Suthep declares end of Bangkok Shutdown

[cobbler]

it sounds like he is trying to say he is in control of protests or not... really, after Yinglucks firm determination "until death" really shows he is the biggest loser... and he is going out before all his dignity is gone... on facebook... Yingluch has put out so many photos of what she had done and accomplished... I do not see any unhappy people in the photo's... and quite honestly(in my humble opinion) she hasn't done anything terrible to merit all this crap that these wannabe leaders accuse her of... they promote violence, she trys to promote peace... i hope she reclaims her spot and at least let her finish her term by rights and let the people vote the way they want to vote... and suthep and any of those people should work honestly if they want to gain the masses by normal and peaceful ways... that's how you win... not this forceful and childish way...

She hasn't done anything terrible EXCEPT FILL HER PURSE WITH THE THAI PEOPLES MONEY.

OMG man are you blind????

Um, you do realize that is why people struggle for positions of power, right?

as a farang thats all you see on the outside.However there is soooo much more going on underneath.Do you think educated thais get so upset for nothing?She is crippling the country.Why do you think Thaksin is not allowed back into Thailand.?

Poor thailand

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[chooka]

Good riddance you lunatic. You were never going to get rid of the government so you should have thrown the towel in 3 months ago.

[andygunther]

I think Suthep and his allies should be investigated.

Each one of his moves damaged the Thai economy. Could it be possible they bid against certain stocks so that if they lose value, they end up making a huge amount of money?

I wouldn't be surprised if he did that and made billions in the process.

I think it is more important to investigate this corrupt government !

[hgma]

The rethoric on both sides suddenly decreased dramaticly after the disgusting performence of a 'policeman' cheering the deaths of Trat.

I follow the channels involved and notice a ' hit the breaks' attitude on all sides the day after the War-Drum meeting in ratchasima.

in fact the army took controle of the streets in a silent unarmed presence in bangkok, and at the same time warned the war mongols in the reddish faction of the red shirt to shut up or being shut upped.

Anyone wo thinks this is the end of the conflict is dreaming.....it continue in a more controlable way,less vunarable for genade - pipe bombs and automatic gunfire places.

Lets hope the situation will be resolved in a mature way.

[Mentors]

Seems that the fight between 'invisible hands' is nearly over.

[ShannonT]

The rethoric on both sides suddenly decreased dramaticly after the disgusting performence of a 'policeman' cheering the deaths of Trat.

I follow the channels involved and notice a ' hit the breaks' attitude on all sides the day after the War-Drum meeting in ratchasima.

in fact the army took controle of the streets in a silent unarmed presence in bangkok, and at the same time warned the war mongols in the reddish faction of the red shirt to shut up or being shut upped.

Anyone wo thinks this is the end of the conflict is dreaming.....it continue in a more controlable way,less vunarable for genade - pipe bombs and automatic gunfire places.

Lets hope the situation will be resolved in a mature way.

How neutral of you ...

Again blaming everything on the red shirts, while conveniently forgetting that Suthep is the one blocking the streets and damaging the reputation of Thailand.

[bobmac10]

i wonder if the army privately told him that if they were forced to stage a coup he would be made a fall guy.

No doubt the pain and suffering was starting to cause even the Bangkok elite some pangs of guilt.

So it's back to the drawing board for them.

They must be wonderong what they can do next.

They occupied the airport, got the military to stage a coup, installed the puppet Abhasit, er.... that caused a bit of a stir

Now that's what I call an angry crowd!

There woiuld have been hundreds of thousands more reds in Bangkok that week but the military had set up roadblocks all around the city.

I personally winnessed thousands of pickups loaded with redshirts parked along the freeway being prevented from entering .

So.. an election.... oh no... Yingluck out of nowhere gets elected in a landslide.

peace and quiet until the red faced fool and his 1000 baht a day mob come onto the streets.

Well it worked for the reds, maybe it will work twice.

The problem is they just didn't have the whole hearted support of the country.

And this time the military have been yold to butt out (by the good ole USA). Despite all the civil war talk!

I mean how can a few thousand people in Bangkok cause a civil war?

