Caretaker PM Yingluck asserts election will resolve conflicts

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Caretaker PM Yingluck asserts election will resolve conflicts
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BANGKOK, Feb 3 - Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has expressed optimism that all quarters in Thai society will gradually resolve the political problems despite an incomplete general election yesterday.

She said the Election Commission (EC) will have to organise new elections in troubled areas where the polls have yet to be held.

"Though the election process is incomplete, the law will lead to resolutions," Ms Yingluck said, adding that the Centre for Maintaining Peace and Order would be willing to support the EC in new elections if requested.

Referring to her dropping wrong ballots in two boxes while exercising her rights yesterday, she said she had informed the EC of the mistake and she dropped the ballots following an election official's recommendation.

A voter is required to cast two ballots - one for party-list MP and the other for constituency MP. The two ballots must be put into two different boxes.

Ms Yingluck dropped the party-list ballot into the box for constituency MP, and vice versa.

In an interview to the foreign media yesterday, the caretaker premier said it was important that people exercise their voting rights under the democratic system.

"Despite ideological conflicts, one of the peaceful resolutions is to listen to the people's opinions through an election. Though we have yet to get (an) adequate (number of) MPs for the House, it's a good sign that people wanted an election under the democratic system," she said. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-02-03

[uty6543]

Caretaker PM Yingluck asserts election will resolve conflicts

She is living in cloud cuckoo land if she believes that

[EricBerg]

The lass has lost it. Big brother hasn't got the time anymore to instruct her on a daily basis. He knows all is lost, so he directs his attention elsewhere. As a result lil sis has to produce her own text. Soon she'll be off shopping again.

[The Dancer]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

[phutoie2]

I have a feeling that a big brewing company will be pulling the plug on loony tune Suthep.

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[ratcatcher]

Yingluck asserts - as·sert tr.v. 1. To state or express positively; affirm:

Yingluck Shinawatra has expressed optimism. - Yingluck hopes.

I think the second option is more appropriate. She hopes that the polls will resolve conflicts.

Unfortunately in both cases she is deluded as the gap between the two sides hasn't changed and may, indeed, have widened.

[chainarong]

Disambiguate thoughts of grandeur must be a trait in the Shinawatra family , the good lady is looking down the barrel of a gun and she quotes , the election will resolve conflicts, very similar to her brothers style, little can be done explaining to people in this state, as they don't believe in anything, but what they want to believe, better get into the real world Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck, as this might only be the begging of your worries , much to Thailand's disadvantage.

[Thaddeus]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

There is every chance that you may need to get your crystal ball recalibrated.

[Thait Spot]

Yingluck surrounds herself with fake people and has consequently no grip on reality.

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[winstonc]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

actually no-one knows what they have chosen ......as there is no result....

[Bluespunk]

The election had to take place, otherwise democracy would have lost. However the election itself solves nothing.

There is a lot of hard work ahead; corruption needs to be tackled, the moronic rice scheme has to be ended, the abuse of the law either as a weapon against opponents or something to be ignored at convenience cannot continue, the ridiculous idea of a blanket amnesty that includes fugitive and in country criminals has to be seen for the farce it is, there needs to be a serious attempt to find a resolution of the war in the south, PT needs to create an education policy that focuses upon education not flashy gimmicks, govt policies that involve economists and not populists who understand little or nothing about economic policy are essential, all of these and more need to be dealt with a manner that benefits Thailand and not just those parts that are behind any particular party.

If not, this will just start again. The last few weeks have shown where the misuse of power leads. An election gives you the right to govern, it also obliges you to govern for all and to govern in a legitimate inclusive manner. I hope PT have learned that lesson if nothing else.

I have my doubts but I still do have hope.

[bigbamboo]

After her voting boo-boo at least now we can understand why it's so important for her brother to guide her every step of the way. Politics can be such a difficult game.

[The Dancer]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

actually no-one knows what they have chosen ......as there is no result....

Well, unless the courts getting into this, the result is pretty certain.

[northernjohn]

Just what the country needed in power a 5 watt light bulb.

"Despite ideological conflicts, one of the peaceful resolutions is to listen to the people's opinions through an election. Though we have yet to get (an) adequate (number of) MPs for the House, it's a good sign that people wanted an election under the democratic system," she said

Not a word about listening to the peoples want of an honest government. She thinks that all the corruption she has been involved with is OK and people will be happy now because they had an election and the PTP won a one horse race.

Going to be interesting when we get the final numbers I think they will show that she does not show she has as much support as she thinks she has.

There will be no real opposition party not that it matters they ignored the last one. The last one refused to sanction her corrupt government by being a part of it. The stink it was giving of was to much for them. So out of integrity they refused to be a part of it.

[kurtgruen]

I just had to click on the headline, because it made me laugh

What makes me laugh even more is that some of you are actually buying her crap.

If she is lucky, the elections will by null and void, before she actually has to say, how view people have voted PT and how low the actual voter turnout was. Of those who did vote, a lot of them voted none of the above.

Meanwhile, Khun Suthep and Bangkok, keep on rocking to tunes of Pong Phat and other great musicians, who donate their time and risk there life, in order to help bring this Government down. My buddy and his Thai girlfriend, who live in Bangkok, have been down there for the past few nights and he said, it's an awesome party, with many friendly people, great bands and awesome food.

[Rob8891]

Thailand's top politician and she can't even vote properly??? ?. Then she blames an official who told her where to put her ballot papers......?. Duh. Poor bpoo... it's always someone else's fault, isn't it...

[whybother]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

80% has voted? That's not bad considering the number of constituencies that didn't have any voting.

That would nearly make the areas that did have voting have 90% turnout. Probably a world record, let alone a Thai record.

