Yingluck admits rice subsidies need revamp if re-introduced
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BANGKOK, Feb 6 – Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has blamed the House dissolution for disrupting payments to farmers under the rice pledging scheme but brushed aside criticism of the programme’s failure.

Regarding widespread protests by farmers who demanded overdue payments for the rice they have sold under the scheme, she asked for sympathy to agencies in charge of assisting farmers and said the law bans a caretaker government from financial engagement that could pose a burden to the new government.

She told reporters yesterday that it would take more time to help farmers given restrictions the caretaker government has encountered and the Finance Ministry was finding financial sources to pay farmers.

“The rice scheme is pending an investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Commission. We have to wait for the commission (before taking further action),” she said.

She said the ruling Pheu Thai Party, if re-elected, may adjust the rice scheme in the wake of public criticism.

On its Facebook page yesterday, the Pheu Thai Party said the rice scheme was aimed at improving farmers’ living condition and the three-year programme has been beneficial to 3.26 million farming families.

“It’s not a populism policy. The government will hold on to its principle to help Thai farmers. We hope financial institutes are aware of farmers’ plight,” the party said.

The Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) announced that it would extend farmers’ debt payment terms for six months, and offer new loans to those who need money for rice farming in the new planting season.

The BAAC has paid almost Bt60 billion to farmers for rice in the latest crop.

Meanwhile, two senior officials of the Public Warehouse Organisation were interrogated by Udon Thani police yesterday concerning 34,000 sacks of rice, worth Bt80 million, which disappeared after being moved out of Udon Thani warehouse for rice mills in Lop Buri on March 5-26 last year. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-02-06

Ermmm.... Just who dissolved the House?

LOL..... this (YL) is one smart parasite ...for pitys sake people wake up

This thing is the PM for pitys sake not an advisor

Edited February 6, 201412 yr by terryp

Caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has blamed the House dissolution for disrupting payments to farmers under the rice pledging scheme but brushed aside criticism of the programme’s failure.

Keep living in denial and keep up the lies, it will serve you well soon.

cloud cuckoo land

Wow, it's everyone else's fault the Rice Farmers are not getting paid, not those who dreamed up and implemented the idea and who had no funds to pay for it prior to dissolving the House when they chose to.

For pity's sake people, wake up, open your eyes, and see what a bunch of lying, thieving "people" you have in Govt right now.

"She said the ruling Pheu Thai Party, if re-elected, may adjust the rice scheme in the wake of public criticism."

I don't recall hearing this on the campaign trail........

“It’s not a populism policy. The government will hold on to its principle to help Thai farmers. We hope financial institutes are aware of farmers’ plight,” the party said.

Was she aware of the farmer's plight in the months before the house dissolution when they were already not being paid?

Is she aware that Poor FarmersTM received only 18% of the money spent in this scheme, and that the poorest of the Poor FarmersTM, those locked in a subsistance lifestyle received 0% of the money?

Go on Yingluck, keep lying to those that put you in (putative) charge, why won't she start Respecting her Voters?

Good time to sell farming land if you have any.

".....but brushed aside criticism of the programme’s failure."

Typical arrogance Shinawatra style. We can do no wrong. Never mind Yingluck you'll have plenty of time for shopping soon.

Another own goal by Thaksin's "Economic Dream Team".

Yes, it's all because of that pesky Suthep that we couldn't get emergency loans to pay the farmers for the rice we stole and let rot. It has nothing to do with the fact that any money the government received from selling the rice went into the personal coffers of various PTP PMs.

I wonder if anyone is gullible enough to buy into this press release designed purely to moderate the headline damage done to this administration's credibility.

“It’s not a populism policy. The government will hold on to its principle to help Thai farmers. We hope financial institutes are aware of farmers’ plight,” the party said.

Was she aware of the farmer's plight in the months before the house dissolution when they were already not being paid?

Is she aware that Poor FarmersTM received only 18% of the money spent in this scheme, and that the poorest of the Poor FarmersTM, those locked in a subsistance lifestyle received 0% of the money?

Go on Yingluck, keep lying to those that put you in (putative) charge, why won't she start Respecting her Voters?

She should have been aware... She oversees the committee.

The scheme doesn't need revamping, the country needs devamping..... one set of vampires in particular.

".....but brushed aside criticism of the programme’s failure."

Typical arrogance Shinawatra style. We can do no wrong. Never mind Yingluck you'll have plenty of time for shopping soon.

Typical arrogance Shinawatra Thai elite style. We can do no wrong. Never mind Yingluck you'll have plenty of time for shopping soon.

Shameless bunch of crooks those Shins. Just unbelievable!!

Is the guy behind her saying "it's good to be Chinese"?

Yet again... Still no official apology.

Just saying it is not her fault... Complete and utter rubbish.

One minute she is saying that they are not allowed to borrow the money because they are in caretaker mode and that is against the rules, the next sentence she says that they are trying to borrow the money.

Total contradiction that will now be criticised. Once again Yingluck, you have displayed for all to see, that you are no more than a complete airhead.

Just look into her eyes on that picture..... she is away with the fairies.

The lift doesn't go all the way to the top of the tower,

The lights are on but nobody is home,

She is two sandwiches short of a picnic.

She is as about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.

And many other things that I can't think of at the moment.