And so, it's bye bye to the red faced fool and his paid mob.

Maybe now we can see Yingluck get back to work and complete her term.

Sorry to all you old Brits who love a bit of the old conservatism, the times are a changin'

Maybe the Dems will have to appeal to the electorate and win an election next time?

Good God..... it's democracy!!!!

[Mudcrab]

Good news, but - It ain't over til it's over - Yogi Berra

Thank you Mr. Suthep for providing the world's best entertainment for the last three months and free.

I'm sure the families of the murdered children agree.

[ponchi]

you people not understand !!

this is not the finish for kamnan thep !!

he start now the new season.

we have the season 1 is protest.

the season 2 is shutdown bangkok.

now we have the season 3 is the final season !!

we have the new location at lumpini. have the new power to push for the finish.

we will be victory soon !!

[ppmacready]

it sounds like he is trying to say he is in control of protests or not... really, after Yinglucks firm determination "until death" really shows he is the biggest loser... and he is going out before all his dignity is gone... on facebook... Yingluch has put out so many photos of what she had done and accomplished... I do not see any unhappy people in the photo's... and quite honestly(in my humble opinion) she hasn't done anything terrible to merit all this crap that these wannabe leaders accuse her of... they promote violence, she trys to promote peace... i hope she reclaims her spot and at least let her finish her term by rights and let the people vote the way they want to vote... and suthep and any of those people should work honestly if they want to gain the masses by normal and peaceful ways... that's how you win... not this forceful and childish way...

Seriously? You saw happy photos on Poo's Facebook and that's how you judge she's doing a good job? Who puts ugly and bad pictures on their own Facebook anyway?

Unfortunately as I'm ugly , me!

[chooka]

you people not understand !!

this is not the finish for kamnan thep !!

he start now the new season.

we have the season 1 is protest.

the season 2 is shutdown bangkok.

now we have the season 3 is the final season !!

we have the new location at lumpini. have the new power to push for the finish.

we will be victory soon !!

I was just down there, I think he popped out for a coffee.

[Mentors]

Now please send him to Den Haag with his proxys. Its not so cold here at the moment. I live not far away after i left Land of Lies. Its sunny at afternoon here

[kotsak]

Like everything else in Thighland, I will believe it when I see it..

[prvtdetdave]

Not so fast - don't dance on his g yet.

Suthep tonight declared that victory will come by end-March ... so expect further collection marches next week.

Hahahahahahahahaha! We will believe that when we see it.

[Runamile]

Heavens, what's this - A Thai politician showing shrewd political judgement?

Why alienate anybody, when the Courts are about to do your work for you. My guess is that Yingluck is now history - and by the rich irony of this being connected to the rice scheme. The Shinawatras, of course, will never, though, be history.

Suthep's other big gain is, of course, that, now, in theory, in response to her own rhetoric (if you can use that word about her) Yingluck should now come to the negotiating table.

Not quite sure by what manner of Thai contortion Suthep won't be arrested whilst at the table or on his way to it, but I think he'll be safe. I guess the Land of Smiles will produce it's own solution - THAT blank look and huge smile

[prvtdetdave]

I think Suthep and his allies should be investigated.

Each one of his moves damaged the Thai economy. Could it be possible they bid against certain stocks so that if they lose value, they end up making a huge amount of money?

I wouldn't be surprised if he did that and made billions in the process.

We're one stop closer to peace with Suthep taking a step back ending the shutdown but hey, before the protests are even 100% over, we have red idiots wanting blood and making insinuations without any proof to back it up.

Like you? Judging by prior posts.

[Thailand]

Only in Lumphini?

Simply means it's not ever yet just not enough supporters/funds to man/ woman the crumbling barricades in the other areas.

Should be fairly easy for the authorities, whomever they may be,to round them all up though.

[Mentors]

Good news, but - It ain't over til it's over - Yogi Berra

Thank you Mr. Suthep for providing the world's best entertainment for the last three months and free.

I'm sure the families of the murdered children agree.

one hundred sad points to your statement.

[mercman24]

Run that by me again, what SHUTDOWN was that then ?? lol !!

