...100 deaths?

Yingluck has offered already so many opportunities to Suthep (and the Dems) to dialogue.

Each and everyone of these offers has been immediately rejected by her opponents.

And after so many attempts she is still offering more opportunities to reach a solution together... while Suthep and his thugs continue to make Thailand fall into chaos.

Wow

She really should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize !!!

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Once again, looking for the toilet when the crap is already coming out.

You talk about resolving conflicts while your government is inflaming the situation by making all sorts of threats. You say you want to 'reform' while your family is making things worse by actually adding another Shinawatra to the election roster. You should have resolved this long ago and distanced yourself from your criminal brother. Feeling all generous and conciliatory now that a coup is imminent? You should have found that toilet and toilet paper long ago.

There is no need for vulgarity. Please stay on topic and stop with the toilet references. She is still the PM. And in any case, she appears to be holding out an olive branch. Why are you so keen on seeing chaos?

she is great with the words but little on substance. That's why the farmers are now starting to protest at waiting 5 months for payment and paying high interest on advance payments from the same government.

Words are nothing. DEEDS speak volumes. And this goes for both sides.

If this goes on for 3months more I can see irreparable damage being done to this country

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Too little, too late . . . again . . .

I believe that, from the beginning, and throughout this BS, it has been Yingluck open for discussions, while Suthep has done nothing but bark like a junk yard dog ...

Once again, looking for the toilet when the crap is already coming out.

You talk about resolving conflicts while your government is inflaming the situation by making all sorts of threats. You say you want to 'reform' while your family is making things worse by actually adding another Shinawatra to the election roster. You should have resolved this long ago and distanced yourself from your criminal brother. Feeling all generous and conciliatory now that a coup is imminent? You should have found that toilet and toilet paper long ago.

There is no need for vulgarity. Please stay on topic and stop with the toilet references. She is still the PM. And in any case, she appears to be holding out an olive branch. Why are you so keen on seeing chaos?

Holding out an olive branch, by let 5 Members of the Shinawatra be elected, 3 at the first 5 positions.

And charge Suthep with "revolt" charges on which there is the dead penalty?

Yingluck has offered already so many opportunities to Suthep (and the Dems) to dialogue.

Each and everyone of these offers has been immediately rejected by her opponents.

And after so many attempts she is still offering more opportunities to reach a solution together... while Suthep and his thugs continue to make Thailand fall into chaos.

Wow

She really should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize !!!

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All she needed to do to diffuse the situation was to delay the election until some time in May 2014 and neither Democrats nor Suthep would have any more reasons to protest. But no, the man from Dubai who is running the puppet show via social networks and big LED/LCD screens wanted to aggravate the matter further so we are once again on the brink of the civil war. All blood is on UDD/PTP/Shinawatra's hands.

There was a gentleman agreement in 2010. The amnesty bill was not supposed to b put before the parliament. But hey, do red shirts know the meaning of the word gentleman?

As for comment about the Nobel Peace Prize. Thanks for laughs. However, it's high time you went back under the bridge mate. Stay there for good.

Yingluck has offered already so many opportunities to Suthep (and the Dems) to dialogue.

Each and everyone of these offers has been immediately rejected by her opponents.

And after so many attempts she is still offering more opportunities to reach a solution together... while Suthep and his thugs continue to make Thailand fall into chaos.

Wow

She really should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize !!!

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She had an excellent opportunity last year when Abhisit and Suthep agreed to be excluded from the amnesty bill if Thaksin was also. Everyone else would have gotten amnesty. All of this silliness would not have happened. She was offered this opportunity, but rejected it.

She also had numerous opportunities for reconciliation. But all she offered were setup and controlled by her party. Hardly reconciliation.

Thus, the current protests.

Once again, looking for the toilet when the crap is already coming out.

You talk about resolving conflicts while your government is inflaming the situation by making all sorts of threats. You say you want to 'reform' while your family is making things worse by actually adding another Shinawatra to the election roster. You should have resolved this long ago and distanced yourself from your criminal brother. Feeling all generous and conciliatory now that a coup is imminent? You should have found that toilet and toilet paper long ago.

