ANTI-GOVERNMENT RALLY
Suthep vows to shut PM out of Govt House, taunts Chalerm
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Anti-government protest chief Suthep Thaugsuban vowed on Sunday night to block Government House on Monday morning to prevent caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from entering the compound.

The People’s Democratic Reform Committee leader also dared caretaker Labour Minister and anti-protest operations chief Chalerm Yoobamrung to appear at the compound on Monday morning. He said the protesters would begin their march to surround it at 7.30am and told Chalerm to be there by 8.30am.

Suthep said Chalerm would be denounced as a coward if he fails to show up at the Government House and he should also disband the anti-protest centre.

Suthep also said that Bt25 million donated by the protesters to help indebted farmers would be used to cover court fees for farmers filing civil lawsuits against Yingluck and responsible ministers for failing to pay them for rice pledged under the government's subsidy scheme.

At a ceremony on Tuesday to be held at a yet-to-be announced time at the Pathumwan rally stage, the money will be handed to the Lawyers' Council of Thailand under His Majesty's Patronage, which will handle the cases for free. It will be divided into 125 parts, each of which will be no bigger than Bt200,000, for use with 125 individual lawsuits.

The remaining Bt1.2 million, plus another Bt1 million to be collected in future donations, will be given to 11 families of farmers who committed suicide due to stress over non-payment of debts after the caretaker government failed to pay them. Each of the 11 families will be given Bt200,000 at handover ceremonies on the Pathumwan stage.

Suthep condemned an M-79 grenade attack on the Criminal Courthouse on Friday night, as well as a shooting at the home of Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand chairman Pramont Sutheewong, also on Friday night.


-- The Nation 2014-02-17

This very same guy also says that protestors have no right to take over government buildings, oh wait that was when they were protesting against him. The guy is an idiot and hypocrite. Give it up you fool, you have already been defeated and down to your last two supporters.

This very same guy also says that protestors have no right to take over government buildings, oh wait that was when they were protesting against him. The guy is an idiot and hypocrite. Give it up you fool, you have already been defeated and down to your last two supporters.

Wanna bet? you think it is over now? You better get off the john and turn your TV back on.

Suthep might be a hypocrite, but he has a mass following and he is their lightening rod.

Violence to come. The guy is a martyr.... he will fight to the end. Let's watch and see.

This is smelling less and less like democracy vs. dictatorship and more like Suthep vs. Chalerm!

But that is not odd... typical conflict situation evolving from the issues to people taking it personally.... totally predictable....

Given their cult followings, and if I am a betting man, I take Suthep over Chalerm..... even though Chalerm is head of CMPO and supposedly controls the police, he seems to lack authority.... Police are probably tired of hearing his BS and idle threats too. They have TV and radio too!!

I don't think I have ever seen or heard of so many (police) mobilized to handle so few and display such a lack of accomplishing anything, It appears that those monitoring the protests, assigning those to act, and those assigned to carry out the threats/tasks are quite out of their depth of understanding, planning, and exicution of action.

This seems to be a job description to be a part of this mob, attempting to lead the Thai nation.

This very same guy also says that protestors have no right to take over government buildings, oh wait that was when they were protesting against him. The guy is an idiot and hypocrite. Give it up you fool, you have already been defeated and down to your last two supporters.

If it doesn't get out of control, they will not storm into the Government House. They will only surround it to prevent the Thaksinistas from going inside.

Defeated and down? Have you been watching the rallies with your very eyes? Not only the support of the people has not decreased; if you watch it by yourself you may find that at least two or three Rice Farmers have also joined the revolution...

Sutheps friends in the judiciary must be rubbing their hands in glee. 200,000 baht from each farmer to sue the government. Suthep has also buttered them up for when they're high court judges.

Hopefully the police will be there this morning to prevent eh reoccupation of government house. Illegally occupying buildings for months on end is way beyond peaceful protest.

When is this guy Suthep ever going to come up with a viable policy to attract voters? It is impossible to take him or his backers seriously. 555+

When is this guy Suthep ever going to come up with a viable policy to attract voters? It is impossible to take him or his backers seriously. 555+

In case you haven't noticed, he is not running for election.

This very same guy also says that protestors have no right to take over government buildings, oh wait that was when they were protesting against him. The guy is an idiot and hypocrite. Give it up you fool, you have already been defeated and down to your last two supporters.

