Suthep says protests drag on far too long and need to end this month



BANGKOK: -- Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban announced Monday night that the protests by the People’s Democratic Reform Committee have dragged on for far too long and must end within this month.

Addressing a crowd of supporters at Lumpini park Monday night, the PDRC secretary-general said that PDRC representatives from throughout the country would meet at the Lumpini park on Saturday to map out the final strategy to force the resignation of the government.

The next mass rally will bigger than the previous ones and it will be more aggressive, said Suthep, adding that the meeting this Saturday is meant to get prepared “because I intend that the war must be finished within this month because it has take far too long.”

Once the whistles are blown, everyone across the country must rise up, he said.

The meeting coincides with the mass rally planned by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship possibly in Bangkok to show its muscle.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/suthep-says-protests-drag-far-long-need-end-month/


-- Thai PBS 2014-04-01

Here comes the prozac

Listen....... can you hear that?

I think it's the sound of the penny finally dropping.

I agree with the headline. But maybe he also wants this now -

http://notthenation.com/2014/01/suthep-leaves-protests-for-emergency-whitening-treatment/

Everyone is on holiday. If he tries to get mass protests going , business is going to plummet.

Or more likely, no one is going to pitch.

The next mass rally will bigger than the previous ones and it will be more aggressive, said Suthep

But not as big as the one after the next one, yes.

When you start using words like "war", "Battle" and "offensives" it sounds more and more like a Militant protest rather than a peaceful one.

He doesn't need a rally again, they're not as big as he's been claiming, he should accept the challenge of the TV debate with the right wing red nutjobs, and get his points across to the whole nation through the televised debate, and ask them to back his reforms, and if they all agree, as in the population, by holding a snap referendum, then he'll have done what he set out to do, but he still needs the courts to remove Yingluck, as he's not allowing the electorate to do it.

Sutheps says? or his powerful backers have said they've gone on for too long now??

here comes yet another "victory"

well he has gone from 6m and ALL of Bangkok down to 30,000 and a Park

Money is running out, most of those who agreed with his initial cause have decided he's not quite what they thought he was and the puppetmasters have worked out that tactics didn't work this time, and all they are left with is the controlled court machinery.

All he seems to have left is the militant hardcore - and of course, his secret weapon, the TV Suthep Fan Club, Pattaya Branch.

On march the 17th sutep vowed to protest until the end of the year if necessary.

What's happened?

Well let's just have one more final push!

What's the tally for final pushes?

Maybe the protesters want to go home for songran.

The PDRC is not a political party. They are a movement. They have been central to the push for reform. After the passing of the amnesty bill, there was an enormous outburst of anger throughout the country. Suthep and the PDRC funneled that anger into a movement for reform. As a result of that sustained concentration the tide turned, and it is hard to imagine the events that followed without the PDRC. The Senate - seeing the populous anger throughout the country - rejected the amnesty bill. Yingluck dissolved parliament. Pheu Thai are no longer the administration. Without the PDRC, the Yingluck administration would likely still be functioning as a legislative power. Pheu Thai are instead in a stalemate. They've been in one for the last two months. So for people who want to know what the PDRC accomplished, that is what they accomplished. But the endgame was never going to be about the PDRC. It was going to be about the courts. It was going to be about the constitutional process. It was going to be about the judicial system and the independent agencies. They are taking centre stage, as they should.

On march the 17th sutep vowed to protest until the end of the year if necessary.

What's happened?

Well let's just have one more final push!

What's the tally for final pushes?

Maybe the protesters want to go home for songran.

Worried -

A - all his guards will get drunk and he'll be collected (reasonably) peacefully.

B - overtime the guards want for songkran

The PDRC is not a political party. They are a movement. They have been central to the push for reform. After the passing of the amnesty bill, there was an enormous outburst of anger throughout the country. Suthep and the PDRC funneled that anger into a movement for reform. As a result of that sustained concentration the tide turned, and it is hard to imagine the events that followed without the PDRC. The Senate - seeing the populous anger throughout the country - rejected the amnesty bill. Yingluck dissolved parliament. Pheu Thai are no longer the administration. Without the PDRC, the Yingluck administration would likely still be functioning as a legislative power. Pheu Thai are instead in a stalemate. They've been in one for the last two months. So for people who want to know what the PDRC accomplished, that is what they accomplished. But the endgame was never going to be about the PDRC. It was going to be about the courts. It was going to be about the constitutional process. It was going to be about the judicial system and the independent agencies. They are taking centre stage, as they should.