There is no need for vulgarity. Please stay on topic and stop with the toilet references. She is still the PM. And in any case, she appears to be holding out an olive branch. Why are you so keen on seeing chaos?

"She is still the PM. "

Actually, she's the "caretaker P.M." and if events keep going as they are, she may soon be the ex caretaker P.M.

Simple solution to the problem of violence YS. Demand that your Red Shirts counter parts and PTP to stop making threats and stop the government intimidation tactics. Either YS is clueless, or she just a puppet. I don't know what is worst.

Simple solution to the problem of violence YS. Demand that your Red Shirts counter parts and PTP to stop making threats and stop the government intimidation tactics. Either YS is clueless, or she just a puppet. I don't know what is worst.

Had you considered both?

...really?

Too late to TRY and avoid a Mexican stand- off with 1...10...100 deaths?

I think many of these brave posters will be hiding far away from the violence. They'll be busy preparing their Monday morning quarterback posts.

Once again, looking for the toilet when the crap is already coming out.

You talk about resolving conflicts while your government is inflaming the situation by making all sorts of threats. You say you want to 'reform' while your family is making things worse by actually adding another Shinawatra to the election roster. You should have resolved this long ago and distanced yourself from your criminal brother. Feeling all generous and conciliatory now that a coup is imminent? You should have found that toilet and toilet paper long ago.

There is no need for vulgarity. Please stay on topic and stop with the toilet references. She is still the PM. And in any case, she appears to be holding out an olive branch. Why are you so keen on seeing chaos?

Holding out an olive branch, by let 5 Members of the Shinawatra be elected, 3 at the first 5 positions.

And charge Suthep with "revolt" charges on which there is the dead penalty?

suthep is threatening to bring Bangkok to a standstill, threatened the PM and her family, organised blockading of candidate registration centres in an attempt to prevent a Royally decreed Election from taking place, and wants to overthrow the legally elected government and replace it with a "peoples council".

If the caretaker government can be accused of overthrowing "the democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State under this Constitution or to acquire the power to rule the country by any means which is not in accordance with the modes provided in this Constitution" just for attempting to amend the constitution..................

....................I'm pretty damn sure suthep can be charged with Insurrection.

Yingluck has offered already so many opportunities to Suthep (and the Dems) to dialogue.

Each and everyone of these offers has been immediately rejected by her opponents.

And after so many attempts she is still offering more opportunities to reach a solution together... while Suthep and his thugs continue to make Thailand fall into chaos.

Wow

She really should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize !!!

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All she needed to do to diffuse the situation was to delay the election until some time in May 2014 and neither Democrats nor Suthep would have any more reasons to protest. But no, the man from Dubai who is running the puppet show via social networks and big LED/LCD screens wanted to aggravate the matter further so we are once again on the brink of the civil war. All blood is on UDD/PTP/Shinawatra's hands.

There was a gentleman agreement in 2010. The amnesty bill was not supposed to b put before the parliament. But hey, do red shirts know the meaning of the word gentleman?

As for comment about the Nobel Peace Prize. Thanks for laughs. However, it's high time you went back under the bridge mate. Stay there for good.

Did you not read my reply to you the last time you come up with this ridiculous idea of delaying the election?

suthep and the dems wanted the PTP to step down - this they did and arranged for new elections to take place with 60 days of the dissolution as required by the constitution.

suthep is threatening to bring Bangkok to a standstill, threatened the PM and her family, organised blockading of candidate registration centres in an attempt to prevent a Royally decreed Election from taking place, and wants to overthrow the legally elected government and replace it with a "peoples council".

If the caretaker government can be accused of overthrowing "the democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State under this Constitution or to acquire the power to rule the country by any means which is not in accordance with the modes provided in this Constitution" just for attempting to amend the constitution..................