[lostinsurin]

now lets see if the reds do the same, maybe they will want to keep going as long as the independant courts do not do what they or the ptp/thaksin want them too, ie, stop investigating the corruption that is the ptp and finding them guilty, not letting thaksin get off his charges and get all his money back as well as releasing all the guilty reds from 2010 or stop any further proceedings against them. Will be an interesting few weeks.

That's the taste of sour grapes

[samba2014]

The first really brilliant move that Suthep has made in months. He has succeeded in putting pressure but has lost credibility in tactics that made him look like a loser. Thailand needs reform but this guy has yet to put out a comprehensive proposal besides appointing himself PM to run the country with a "people's council."

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[lostinsurin]

Heavens, what's this - A Thai politician showing shrewd political judgement?

Why alienate anybody, when the Courts are about to do your work for you. My guess is that Yingluck is now history - and by the rich irony of this being connected to the rice scheme. The Shinawatras, of course, will never, though, be history.

Suthep's other big gain is, of course, that, now, in theory, in response to her own rhetoric (if you can use that word about her) Yingluck should now come to the negotiating table.

Not quite sure by what manner of Thai contortion Suthep won't be arrested whilst at the table or on his way to it, but I think he'll be safe. I guess the Land of Smiles will produce it's own solution - THAT blank look and huge smile

More spin on that Dr?

[MrSlatersParrot]

Suthep will go down in history as a clown like the Iraqi information minister. All the deadlines, laughable lies about the protest numbers and his empty promises will be remembered with laughter, but of sad laughter, because Thailand desperately needed reforms, not more clowns.

My "best" memory is his epic claim that 6,000 protesters actually was 6,000,000

Comical Ally

I watched live on Sky from the El Rashid hotel as he announced that their regime had driven the americans into the sand and the BBC just lapped it up.

Sky's cameraman slowly panned from Comical Ally and zoomed across the Euphrates to a scene of american tanks rolling along the other side of the river.

Then we cut to a cameraman on the opposite side of the river filming the lead tank. The hatch pops open revealing a Fox news blonde reporter announcing breathlessly that she and her crew had arrived in Bangkok.

Priceless. Amazing live TV.

Meanwhile the BBC continued to broadcast Comical Ally and his lies....

I also watched the dismantling of the Saddam statue from the beginning when there was just the one american tank in a deserted square and slowly the people emerged to hit at first with their shoes the statue and then try to push it over.

Let us pray that this is a return to some kind of normalcy for the ordinary workaday people.

Is that too much to ask?

[Crushdepth]

I think Suthep and his allies should be investigated.

Each one of his moves damaged the Thai economy. Could it be possible they bid against certain stocks so that if they lose value, they end up making a huge amount of money?

I wouldn't be surprised if he did that and made billions in the process.

Someone has made billions out of the rice scheme, but it probably wasn't Suthep.

[fullcave]

Not so fast - don't dance on his g yet.

Suthep tonight declared that victory will come by end-March ... so expect further collection marches next week.

Wasn't victory coming by the end of this week? I lost count of all the deadlines...

No, you are confused, that was "rice payment" by end of week but who's counting?

[angsta]

good riddence. i guess the number of protesters are down to... 5 ?

3,900.

[oldsailor35]

Is Suthep now going to surrender himself at police headquarters to answer for his crimes against his country.

[celso]

 

You can't overthrow a government blowing whistles and taking selfies. You have to get your hands dirty. Maybe go a day or two without using skin whiteners.

The hot season has arrived. It all got too hard for them

If you actually lived in Bangkok you would know most of the protesters are nothing like this.

[StealthEnergiser]

Suthep has made another cool calm and calculated decision which has now left a little bit of house keeping up to the courts to end this corrupt government and the Thaksin regime.

Suthep will continue to target Thaksin's businesses and will keep exposing the tyrants corrupt practises to the masses and watching shares fall.

Yingluck is in more trouble than she ever expected with many charges to face,

Getting to this stage is a big win for Democracy in thailand .

Well done Suthep ,PDRC and all the supporters.

[djhotsox]

And just up the road from Lumphini Park witness the final match ever held at Lumphini Stadium.....Suthep vs. Chalerm!

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