I'll say again - you mention the constitutional process - so aren't elections part of that process? Why block them?

Money is running out, most of those who agreed with his initial cause have decided he's not quite what they thought he was and the puppetmasters have worked out that tactics didn't work this time, and all they are left with is the controlled court machinery.

All he seems to have left is the militant hardcore - and of course, his secret weapon, the TV Suthep Fan Club, Pattaya Branch.

good post

The man is an idiot,he only needs a small moustache and his hair parted to the right,he will look the part then

April Fool's

Keep them guessing Suthep.

They don't know what to do.

Winning.

The PDRC is not a political party. They are a movement. They have been central to the push for reform. After the passing of the amnesty bill, there was an enormous outburst of anger throughout the country. Suthep and the PDRC funneled that anger into a movement for reform. As a result of that sustained concentration the tide turned, and it is hard to imagine the events that followed without the PDRC. The Senate - seeing the populous anger throughout the country - rejected the amnesty bill. Yingluck dissolved parliament. Pheu Thai are no longer the administration. Without the PDRC, the Yingluck administration would likely still be functioning as a legislative power. Pheu Thai are instead in a stalemate. They've been in one for the last two months. So for people who want to know what the PDRC accomplished, that is what they accomplished. But the endgame was never going to be about the PDRC. It was going to be about the courts. It was going to be about the constitutional process. It was going to be about the judicial system and the independent agencies. They are taking centre stage, as they should.

I feel a 'movement' every time an amateur writes a condescending spin about complex political issues in Thailand.

And using only one paragraph doesn't make it any less smelly.

Watch you don't get brain freeze scamper from drinking all that ice cold Suthep Kool-Aid mate

Lets be perfectly honest, nobody here, especially you with your constitution posts expected Yingluck to still be where she is ( pretending to be Professor X in her wheel chair) almost a month past the date you yourself seemed s upset about, as in the 4th March..

We'll she's still there for the time being and it's going to come down to the Senators decisions, would you want to be sitting in session, making a call to remove her when there's every chance it will result in huge violent clashes resulting in the deaths on many innocent people, tough choices either, damned if they do, and damned if they don't.. but as Mr Spock said "sometimes the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few " or the one" ..Captain Kirk responded..

Both Yingluck and Suthep are " the one" in this case.

Yes, but this time, it's for real ....

Cash gone ???

The PDRC is not a political party. They are a movement. They have been central to the push for reform. After the passing of the amnesty bill, there was an enormous outburst of anger throughout the country. Suthep and the PDRC funneled that anger into a movement for reform. As a result of that sustained concentration the tide turned, and it is hard to imagine the events that followed without the PDRC. The Senate - seeing the populous anger throughout the country - rejected the amnesty bill. Yingluck dissolved parliament. Pheu Thai are no longer the administration. Without the PDRC, the Yingluck administration would likely still be functioning as a legislative power. Pheu Thai are instead in a stalemate. They've been in one for the last two months. So for people who want to know what the PDRC accomplished, that is what they accomplished. But the endgame was never going to be about the PDRC. It was going to be about the courts. It was going to be about the constitutional process. It was going to be about the judicial system and the independent agencies. They are taking centre stage, as they should.

Almost every post you make is an affirmation of the Courts and the Constitutional Courts and the NACC as independent bodies only carrying out their duties.. but probably none of them are free from their own corruption...

This regarding the newly "elected Bangkok Senator"

...and the EC Commission Chairman's unconstitutional appointment

On 24 June 2003, a petition was filed with the Constitutional Court seeking its ruling on the constitutionality of Jaruvan’s appointment by the Senate. The Constitutional Court ruled in 6 July 2004 that the selection process that led to the appointment of Khunying Jaruvan as auditor-general was unconstitutional. The court noted that the Constitution empowers the SAC to nominate only one person with the highest number of votes from a simple majority, not three as had been the case. The court stopped short of saying if she had to leave her post.^[6] However when the Constitutional Court ruled on July 4, 2002 that the then Election Commission chairman Sirin Thoopklam's election to the body was unconstitutional, the President of the Court noted "When the court rules that the selection [process] was unconstitutional and has to be redone, the court requires the incumbent to leave the post".^[7]

So extremely hard to digest the independence and acting without pretense base your argument comes from... som nom na... it is sad really because the lack of integrity is so embodied in every branch of the system it will take 100 years to clean up

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I agree with the headline. But maybe he also wants this now -

http://notthenation.com/2014/01/suthep-leaves-protests-for-emergency-whitening-treatment/

Love the link!