....................I'm pretty dam_n sure suthep can be charged with Insurrection.

are we still on the topic of caretaking PM Yingluck asking Suthep to help settle the crisis?

suthep is threatening to bring Bangkok to a standstill, threatened the PM and her family, organised blockading of candidate registration centres in an attempt to prevent a Royally decreed Election from taking place, and wants to overthrow the legally elected government and replace it with a "peoples council".

If the caretaker government can be accused of overthrowing "the democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State under this Constitution or to acquire the power to rule the country by any means which is not in accordance with the modes provided in this Constitution" just for attempting to amend the constitution..................

....................I'm pretty dam_n sure suthep can be charged with Insurrection.

are we still on the topic of caretaking PM Yingluck asking Suthep to help settle the crisis?

Sorry, rubi, I forgot your other job.

suthep is threatening to bring Bangkok to a standstill, threatened the PM and her family, organised blockading of candidate registration centres in an attempt to prevent a Royally decreed Election from taking place, and wants to overthrow the legally elected government and replace it with a "peoples council".

If the caretaker government can be accused of overthrowing "the democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State under this Constitution or to acquire the power to rule the country by any means which is not in accordance with the modes provided in this Constitution" just for attempting to amend the constitution..................

....................I'm pretty dam_n sure suthep can be charged with Insurrection.

are we still on the topic of caretaking PM Yingluck asking Suthep to help settle the crisis?

Are you? Or some other motive in mind?

Yingluck has offered already so many opportunities to Suthep (and the Dems) to dialogue.

Each and everyone of these offers has been immediately rejected by her opponents.

And after so many attempts she is still offering more opportunities to reach a solution together... while Suthep and his thugs continue to make Thailand fall into chaos.

Wow

She really should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize !!!

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Piss prize for piss poor performance more approptiate.

Is there any hope for this woman ? She seems utterly incapable of grasping the situation or people's concerns. She has absolutely no interest in reform whatsoever. And if she has, she has had a wonderful talent for hiding it for two and half years of promoting Thaksin's interests non stop and full throttle. How can she even manage to say she wants reform and be able to keep a straight face ? Either by being enormously gifted at masking her thoughts. Or perhaps sadly more likely - she has truly no idea what's going on.

Once again, looking for the toilet when the crap is already coming out.

You talk about resolving conflicts while your government is inflaming the situation by making all sorts of threats. You say you want to 'reform' while your family is making things worse by actually adding another Shinawatra to the election roster. You should have resolved this long ago and distanced yourself from your criminal brother. Feeling all generous and conciliatory now that a coup is imminent? You should have found that toilet and toilet paper long ago.

There is no need for vulgarity. Please stay on topic and stop with the toilet references. She is still the PM. And in any case, she appears to be holding out an olive branch. Why are you so keen on seeing chaos?

Holding out an olive branch, by let 5 Members of the Shinawatra be elected, 3 at the first 5 positions.

And charge Suthep with "revolt" charges on which there is the dead penalty?

suthep is threatening to bring Bangkok to a standstill, threatened the PM and her family, organised blockading of candidate registration centres in an attempt to prevent a Royally decreed Election from taking place, and wants to overthrow the legally elected government and replace it with a "peoples council".

If the caretaker government can be accused of overthrowing "the democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State under this Constitution or to acquire the power to rule the country by any means which is not in accordance with the modes provided in this Constitution" just for attempting to amend the constitution..................

....................I'm pretty dam_n sure suthep can be charged with Insurrection.

Yes he want to re-establish democracy and kick out that clan that illegally tried to grab power.

But I wouldn't call that insurrection. Maybe freedom fighter?

Open for discussions yet again.

Govt doing their best to ensure that protests remain peaceful.

Suthep and his Thaugs ignoring all,he is now so far out of his tree who knows what he may stoop to.

Very dangerous and sad times, again, stop him, somehow-please!

...really?

Too late to TRY and avoid a Mexican stand- off with 1...10...100 deaths?

Why, is Yingluck going to order murders?