PM accepts EC’s invitation for April 30 meeting

[Lite Beer]

PM accepts EC’s invitation for April 30 meeting

BANGKOK, 27 April 2014 (NNT) – Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has accepted an invitation from the Election Commission (EC) to discuss the agency's planned election on April 30th.

Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) Supachai Somcharoen has revealed that the EC will on April 30th meet with the Thai Premier to discuss the organizing of general election, adding that the EC was still uncertain if the election could be held before July 20th as the matter would have to be further discussed with other election commissioners.

In response to Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s request, Mr. Supachai said the EC would be willing to engage in talks with Mr. Abhisit, expressing hope that the Opposition party would take part in the next general election.

Meanwhile, Suan Dusit Poll revealed its latest survey on more than 1,360 people, saying the majority of the respondents wanted to see the election held at the earliest possible date or on July 20th, reasoning that the country would be able to move forward once the new government was formed. When asked about their opinions on discussions between groups involved in the current conflict, most of the people said they neither felt satisfied nor disappointed as they thought engaging in talks and discussions was just an act of testing the waters.

-- NNT 2014-04-27

[Costas2008]

Have they asked Sutherp?

Without his opinion and consent, nothing will happen.

Or again, 4 billion Baht of taxpayers money will go down the drain.

[Torkmada]

saying the majority of the respondents wanted to see the election held at the earliest possible date or on July 20th

The end is nigh for Suthep and his criminal band.

They know they'll lose the election and they know they'll never again be able to prevent the government from serving a full term.

Their goose is cooked and the people know it.

Yingluck has won the day.

Many of the leaders of the insurrections dating back to the PAD are in for the shock of their lives when they realise they are actually going to end up in jail this time.

Not only that, but this bunch of crooks will not be able to prevent the PTP from passing the long needed amendments to the 2007 coup constitution - the final nail in the coffin of decades of military dictatorship in Thailand.

It's a rout.

[Torkmada]

Have they asked Sutherp?

Without his opinion and consent, nothing will happen.

Or again, 4 billion Baht of taxpayers money will go down the drain.

Suthep is a dead duck.

Even the nutless Abhisit pays him no heed anymore.

[fab4]

In response to Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s request, Mr. Supachai said the EC would be willing to engage in talks with Mr. Abhisit, expressing hope that the Opposition party would take part in the next general election.

A very interesting statement.

Firstly, Mr. Supachai makes no mention of reform having to take place before the next election yet expresses the hope that the dems would take part in it. Mr Supachai is well aware that abhisit will not contest the election unless it's "free and fair". Therefore the EC position must be that the election will be free and fair without the need for reform.

Secondly, abhisit is stuffed. If he contests the election as envisaged by the EC i.e without reform his excuse for the past 6 months of mayhem is rubbished. If he doesn't contest the election his argument about free and fair elections is also rubbished because the EC by holding the election is declaring the election free and fair.

Of course the above is conditional upon what that nabob of negativity, EC election "organiser" somchai gets up to between now and the election.

Edited April 27, 2014 by fab4

[BlueNoseCodger]

Have they asked Sutherp?

Without his opinion and consent, nothing will happen.

Or again, 4 billion Baht of taxpayers money will go down the drain.

It wasn't Suthep that killed elections, it was choices the EC made.

Specifically declining help from the Army and Police in clearing the registration stations, closing southern registrations at the shortest date possible, ordering the polling stations to close at the first sign of a mob and stay closed, which let PDRC close large numbers of polling stations on early polling using only small numbers of people.

This is PDRC's march at Bang Khen, do you really think they can stop an election without EC help?

[winstonc]

free and fair not in thailand.....the only mayhem has been caused by charlem etal...you know that..

[Thait Spot]

In response to Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s request, Mr. Supachai said the EC would be willing to engage in talks with Mr. Abhisit, expressing hope that the Opposition party would take part in the next general election.

A very interesting statement.

Firstly, Mr. Supachai makes no mention of reform having to take place before the next election yet expresses the hope that the dems would take part in it. Mr Supachai is well aware that abhisit will not contest the election unless it's "free and fair". Therefore the EC position must be that the election will be free and fair without the need for reform.

Secondly, abhisit is stuffed. If he contests the election as envisaged by the EC i.e without reform his excuse for the past 6 months of mayhem is rubbished. If he doesn't contest the election his argument about free and fair elections is also rubbished because the EC by holding the election is declaring the election free and fair.

Of course the above is conditional upon what that nabob of negativity, EC election "organiser" somchai gets up to between now and the election.

Gosh you're reading a lot into a very short paragraph from a newspaper.