Yes, report to court and send your people back south.

Incidentally - notice no topic on the Navy Seal Chief being removed from command? The head of the navy has removed him for his support of the pdrc.

Here comes the prozac

Whaaow, where I come from people don't share their prozac usage that easily. Take it a bit more serious man.

Incidentally - notice no topic on the Navy Seal Chief being removed from command? The head of the navy has removed him for his support of the pdrc.

Apologies to one and all for taking this OT, but have you got a link for this information?

Incidentally - notice no topic on the Navy Seal Chief being removed from command? The head of the navy has removed him for his support of the pdrc.

Apologies to one and all for taking this OT, but have you got a link for this information?

BP yesterday - look under politics (link not allowed of course)

When you start using words like "war", "Battle" and "offensives" it sounds more and more like a Militant protest rather than a peaceful one.

He doesn't need a rally again, they're not as big as he's been claiming, he should accept the challenge of the TV debate with the right wing red nutjobs, and get his points across to the whole nation through the televised debate, and ask them to back his reforms, and if they all agree, as in the population, by holding a snap referendum, then he'll have done what he set out to do, but he still needs the courts to remove Yingluck, as he's not allowing the electorate to do it.

Sutheps says? or his powerful backers have said they've gone on for too long now??

Some people just live to twist the facts to suit their opinions

for every story wise men know there is an opposite story

Fact 1..... The debate between the Dem Leader and the PM has been put together now for over 8 weeks but Yingluck is to scared to face questions on her own, so has run and hid

Now te leader of the dems is not able to appear at the debate because of Injury, the pTP are all for it, but notice Yingluck as PM is not prepared to fact the people because she is a puppet

Fact 2 PTP backers her on TV keep saying the Suphet will put together the the unelected caretakers, at no place has he ever said this so please show us the accurate link where he says he will

The temp caretakers should be chosen by members of the PTP and the Dems and other parties involved

Fact 3 Where has Suthep said he will write the reform prosess, it is my understanding thet Suthep want no part of this and will step aside and allow a new comittee make up what is needed

Fact 4 The powerfull backers of the protesters of the protestors are the Thai people, we have seen the proof of this every day when it is the Thai people donating money on the streets to keep the protestors going

Fact 5: PtP lovers will now work overtime to pull down everthing I have written as this does not suit their their agenda

Everyone has an agenda including you Tezza, but you are constantly assuming that those who speak out against Suthep are PTP/UDD supporters, I do believe that I know better than any single person here, irrespective of what I write, know where I'd put a tick in a box IF I was a Thai and had a say in how I'd like the country run, here's a hint, it wouldn't be in the PTP/UDD box, I am well capable of forming my own opinions, and my opinion, is that Suthep's a throbber of the highest order, and I'm not fooled by all that he says.

It is also my opinion that the sooner Yingluck leaves politics the better also, and that PTP need a leader with a vision for the better of Thailand, and not a self serving tosser..

It's also my opinion that Abhisit has been made to be Suthep's little bitch, and he has lost his backbone and intestinal fortitude along with it.. I still believe he's the man to lead Thailand again.. but because I don't like Suthep and his shenanigans you assume I'm a Red..awesome logic.

You needs to stop listening to what your wife tells you too, and grow a pair and think for yourself too .. get her back in the kitchen where all women belong ( And I'm just kidding here guys, so don't lose the plot, woman are important in the political and economic world)

But why do you twist things around to your agenda bud? If I wanted to mention a debate about Yingluck and Suthep I would have done so, but as I said yesterday, that's not Sutheps intention to debate, it was more an attempt to ridicule and belittle her, he's a very canny and experienced Politician, so it was a smart move on er teams behalf not to let her succumb to his intimidation and bully boy tactics, as every man and his dog knows that's exactly what he would have done..