If it doesn't get out of control, they will not storm into the Government House. They will only surround it to prevent the Thaksinistas from going inside.

Defeated and down? Have you been watching the rallies with your very eyes? Not only the support of the people has not decreased; if you watch it by yourself you may find that at least two or three Rice Farmers have also joined the revolution...

Support hasn't decreased? I must be watching the wrong news services because I don't see 6 million people in the streets. I guess that is why the police are having trouble clearing them out. 6 million against 200 greatly outnumbered.

Great. Taunting chalerm. That's going to help resolve matters peacefully.

told Chalerm to be there by 8.30am

That's about the time Chalerm gets home from the pub.

8.00 a.m. and Suthep is on the march to Government House. He's marching with a large contingent made up of, as previously reported by moonao, 5 wheelchair-bound grannies, half a dozen disgruntled farmers 15 pretty girls and 50 security guards. Lets' see if Chalerm is up to this lot.

a month ago the farmers were uneducated idiots, now they are sutheps best friends and using them, i guess he has recently learnt the value of buying support, i wonder how long it will be before he turns his nose up at them

Suthep said Chalerm would be denounced as a coward if he fails to show up at the Government House and he should also disband the anti-protest centre.

Chalerm has already been denounced as so many other things by so many other people, being called a coward probably won't penetrate his booze addled brain.

8.00 a.m. and Suthep is on the march to Government House. He's marching with a large contingent made up of, as previously reported by moonao, 5 wheelchair-bound grannies, half a dozen disgruntled farmers 15 pretty girls and 50 security guards. Lets' see if Chalerm is up to this lot.

The only educated ones he could find ...

Nothing will happen before 9:00am...

Chalerm is too lazy to get up before 8:30am. Even that is a stretch. But I can understand.... it is tough to roll out of bed after a night of drinking and womanizing till 5:00am.... especially when you are old and your liver is shot.

Expect another delay, as both parties go to work on a typical work day, with nothing happening!

Actually, when I read the title of this thread, I thought it was April 1st - April Fools Day, because the ONLY reason people get up to go to work early is for free breakfast. Not to fight and certainly not to work. Work and fighting are secondary to eating and sitting on rocking chairs on the porch.

8.00 a.m. and Suthep is on the march to Government House. He's marching with a large contingent made up of, as previously reported by moonao, 5 wheelchair-bound grannies, half a dozen disgruntled farmers 15 pretty girls and 50 security guards. Lets' see if Chalerm is up to this lot.

Wonder which of those categories, Chalerm will disguise himself as, in order to get close to his target (or the object of his Valentine's Day affections ? ) and surprise him ?

IMO they have a lot in common, they're both former-DPMs, both think they should be in-overall-charge, both faintly ridiculous, both tools for others, the list goes on ...

8.00 a.m. and Suthep is on the march to Government House. He's marching with a large contingent made up of, as previously reported by moonao, 5 wheelchair-bound grannies, half a dozen disgruntled farmers 15 pretty girls and 50 security guards. Lets' see if Chalerm is up to this lot.

The only educated ones he could find ...

This very same guy also says that protestors have no right to take over government buildings, oh wait that was when they were protesting against him. The guy is an idiot and hypocrite. Give it up you fool, you have already been defeated and down to your last two supporters.

If it doesn't get out of control, they will not storm into the Government House. They will only surround it to prevent the Thaksinistas from going inside.

Defeated and down? Have you been watching the rallies with your very eyes? Not only the support of the people has not decreased; if you watch it by yourself you may find that at least two or three Rice Farmers have also joined the revolution...

Support hasn't decreased? I must be watching the wrong news services because I don't see 6 million people in the streets. I guess that is why the police are having trouble clearing them out. 6 million against 200 greatly outnumbered.

That is exactly what I mean! You confess that you are watching News, not actually witnessing it with your own eyes . There is much more than what the camera or Mr. Jonathan Head's reports can tell.

Furthermore, besides the stages and the rallies, you can see a huge number of people wearing T-shirts or supporting merchandise everywhere in Bangkok.

I really hope Chalerm whips his ass - I know of no other country who would allow threats like these to go unanswered use water canon, baton rounds and gas and finish him off

I have not met a Thai yet who supports him - and that includes those who do not particularly like Ying or PTP - I think a strong, robust response would gain huge support from ordinary Thais

but TIT etc.

A off topic personal attack has been removed. Just because you disagree with a persons post does not give the right to defame them.

