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

[rijb]

I agree. The political choices stink.

And these 'if you're not with us, you're against us' posts are tiresome.

[Just1Voice]

Maybe the "invisible mouth" whispered in his ear and told him it's time to wrap it up.

[bkksteviejai]

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.

The judicial system and "independent agencies" are taking centre stage in what is effectively a coup via the courts. Whether thats a good or bad thing I honestly don't care as I have no say.......but call it what it is, why dress it up?.

[drand11]

Suthep/NACC They have this all planned out. Timing is as scheduled.

[Goat Roper]

Maybe Suthep got word 'out the back door' of NACC that YL is a goner and will be history very soon. Mission accomplished!

[binjalin]

Suthep/NACC They have this all planned out. Timing is as scheduled.

yea.. yea...

[cacruden]

April Fools!

[draftvader]

Hey Suthep

Please don't forget to clean up your mess up here on Chaeng Wattana. At the start (mid Jan) I was "sympathetic" (in a "non-voter" kind of way) towards your protest. Beginning of April? MOVE YOUR TYRES AND NETS. I have wasted countless hours of my life heading round the back of government centre. I only make the journey twice a week...AND on a motorbike. I really feel for the poor suckers who do this journey twice a day....in a car. Wonder how they feel about your cause now?

[ianf]

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

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

I think Suthep is better qualified to make this decision than you are.

[realenglish1]

Need I say more ?

[toybits]

Mr. Suthep has only himself to blame for that...

[SamMunich]

Cacruden wrote:

April Fools!

My best guess is the ThaiVisa team made this one up. Funny though, how many Suthep basher and Taksin lovers jumped on this offer...

And that is all I have to say to this.

[metisdead]

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[Zodaka]

The state of Lumpini park is unbearable. Since last weekend about another 2000 mini busses and several hundred coaches have brought the majority of protestors here who take up just about every square inch of the once green areas and many of them are seriously dirtying the land.. Clearly big money behind it and yet what's the result. Suthep will claim victory when the courts rule against the government just as he did at the airport in 2008 when the court dissolved the THai Rak Thai. However, the courts don't need Suthep's paid rubber farmers to influence them. Alternatively, trouble will mount during the month and he will try to influence the army to come out (or perhaps this is the plan of both). I only curse whoever is supporting all of this financially as Suthep should've stopped a good month or two ago (I've nothing against either side politically but just want common sense to prevail and no evil manipulation of fake protestors).

[londonthai]

the March ended yesterday at 23.59.

or the story is for the april's fool?

[RubbaJohnny]

When to arise,will they advise us older members the right moment to arise,so we can be prepared

Is it allowed for falang to use Flyagara we know soCIALISm is barred and don't want the kek kicked out for rising at the rong moment ?

In own support for local industry I am seeking a jikstand for my regular bike.

[diehard60]

"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.”"

There yea go right from the horses arse. suthep's war has started. he will not be happy until he has killed more Thai people. When are you all going to wake up.

[diehard60]

Maybe Suthep got word 'out the back door' of NACC that YL is a goner and will be history very soon. Mission accomplished!

Yep mission accomplished and then ditatorship comes in with suthep as the all mighty ruler of Thailand.

[diehard60]

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.

Ok then WHY when suthep and the dems were in did they NOT do any reform them????????? They had 2 + years and did what????? NOTHING. What suthep wants is a dictatorship and the with the help of the biased courts he might just get it. And you can not tell anyone the are not biased. Suthep has never even gone to court to answer the charges against him. What does that tell you about the courts?

Edited April 1, 2014 by diehard60

[crazykopite]

Something tells me that the money is drying up the backers realise they are fighting a losing battle best way forward would be to accept the TV challenge and hope for the best Suthep is a spent force he has not convinced the followers it is all down to a park in Bangkok with fewer than 30,000 attending there are over 60 million voters in Thailand time to go home and lick the wounds !

[dwcrist]

Ha! April Fools! He got you. He already promised that they would be over long ago. Back in Feb he said that no matter what the result, that they would pack up and go home, but they're still there.

He says he is for democracy, but wants an un-defined un-elected leadership for Thailand.