That's just a small notch up from tealeaves

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[tezzainoz]

saying the majority of the respondents wanted to see the election held at the earliest possible date or on July 20th

The end is nigh for Suthep and his criminal band.

They know they'll lose the election and they know they'll never again be able to prevent the government from serving a full term.

Their goose is cooked and the people know it.

Yingluck has won the day.

Many of the leaders of the insurrections dating back to the PAD are in for the shock of their lives when they realise they are actually going to end up in jail this time.

Not only that, but this bunch of crooks will not be able to prevent the PTP from passing the long needed amendments to the 2007 coup constitution - the final nail in the coffin of decades of military dictatorship in Thailand.

It's a rout.

it so interesting how some people her on TVF can read the future

You will notice this was not said as an opinion but as a FACT

why we even bother to waste money on a poll

These futuristc TV members have the gift of Knowledge

or are just pure BS

[Bakseeda]

saying the majority of the respondents wanted to see the election held at the earliest possible date or on July 20th

The end is nigh for Suthep and his criminal band.

They know they'll lose the election and they know they'll never again be able to prevent the government from serving a full term.

Their goose is cooked and the people know it.

Yingluck has won the day.

Many of the leaders of the insurrections dating back to the PAD are in for the shock of their lives when they realise they are actually going to end up in jail this time.

Not only that, but this bunch of crooks will not be able to prevent the PTP from passing the long needed amendments to the 2007 coup constitution - the final nail in the coffin of decades of military dictatorship in Thailand.

It's a rout.

Dream on...

[Scamper]

Yingluck will meet with the EC on April 30. We don't know what the result of that meeting will be. The EC has agreed to meet Abhisit separately. We don't know what the result of that meeting will be. We don't know if Yingluck and Thaksin will agree to talk with Abhisit live - though that would undoubtedly be the event of the century ( which means it's not likely to happen ). We know that Suthep and the PDRC will not support another election without reform. So the stalemate quite unsurprisingly continues - especially if Abhisit's offer is turned down - with the only real moment of clarity being the ruling of the Constitutional Court. But that is where history takes over, because the reaction to that verdict will be the determining factor as to whether this crisis dissipates or escalates to a new and uncharted level.

[marcusd]

saying the majority of the respondents wanted to see the election held at the earliest possible date or on July 20th

The end is nigh for Suthep and his criminal band.

They know they'll lose the election and they know they'll never again be able to prevent the government from serving a full term.

Their goose is cooked and the people know it.

Yingluck has won the day.

Many of the leaders of the insurrections dating back to the PAD are in for the shock of their lives when they realise they are actually going to end up in jail this time.

Not only that, but this bunch of crooks will not be able to prevent the PTP from passing the long needed amendments to the 2007 coup constitution - the final nail in the coffin of decades of military dictatorship in Thailand.

It's a rout.

laws do not stop coups. Good government foes.

Marcusd. Via tapatalk

[marcusd]

That shoes be DOES. Bloody mobiles

Marcusd. Via tapatalk

[fab4]

In response to Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s request, Mr. Supachai said the EC would be willing to engage in talks with Mr. Abhisit, expressing hope that the Opposition party would take part in the next general election.

A very interesting statement.

Firstly, Mr. Supachai makes no mention of reform having to take place before the next election yet expresses the hope that the dems would take part in it. Mr Supachai is well aware that abhisit will not contest the election unless it's "free and fair". Therefore the EC position must be that the election will be free and fair without the need for reform.

Secondly, abhisit is stuffed. If he contests the election as envisaged by the EC i.e without reform his excuse for the past 6 months of mayhem is rubbished. If he doesn't contest the election his argument about free and fair elections is also rubbished because the EC by holding the election is declaring the election free and fair.

Of course the above is conditional upon what that nabob of negativity, EC election "organiser" somchai gets up to between now and the election.

Gosh you're reading a lot into a very short paragraph from a newspaper.

That's just a small notch up from tealeaves

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Well people have been known to boycott important meetings on the predictions of a fortune teller so far be it from me to dismiss the power of the leavings of English Breakfast Tea...................

[Thaiisnotrequired]

I hope she asked mummy/aunty first and daddy/brother/ for permission to give advice about accepting the invitation.

Even if she accepts, officially, and turns up to the invitation, rest assured she won't be speaking unless allowed to use her S5 with Skype connection.

[Baerboxer]

In response to Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s request, Mr. Supachai said the EC would be willing to engage in talks with Mr. Abhisit, expressing hope that the Opposition party would take part in the next general election.

A very interesting statement.