"Bt25 million donated by the protesters to help indebted farmers would be used to cover court fees for farmers filing civil lawsuits against Yingluck"

The people who donated money to help the farmers have been fooled big time again by Suthep and his dirty lies.

The benefactors, even if they act completely irrationally, and many times criminally, in the protests, probably gave money with their heart, in order to help the farmers who ended up in difficulties because of the protests that made Yingluck dissolve the House... which is the reason of the delayed payments.

Now these benefactors realize that their money only serves Suthep's insane goal of gaining power, by allowing him to multiply totally useless lawsuits against a government that already resigned and limits itself to a caretaker role, ...with not one baht going to the farmers themselves.

Suthep does not even respect the will of his own followers. What a loser and despicable man...

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Buying votes from farmers via the back door pity they did not do more when in power.

This very same guy also says that protestors have no right to take over government buildings, oh wait that was when they were protesting against him. The guy is an idiot and hypocrite. Give it up you fool, you have already been defeated and down to your last two supporters.

wow with that many posts, do you ever leave you computer

You comments come from La La Land

Time you detached from your keyboard there is a real world outside

So where did suthep and his mob get 125 Billion baht?

From poor working class protesters?

yeah right...... pull the other one, it has bells on it!

The money came from the same people who paid the yellow shirts to occupy the airport.

The same people who control most of the old companies, THE ESTABLISHMENT!

The families with the blood relations and old business connections.

They have been funding the anti-Thaksin and anti Peu Thai movements since Thaksin cut them out of the deal.

This is new money vs old money... simple.

There's no way the rest of Thailand's population (50 million plus) who live outside the capital would support Suthep.

That's why he doesn't want to contest an election.

what they want is to provoke the government into using violence to clear the streets and bring on another coup.

That's why the government has been waiting this out. They know the military is just looking for an excuse.

But the USA has warned the military to stay out this time.

So we continue this stalemate.... there's plenty of money left in the kitty for the protesters to be paid (1000 baht /day)

Could go on for months.

"Bt25 million donated by the protesters to help indebted farmers would be used to cover court fees for farmers filing civil lawsuits against Yingluck"

The people who donated money to help the farmers have been fooled big time again by Suthep and his dirty lies.

The benefactors, even if they act completely irrationally, and many times criminally, in the protests, probably gave money with their heart, in order to help the farmers who ended up in difficulties because of the protests that made Yingluck dissolve the House... which is the reason of the delayed payments.

Now these benefactors realize that their money only serves Suthep's insane goal of gaining power, by allowing him to multiply totally useless lawsuits against a government that already resigned and limits itself to a caretaker role, ...with not one baht going to the farmers themselves.

Suthep does not even respect the will of his own followers. What a loser and despicable man...

Sent from my iPhone...

Not many observers would have thought that Suthep could have raised such support.

Not many would have thought it possible for him to outsmart them at evrry juncture

And not many would have thought it possible that with the masses having returned home, that Suthep could continue to taunt and evade

I guess that says a lot for what he is up against......

Suthep now down to personal taunts and calling people out.....

Just a very poor attempt at trying to goad a forceful response out of Chalerm, he seems to be a rather nice conduit for Sutheps attention...

Everyone expected violent things from Chalerm every day here lol as i predicted since reappointed however the leash has been firmly on Chalerm, hes not going to rise to anything unbidden

As for the farmers and the "donation" for those who want to sue it shows how much help towards the farmers that is... not very unconditional or caring after all .... at least suthep is consistent in his lying... Meanwhile we are onto D Day 57 of the great uprising and peoples revolution...

Nothing at all is going to happen between these two today.. its all posturing threats and no delivery... as usual

talking of consistency two very normal young lads and girl were beaten at mukawan yesterday for being "on a red motobike" by PDRC guards.. cant post the link or interview its a thai one and isnt allowed.

The speech given by Suthep last night was just a tirade of name calling, what can we expect tonight? "My dad is bigger than Chalerm's Dad"

When is this guy Suthep ever going to come up with a viable policy to attract voters? It is impossible to take him or his backers seriously. 555+

In case you haven't noticed, he is not running for election.

He is not running an election because he knows his party will not be able to win, in order to take part in a democratic election he and his party must attract voters by outlining their general politics for the benefits of the Thai population.

That should be done, that is the normal aspect for election victories, rather than carry on with the messy and dangerous street protests in BKK.