In Typical Shinawatra fashion .. never accept responsibility and blame anyone else or everyone else ...

Who me? not me .... it was them

O is it just 'Thainess"?

Ms. Yingluck, you have been mentioned at The Wall Street Journal. What an honor!

Thai Effort to Control Rice Market Backfires

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304428004579352590377530118?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304428004579352590377530118.html

“It’s not a populism policy. The government will hold on to its principle to help Thai farmers. We hope financial institutes are aware of farmers’ plight,” the party said.

I think you'll find the farmers plight was caused by this hair brained scam scheme

There is not such thing as 'free money'

A post containing a childish distortion of the PM's name has been removed.

Er the rice pledging scheme has been going for how long?

The farmers have not been paid for up to 9 months.

The protesters have been carrying on for about 4 months.

The government was dissolved in December.

Who's problem is this?

One weight short of a shipwreck.

Yet again... Still no official apology.

Just saying it is not her fault... Complete and utter rubbish.

One minute she is saying that they are not allowed to borrow the money because they are in caretaker mode and that is against the rules, the next sentence she says that they are trying to borrow the money.

Total contradiction that will now be criticised. Once again Yingluck, you have displayed for all to see, that you are no more than a complete airhead.

Just look into her eyes on that picture..... she is away with the fairies.

The lift doesn't go all the way to the top of the tower,

The lights are on but nobody is home,

She is two sandwiches short of a picnic.

She is as about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.

And many other things that I can't think of at the moment.

She is as about as useful as an ejector seat on a helicopter

Edited February 6, 201412 yr by JayBangkok

Ms. Yingluck, you have been mentioned at The Wall Street Journal. What an honor!

Thai Effort to Control Rice Market Backfires

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304428004579352590377530118?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304428004579352590377530118.html

Luckily there are many of these articles around lately. Now the world knows what this Shin clan is all about. Surely nobody will be surprised if PT is being dissolved and Yingluck locked up in jail.

From the WSJ:

"When the payments stopped, he couldn't eat, he couldn't sleep," Ms. Thongbai said, kneeling next to his coffin. "He couldn't stop worrying about it. In the end it was just too much for him."

I wonder how Yingluck will sleep at night knowing there are people dying because of her failed policies. She has been warned over and over from everybody across the globe including the IMF, WTO and Worldbank. Yingluck didn't listen and instead kept on facilitating her brother in stealing money out of the scheme through dodgy foreign trading companies and secret G2G deals with shady African countries.

Charging her with premeditated murder would be the only right thing.

Edited February 6, 201412 yr by Nickymaster

"Meanwhile, two senior officials of the Public Warehouse Organisation were interrogated by Udon Thani police yesterday concerning 34,000 sacks of rice, worth Bt80 million, which disappeared after being moved out of Udon Thani warehouse for rice mills in Lop Buri on March 5-26 last year. (MCOT online news)."

34.000 sacks of rice disappeared?

If a bag of rice weighs 50 kg, then 1,700 tons of rice are there disappeared.

And this is only one Warehouse from 2000 in the country.

May PT caretaker Chalerm should ask his son, who is in charge to take care of the rice mountain, where this amount of rice is.

This is organized crime.

Normally a job for PT caretaker Chalerms friend Tarrit, the DSI chief, to start an investigation.
It seems that the government has no interest in uncovering the theft of national state money.
I guess the state has lost over 200.000.000.000 (200 Billion) Baht only on corruption from this rice scheme.
What criminals have enriched themselves personally here for over 2 years?
Who has now the money?
The farmers obviously not.

But here there will be no proper investigation.
The necessary control instruments are here paralyzed, purchased and off function.
Poor Thailand in the stranglehold of organized crime.

Of course she wasnt aware of their need to br paid. She was too busy in skype to pay attention when she attended that meeting and too busy shopping abroad to go to the other meetings.

Come on! How many other people will she find blame in. Surely a leader would accept responsibility

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"Meanwhile, two senior officials of the Public Warehouse Organisation were interrogated by Udon Thani police yesterday concerning 34,000 sacks of rice, worth Bt80 million, which disappeared after being moved out of Udon Thani warehouse for rice mills in Lop Buri on March 5-26 last year. (MCOT online news)."

34.000 sacks of rice disappeared?

If a bag of rice weighs 50 kg, then 1,700 tons of rice are there disappeared.

And this is only one Warehouse from 2000 in the country.

May PT caretaker Chalerm should ask his son, who is in charge to take care of the rice mountain, where this amount of rice is.

This is organized crime.

Normally a job for PT caretaker Chalerms friend Tarrit, the DSI chief, to start an investigation.

It seems that the government has no interest in uncovering the theft of national state money.

I guess the state has lost over 200.000.000.000 (200 Billion) Baht only on corruption from this rice scheme.

What criminals have enriched themselves personally here for over 2 years?

Who has now the money?

The farmers obviously not.

But here there will be no proper investigation.

The necessary control instruments are here paralyzed, purchased and off function.

Poor Thailand in the stranglehold of organized crime.

Don't expect Tharit (DSI) to ever investigate this scam as long as Thaksin is calling the shots.

Good time to sell farming land if you have any.

.....And play right into the hands of the rich elite who will buy up all your land very cheaply; it's all part of the plot.