Firstly, Mr. Supachai makes no mention of reform having to take place before the next election yet expresses the hope that the dems would take part in it. Mr Supachai is well aware that abhisit will not contest the election unless it's "free and fair". Therefore the EC position must be that the election will be free and fair without the need for reform.

Secondly, abhisit is stuffed. If he contests the election as envisaged by the EC i.e without reform his excuse for the past 6 months of mayhem is rubbished. If he doesn't contest the election his argument about free and fair elections is also rubbished because the EC by holding the election is declaring the election free and fair.

Of course the above is conditional upon what that nabob of negativity, EC election "organiser" somchai gets up to between now and the election.

Masterful sophistry!

And totally transparent. A little red spin through creative word interpretation never hurts the cause eh?

You'll be back claiming Yingluck is the real PTP leader again soon, just because she's accepted the offer to attend.

[ChrisY1]

saying the majority of the respondents wanted to see the election held at the earliest possible date or on July 20th

The end is nigh for Suthep and his criminal band.

They know they'll lose the election and they know they'll never again be able to prevent the government from serving a full term.

Their goose is cooked and the people know it.

Yingluck has won the day.

Many of the leaders of the insurrections dating back to the PAD are in for the shock of their lives when they realise they are actually going to end up in jail this time.

Not only that, but this bunch of crooks will not be able to prevent the PTP from passing the long needed amendments to the 2007 coup constitution - the final nail in the coffin of decades of military dictatorship in Thailand.

It's a rout.

Where do you get this strange information from...fortune teller maybe???

[Gunna]

Hopefully she is taking 3,800,000,000 bt to give back to the EC which was wasted on the election on 02 February that PT was told by the EC that should and could legally be delayed, but they refused to listen to EC

[rickirs]

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Hopefully she is taking 3,800,000,000 bt to give back to the EC which was wasted on the election on 02 February that PT was told by the EC that should and could legally be delayed, but they refused to listen to EC

Yes, the election could have been legally delayed AND it could have been legally held on Feb. 2, 2014. The Constitutional Court held that the election date need only be agreed upon by both the EC and the Government. The Government and EC did agree to the Feb. 2, 2014 date, so why should the government give back anything?

Rather it was because of Suthep/PDRC's blockade of 10% of the voting stations that caused the EC in agreement with the Government to schedule a followup election date for those 10% voting stations. The Democrat/PDRC/Suthep should have been made to reimburse the Government for the subsequent nullification of the election. Holding the election was constitutional; PDRC/Democrat/Suthep's shutdown of voting stations was unconstitutional.

[h90]

Have they asked Sutherp?

Without his opinion and consent, nothing will happen.

Or again, 4 billion Baht of taxpayers money will go down the drain.

It won't get down the drain...surely a good share will end in some pockets.

Just think 4 billion.....4.000.000.000 Baht.

If you need 8.000 people you can pay everyone 500.000 for that day.

Or are the papers to expensive?

[Robby nz]

Pity she has never accepted the AG"s many invitations to talk about big brothers illegal passport.

[fab4]

Pity she has never accepted the AG"s many invitations to talk about big brothers illegal passport.

Well she wouldn't need to - the AG wasn't involved.

The Ombudsman, who was involved, finally wrote a report in November 2013 and...............http://thaifinancialpost.com/2013/11/11/ombudsman-chief-to-submit-report-on-former-pm-thaksins-passport-to-cabinet-and-parliament/

Since then the governments been a bit busy dealing with something a bit more important, keeping suthep and his unelected peoples council away from the door.

[h90]

Have they asked Sutherp?

Without his opinion and consent, nothing will happen.

Or again, 4 billion Baht of taxpayers money will go down the drain.

It wasn't Suthep that killed elections, it was choices the EC made.

Specifically declining help from the Army and Police in clearing the registration stations, closing southern registrations at the shortest date possible, ordering the polling stations to close at the first sign of a mob and stay closed, which let PDRC close large numbers of polling stations on early polling using only small numbers of people.

This is PDRC's march at Bang Khen, do you really think they can stop an election without EC help?

On half the south the election organizing staff resigned so no people for registration or polls. I think in NST they fly the candidates per helicopter to a remote area for registration but only did it for PTP and a PTP clone party (PTP got the MP with 18 votes, the other got 0 votes, he even didn't vote for himself) but not for any other party.

That was complete doomed to failure and should have been canceled before.

Best would have been if the EC would have resigned to allow reforms.

[Torkmada]

saying the majority of the respondents wanted to see the election held at the earliest possible date or on July 20th

The end is nigh for Suthep and his criminal band.

They know they'll lose the election and they know they'll never again be able to prevent the government from serving a full term.

Their goose is cooked and the people know it.

Yingluck has won the day.