[northernjohn]

 "Despite ideological conflicts, one of the peaceful resolutions is 
to listen to the people's opinions through an election. Though we have yet to 
get (an) adequate (number of) MPs for the House, it's a good sign that people 
wanted an election under the democratic system," she said

BS it was not a good sign the people wanted an election. It was a sign that she saw the end coming and wanted to renew her term in office while she still had the support. In a real democracy a leader would not pick and choose the time for them to have an election. They would serve the full term and not call for a reelection. They could always resign from politics if the going was to rough for them and the people were starting to see through them.

[whybother]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

actually no-one knows what they have chosen ......as there is no result....

Well, unless the courts getting into this, the result is pretty certain.

It's pretty certain that there will be no government for a couple of months.

[northernjohn]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

80% has voted? That's not bad considering the number of constituencies that didn't have any voting.

That would nearly make the areas that did have voting have 90% turnout. Probably a world record, let alone a Thai record.

You were looking for a credible statement from a red shirt.

Never going to happen. I wonder if the dancer has sent his figures off to the world record people.

[Mister Fixit]

My fiancee told me that on the news this morning they said that only a million people in BKK voted yesterday. Apathy or fear of going out? And did this include 'no-votes'?

[bigbamboo]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

actually no-one knows what they have chosen ......as there is no result....

Well, unless the courts getting into this, the result is pretty certain.

It's pretty certain that there will be no government for a couple of months.

Not all bad news then.

[downunderontop]

My fiancee told me that on the news this morning they said that only a million people in BKK voted yesterday. Apathy or fear of going out? And did this include 'no-votes'?

if they havnt finalised the count how can that be correct

[webfact]

PM satisfied with yesterday’s polls



BANGKOK: -- Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she was satisfied with yesterday’s polls which she said was the beginning of the process to resolve the current conflict through democratic way.

She thanked all the people and authorities who came out to exercise their rights to vote, saying polling stations which have problems would be the duty of the Election Commission to hold fresh elections.

She said that her caretaker government would throw full support to fresh elections as this was a start of the process to resolve the current problem under the democratic system.

She also recalled yesterday’s placing her ballots into wrong boxes saying that she followed advice from the official and she has reported this to the Election Commission.

A member of the Election Commission Mr Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, meanwhile, said that dropping ballots into wrong boxes would not spoil the ballots as before counting, all ballots would be separated between constituency voting and party-list voting ballots before counting.

Yesterday, the caretaker prime minister dropped her two ballots into wrong ballot boxes. She first dropped the orange-color ballot into the box which is for constituency voting ballot, and then proceeded to drop the blue color ballot into another box which is for party list voting.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pm-satisfied-yesterdays-polls/

-- Thai PBS 2014-02-03

[Thaddeus]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

80% has voted? That's not bad considering the number of constituencies that didn't have any voting.

That would nearly make the areas that did have voting have 90% turnout. Probably a world record, let alone a Thai record.

RT @tukky_nt: EC Somchai: estimated around 50% voter turnout nationwide; EC unable to hold elections in cancelled constituencies within 7 days.

[dinom]

She doesn't look satisfied to me...

[Artisi]

All credit to her. She's faced down Suthep and his thugs well. 80% of the country voted and probably overwhelmingly in PTP's favor. Thailand has chosen. Not oligarchy but democracy. That's a huge step forward.

80% has voted? That's not bad considering the number of constituencies that didn't have any voting.

That would nearly make the areas that did have voting have 90% turnout. Probably a world record, let alone a Thai record.

You were looking for a credible statement from a red shirt.

Never going to happen. I wonder if the dancer has sent his figures off to the world record people.

You just need to ignore stupidity, and it's doubtful at the moment even the EC know the number who voted let alone for which candidates.

[Artisi]

She doesn't look satisfied to me...

Especially by the voters turn-out.

[northernjohn]

PM satisfied with yesterday’s polls

BANGKOK: -- Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she was satisfied with yesterday’s polls which she said was the beginning of the process to resolve the current conflict through democratic way.

She thanked all the people and authorities who came out to exercise their rights to vote, saying polling stations which have problems would be the duty of the Election Commission to hold fresh elections.

She said that her caretaker government would throw full support to fresh elections as this was a start of the process to resolve the current problem under the democratic system.

She also recalled yesterday’s placing her ballots into wrong boxes saying that she followed advice from the official and she has reported this to the Election Commission.

A member of the Election Commission Mr Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, meanwhile, said that dropping ballots into wrong boxes would not spoil the ballots as before counting, all ballots would be separated between constituency voting and party-list voting ballots before counting.

Yesterday, the caretaker prime minister dropped her two ballots into wrong ballot boxes. She first dropped the orange-color ballot into the box which is for constituency voting ballot, and then proceeded to drop the blue color ballot into another box which is for party list voting.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pm-satisfied-yesterdays-polls/

-- Thai PBS 2014-02-03

BANGKOK: -- Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she was satisfied with yesterday’s polls which she said was the beginning of the process to resolve the current conflict through democratic way.

She is misleading people by with holding information. What she was really meaning was it is the beginning of getting her way at all times through elections. Rather than stick it out in the government run and call an election. How many more days before they try to white wash Thaksin.

Just stop and think about it a Prime Minister who has to have advisors on how to vote in an election. We got us a real winner here folks. She lives up to all those blonde jokes even though she isn't blonde.

To bad they can not photo shop her TV appearances.

[Scamper]

" Ms Yingluck dropped the party-list ballot into the box for constituency MP, and vice versa. "

This will likely be the most poignant, poetic image of the election that will linger. Yingluck's own vote will be nullified as per election procedure.