Rice farmers to march into Bangkok

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Farmers to march into Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Farmers from five lower northern and central provinces will march into the capital over the next few days if their demand for the rice payment is still not met by the government.

Farmer leader Kittisak Ratanawarahal, president of the Network for Northern Farmers, said farmers from Phichit, Nakhon Sawan, Sukhothai, Kamphaengpet, and Phitsanulok will march into the capital with their farm trucks.

They are coming not to demand for money now but to oust the caretaker government.

He made clear that the farmer protest in Bangkok will not join with the anti-government protests hosted by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) but purely to boot out the insincere government which always telling lies to the farmers.

He said that the farmers hoped they would get the money yesterday but were told by the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives that it has no cash to pay.

Farmers not only have no money to lead their normal live and farming but have to pay for interest of loans they sought from loan sharks.

These interests have to be absorbed by the government, he said.

He said farmers will first rally at the town halls of each respective province to await answer for their payment and later march to block the Asian Highway.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/farmers-march-bangkok/


-- Thai PBS 2014-01-16

[ExpatOilWorker]

Pouring gasoline on the fire comes to mind......

[TVGerry]

Even the poor farmers you claim to be helping and who supposedly love you are now calling for your head. Yingluck, PTP, Shinawatras, it's time to go.

[ginjag]

Even the poor farmers you claim to be helping and who supposedly love you are now calling for your head. Yingluck, PTP, Shinawatras, it's time to go.

This further action is just another reminder to the P.M. but I suppose some will again blame Suthep for agrannoying - I love this word.

[Costas2008]

Hurrayyyyy.......they waken up!

[siampolee]

Perhaps at last these hapless victims of Thaksins grand plan are coming to realise that Thaksi and his P.T.P. puppets are indeed mistresses and master of deceit with no real concern for anyone or anything other than their own ego and aims.

There is nothing for it when you have reached the point of no return- except to come back.

[worgeordie]

Interesting times ahead, who will be coming to Bangkok next,

the Red hoards from Isan and the North,in support of the

Government or demanding payment for their rice,the

Government better find some money quick, as I feel Thais

will be more angry about not getting their money than any

Democracy.

Has the PM got her bags packed ,waiting at the front door,

ready for a quick get away to airport !

regards Worgeordie

[harada]

My guess is that the money will be found before they reach Bangkok.

[jpeg]

POOF! There goes your support base. Keep it up. Numbskulls

[CelticBhoy]

It's just like Braveheart.

The clans are uniting.

[Tatsujin]

My guess is that the money will be found before they reach Bangkok.

Unless it comes out of Politicians personal accounts then it won't be, they can't get any more loans to pay what they already owe.

[EricBerg]

The first effects of the policy of the missunderstood fugitive. I doubt the billionaire will use some of his own money to help the people that voted for him. The thieves are being cornered more and more. More victims will follow.

[DLock]

The enemy of my enemy is my freind.

[sam sen]

anti corruption protesters to be joined by protesters upset because they are not benefiting from corruption...

[EricBerg]

It's just like Braveheart.

The clans are uniting.

But Braveheart was betrayed by his friends and found freedom in death only.

[AleG]

Someone should be waiting for them to hand leaflets explaining while in the same period the Rice Scheme was bleeding itself dry Thaksin amassed an extra 40 billion Baht.

[kotsak]

Hurrayyyyy.......they waken up!

Not exactly.. Their wallets just turned dry.. The moment they top up they'll go back to sleep..

[fstarbkk]

Perhaps at last these hapless victims of Thaksins grand plan are coming to realise that Thaksi and his P.T.P. puppets are indeed mistresses and master of deceit with no real concern for anyone or anything other than their own ego and aims.

There is nothing for it when you have reached the point of no return- except to come back.

You give the Pheu Thaksin people too much credit - They're not masters of anything. They're just shameless and arrogant in their belief that they can fool they're constituents forever.

[metisdead]

A profanity post has been removed as well as the replies.

[fstarbkk]

Perhaps at last these hapless victims of Thaksins grand plan are coming to realise that Thaksi and his P.T.P. puppets are indeed mistresses and master of deceit with no real concern for anyone or anything other than their own ego and aims.

There is nothing for it when you have reached the point of no return- except to come back.

You give the Pheu Thaksin people too much credit - They're not masters of anything. They're just shameless and arrogant in their belief that they can fool their constituents forever.

[Robby nz]

Another of the farmers leaders was reported elsewhere as saying that they had lawyers preparing class action against the government for the money the farmers had lost by not being paid.

Estimated the farmers losses at 80 billion............... no doubt, and counting as the days go by.

[waza]

Here come your supporters Yingluck, only they are coming to kick you out. There goes the "darling of Issan" title.

[JesseFrank]

My guess is that the money will be found before they reach Bangkok.

My guess is that another series of false promises will be invented, and that the farmers will be tricked to halt their protest once again.

[Robby nz]

Meanwhile the minister of white lies :

Kittiratt to chair economic ministers meeting to evaluate protest impact, seeking loan sources to pay farmers, releases rice under G2G deal /MCOT

Possibly a couple of months late.

[harada]

My guess is that the money will be found before they reach Bangkok.

Unless it comes out of Politicians personal accounts then it won't be, they can't get any more loans to pay what they already owe.

Via Dubai ?

[siampolee]

Thaksin announces from planet Zog that he will refund the farmers payments concerning the rice pledging scam scheme from his own pocket.

Edited January 16, 2014 by siampolee

[Scamper]

Thaksin's worst political nightmare of his career has just got a whole lot worse, and at the worst possible time. The edifice of Thaksin's northern coalition is falling apart at the seams, as rice farmers are no longer aiming their protests as simply getting their money, but are now actively engaged in demanding the administration's ouster. This is a significant sea-change. The truth, however, is that the Pheu Thai coalition was already starting to unravel for some time. Everybody in Pheu Thai knows that power rests in the support from the North. And everybody in Pheu Thai knows that Thaksin has ingeniously exploited this for his power gambit. But these same people also know - that at some point down the line - that Thaksin would be prepared to ditch the concerns of this constituency when he no longer needs them. And that is why the people at the top of the red shirt movement have been particularly restless, as they see their own interests at peril. So both sides of the red-shirt movement are suspicious of each other, and in a sense hold each other's interests as ransom. And for a long time - it worked. But something has changed. The money handouts ended. The gravy train came to a sputtering stop. But the worst development for Thaksin in the long term is this -

The farmers are beginning to think. And have now taken the wool from over their eyes.

[Misterwhisper]

It's just like Braveheart.

The clans are uniting.

You can take our rice, but you cannot take our frrrreeeedom!

[MJP]

Well, that's the Shin clan all but gone. Finally. Thankfully.

What and who shall fill this void?

[NongKhaiKid]

Govt, PTP and Reds spokespersons have dismissed the current anti-govt protests and protesters and quite happily denegrated and insulted them but the NHRC is unlikely to accuse them of human rights abuses.

Now with the potential for the govt's core supporters to protest against them what sort of words will be found to describe them and their activities ?