Many of the leaders of the insurrections dating back to the PAD are in for the shock of their lives when they realise they are actually going to end up in jail this time.

Not only that, but this bunch of crooks will not be able to prevent the PTP from passing the long needed amendments to the 2007 coup constitution - the final nail in the coffin of decades of military dictatorship in Thailand.

It's a rout.

Where do you get this strange information from...fortune teller maybe???

It's just over man.

It's plain to see for anyone without an agenda to push

The minute the US sent the letter voicing their dissatisfaction the jig was up.

Now it's all about face saving and avoiding jail

Expect some sort of amnesty for all in the next year or two.

[tingtongteesood]

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saying the majority of the respondents wanted to see the election held at the earliest possible date or on July 20th

The end is nigh for Suthep and his criminal band.

They know they'll lose the election and they know they'll never again be able to prevent the government from serving a full term.

Their goose is cooked and the people know it.

Yingluck has won the day.

Many of the leaders of the insurrections dating back to the PAD are in for the shock of their lives when they realise they are actually going to end up in jail this time.

Not only that, but this bunch of crooks will not be able to prevent the PTP from passing the long needed amendments to the 2007 coup constitution - the final nail in the coffin of decades of military dictatorship in Thailand.

It's a rout.

Have they asked Sutherp?

Without his opinion and consent, nothing will happen.

Or again, 4 billion Baht of taxpayers money will go down the drain.

Suthep is a dead duck.

Even the nutless Abhisit pays him no heed anymore.

No matter how many times you repeat your wishful thinking, it will never come true.

The courts will do the right thing and impeach the useless idiot puppet pm.

The reds will attack. The army will repel them.

Then wait and see what's next...

[BuddyPinkham]

FUNNY how she can find the time to go to the EC meeting but cannot find the time to go to court to represent herself in answering questions!

[kratiam]

saying the majority of the respondents wanted to see the election held at the earliest possible date or on July 20th

The end is nigh for Suthep and his criminal band.

They know they'll lose the election and they know they'll never again be able to prevent the government from serving a full term.

Their goose is cooked and the people know it.

Yingluck has won the day.

Many of the leaders of the insurrections dating back to the PAD are in for the shock of their lives when they realise they are actually going to end up in jail this time.

Not only that, but this bunch of crooks will not be able to prevent the PTP from passing the long needed amendments to the 2007 coup constitution - the final nail in the coffin of decades of military dictatorship in Thailand.

It's a rout.

What amazing claptap....

[tingtongteesood]

In response to Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s request, Mr. Supachai said the EC would be willing to engage in talks with Mr. Abhisit, expressing hope that the Opposition party would take part in the next general election.

A very interesting statement.

Firstly, Mr. Supachai makes no mention of reform having to take place before the next election yet expresses the hope that the dems would take part in it. Mr Supachai is well aware that abhisit will not contest the election unless it's "free and fair". Therefore the EC position must be that the election will be free and fair without the need for reform.

Secondly, abhisit is stuffed. If he contests the election as envisaged by the EC i.e without reform his excuse for the past 6 months of mayhem is rubbished. If he doesn't contest the election his argument about free and fair elections is also rubbished because the EC by holding the election is declaring the election free and fair.

Of course the above is conditional upon what that nabob of negativity, EC election "organiser" somchai gets up to between now and the election.

You are so funny !!! Just because it was not mentioned in the article you LEAP to the conclusion it must not have been said and ipso facto blah blah &lt;deleted&gt; ! Everything you said here is complete made up crap ! Leave your wishful thinking rhetoric at the door...

[tingtongteesood]

In response to Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva’s request, Mr. Supachai said the EC would be willing to engage in talks with Mr. Abhisit, expressing hope that the Opposition party would take part in the next general election.

A very interesting statement.

Firstly, Mr. Supachai makes no mention of reform having to take place before the next election yet expresses the hope that the dems would take part in it. Mr Supachai is well aware that abhisit will not contest the election unless it's "free and fair". Therefore the EC position must be that the election will be free and fair without the need for reform.

Secondly, abhisit is stuffed. If he contests the election as envisaged by the EC i.e without reform his excuse for the past 6 months of mayhem is rubbished. If he doesn't contest the election his argument about free and fair elections is also rubbished because the EC by holding the election is declaring the election free and fair.

Of course the above is conditional upon what that nabob of negativity, EC election "organiser" somchai gets up to between now and the election.

You are so funny !!! Just because it was not mentioned in the article you LEAP to the conclusion it must not have been said and ipso facto blah blah &lt;deleted&gt; ! Everything you said here is complete made up crap ! Leave your wishful thinking rhetoric at the door...