He says he speaks for the majority, but then sabotages elections, does not acknowledge or respect the views and wishes of the majority, and is unwilling to find a compromise to satisfy/benefit them.

He says his protests are peaceful and unarmed, but has guards and protestors who are armed and even open fire on, intimidate, and physically abuse police and civilians.

Everything this guy says is opposites.

Seriously, don't take him seriously. He's just a little prankster. He's probably only doing this to see how long he can get away with it and how stupid people and the justice system are to follow or allow this charade to continue.

[PattayaPhom]

Announced on the 1st of the month

[rudolfvaselino]

So the Muppet Puppet Show comes to an end after destroying tourism etc.? He seems to have some sense left in his left brain part (teak wood)

[rebelplatoon]

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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?

Quite simple: The constituencies have been build up so, by the present Phue Thai (formally PPP -they got thrown out for electoral fraud- then TRT -which got thrown out for electoral fraud-) that they cannot lose, or hardly. The difference in popular vote last time when all parties joined was only 13%, this should have been a difference of 23 seats. In fact it turned out to be a difference of 126 seats, due to the illegal proces of dividing up the constituencies to work in their favour. This is why Suthep wants to change the WAY they vote and the seats handed out per constituency, so it is more fair. I am not a Suthep fan, but this bit of the story he's got right: we need to change some laws and the process of voting. If a party is declared defunct (as was done by the courts in the case of the PPP and the TRT) then they should not be able to just start under another name.

Is you question answered? There cannot be free and fair elections in this way, so this needs to be changed first.

[Goat Roper]

Maybe Suthep got word 'out the back door' of NACC that YL is a goner and will be history very soon. Mission accomplished!

Yep mission accomplished and then ditatorship comes in with suthep as the all mighty ruler of Thailand.

And how do you know who will come in after Suthep has accomplished what he set out to do? I believe all that has not been yet decided unless you know more than the rest of us/me. Whom ever runs this country in the next go-round will probably have zero affect on me anyway.

Do you think that YL will ever be able to freely walk the streets of Bangkok without a large security detail protecting her? Ditto her brother.

[rebelplatoon]

The courts are stacked with Suthep sympathizers who were never approved by the King. Yet, you speak of the courts like they are independent and central to the well-being of Thailand. You're as delusional as the whistle-blowing airheads that are still being paid by Suthep. You're probably on his payroll, too. Talk about corrupt!!!

Funny if it wasn't so sad...

I am not a Suthep fan, but this bit of the story he's got right: we need to change some laws and the process of voting. If a party is declared defunct (as was done by the courts in the case of the PPP and the TRT) then they should not be able to just start under another name. This is exactly a proven and clear case of corruption, the one you are saying Suthep is guilty of. Taksin was proven to have been corrupt. His wife was proven to have been corrupt. Now his sister has been proven to be corrupt, or helping to say the least. Two parties later and the third ready to go. Do you know any democracy where this is possible?

Other people posting on Thai Visa are now on Suthep's payroll???! Get a life! Get your head out of the red channel.

[Sparkles]

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.

You've nailed it 100% and I think this was Suthep's vision from day 1,Like him or hate it he has hit a nerve with many people who have never taken political action before. As an ex teacher many of my students who have never taken any interest in politics before have been overseas ,gained degrees and obtained good jobs and seen there is another way.They are sick to death of corruption which they ,their parents and family have endured for generations. Yingluck is a fraud,pretending to be her own person when all evidence shows the opposite.Now resorting to being pushed round in a wheelchair to garner more sympathy.Go home mam and try to be a better mother than you are a leader.

[Sparkles]

So the Muppet Puppet Show comes to an end after destroying tourism etc.? He seems to have some sense left in his left brain part (teak wood)

Destroying tourism ,what utter tripe. You couldn't move in Bangkok airport I was the other night while trying to find a friend who works there.

She works for a travel agent and said their numbers correspond with last years figures plus a few 1,000 more Chinese who wouldn't even know what's going on.... which is bugger all.

[jimbeam1]

He needs to get out now because of business commitments. He has bought majority share holding's in the new Electric WI FI company.

jb1

[tingtongteesood]

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.

Yet more utter crap from you. I would rather read a thousand of Scamper's accurate and informational well thought out and reasoned posts than even one of your piles of buffalo dung.