Thai protesters launch 'final fight' as government clings on

[DubaiIsCalling]

Sutheps final attempt to tear the country totally down !

Let's all hope he does not succeed .

Actually, he isn't trying to tear the country down, he's trying to tear the Shin Dynasty down and let's hope that he succeeds.

Yep. He is trying to tear a legally elected government down with his steroids blablabla. And that will lead to more misery..... "surrounding the police who hurt our people". He should have been thrown in Klong Plem prison months ago. That would have been the right tear down action.

[Scamper]

As the courts have their say, and as the reformist movement have their say, the perpetual caretaker administration of Pheu Thai struggles to stay afloat. Pheu Thai rejects the courts. The fact that Surapong still considers himself deputy prime minister is proof positive of that. He spent a sleepless night wondering if the Constitutional Court really meant what they said when they said he had to go. But this morning, he's certain they made a mistake. So onward he goes. No court in the land is going to hold that man down. He's already planning to go to the ASEAN summit to " explain " the situation. Chalerm leaving ? Not a bit of it. No court in the land is going to hold him down, either. It's off to CAPO for him. The man who wrestles with the courts as many times as most other people shave has now a lot of catching up to do by issuing summons and slapping new charges on people. His enthusiasm and zeal for the law is only surpassed by his insistence that the law doesn't actually apply to him. Yingluck has a decision to make. Whether to claim her defense ministry portfolio - as some of the nuttier aspects of Pheu Thai are insisting is hers, or join the Jatuporn/ Thida zealots on the UDD stage tomorrow and criticize the courts and checks and balances of the judicial system. Decisions, decisions. And the new prime minister - or rather the one Pheu Thai is insisting be called as such - what is he doing ? Well, he has half a cabinet, no legislative power, no parliament, and no public mandate. And oh yes, he can't call an election because as he was neither elected through a quorum-filled parliament or the Senate in the event of a quorum-less parliament, he is not recognized by the constitution as having that authority.

[JesseFrank]

Sutheps final attempt to tear the country totally down !

Let's all hope he does not succeed .

Actually, he isn't trying to tear the country down, he's trying to tear the Shin Dynasty down and let's hope that he succeeds.

Yep. He is trying to tear a legally elected government down with his steroids blablabla. And that will lead to more misery..... "surrounding the police who hurt our people". He should have been thrown in Klong Plem prison months ago. That would have been the right tear down action.

Nice username mate. Wonder if you gonna survive to 10 posts on this forum

[JohnThailandJohn]

The govt is playing a winning hand, they have the high moral ground, playing with a straight bat and all the while making Suthep look like an hysterical fool. Keep it up!

Appointing members of one's family into top ministerial positions hardly qualifies as a moral high ground. Check out how many members of the Shiniwatra family + in-laws have these positions, it's really quite a bizarre and unhealthy situation for a country to be in, whether they were voted in or not. Would it be tolerated in your home country, would you be happy with it?

JFK and his brother Bobby being the Attorney General is an easy one to come to mind but many more ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepotism#Organizational

sh@t happens --- doesn't make it right but the way to address it is through legal challenges and elections. Not constantly taking to the streets, violence and intimidation disrupting the lives of citizens and the ability for the government to govern. If anyone thinks this is okay then they must also accept it is okay for those who oppose their views or disagree with what is right or wrong to do the same.

[slipperylobster]

The translation for final, for these purposes, is...."next to last."

[Local Drunk]

This suthep is out if order .

Demanding this and that.

Why cant people see him for the dictator he his.

Stoking the fire more and more.

Always wanted a peaceful ending to all this.

But right now doesn't look like it.

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He can't possibly be a dictator as he holds not the position of Our Supreme Leader. That position is currently held by some megalomaniac residing in Dubai.

Our?

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Yeah I think he would like it that way

Edited May 9, 2014 by Local Drunk

[Local Drunk]

PCAD’s 'Final Battle' Kicks-Off With Media Intimidation

By Khaosod English

Suthep Thaugsuban talks to supporters on 8 May, 2014. The banner behind him reads, "Victory."

BANGKOK — Thousands of anti-government protesters are laying siege to nearly all of Bangkok’s state-owned TV stations, demanding that they refrain from broadcasting any “pro-government” coverage.

The operation is a part of the "Final Battle" called by the leader of the People's Committee for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD), Suthep Thaugsuban. The group’s stated aim is to topple the government of Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisarn, who replaced former PM Yingluck Shinawatra after she was removed from office in a court ruling on Wednesday.

The verdict found Ms. Yingluck and nine Cabinet members guilty of unlawfully removing the head of the National Security Council in 2011, forcing them to step down from their caretaker positions.

Although the ruling was a victory for PCAD, which has been campaigning to oust Ms. Yingluck since last November, Mr. Suthep said his crusade against the government is not over yet.

The former Democrat Party MP declared that the fight will not be over until all Cabinet members are removed and an unelected Prime Minister is installed alongside an unelected "People's Council" that will be tasked with implementing unspecified "national reforms."

Mr. Suthep has expressed opposition to the upcoming general election on 20 July, insisting that he will not allow any elections to go forward before the "national reforms" are completed.

Over the past few weeks, Mr. Suthep has been calling on supporters across the country to gather at Lumpini Park for today’s "Final Battle." Mr. Suthep chose to launch the demonstration at 9:09 a.m., which many Thais consider to be an auspicious time because of the number nine's association with His Majesty the King, the ninth monarch in the Charki dynasty.

Shortly before 9:09 a.m., Mr. Suthep revealed his plan to have demonstrators march to the state-owned TV Channels 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. According to Mr. Suthep, these media agencies are "mouth pieces" of the government and must be "convinced" to refrain from broadcasting any more "pro-government propaganda."

"They must not report the news on behalf of the tyrants any longer, because it distorts the truth," Mr. Suthep said, adding that he intends to "ask for cooperation" from these stations to broadcast his speech once “victory” is achieved.

Thai PBS, which is also owned by the state, was curiously left out of Mr. Suthep's plan, likely because anti-government protesters generally view the channel as sympathetic to their cause.

Mr. Suthep said that the protesters will camp outside these TV stations "overnight" to make sure they don’t deviate from PCAD-approved coverage.

Nevertheless, Mr. Suthep said the demonstrators will not forcefully enter any of the state-owned media headquarters, insisting that the siege should not be considered as an attempt to intimidate the media.

This is not the first time PCAD activists have attempted to sway media coverage in their favor. When the latest round of anti-government protests flared up in November last year, hundreds of anti-government demonstrators stormed several TV stations in Bangkok, demanding the staff only broadcast content deemed favourable by the protesters.

A number of reporters, both Thai and foreign, have been also routinely assaulted or threatened by PCAD activists in the past.

Also on the move today is a group of PCAD protesters led by Buddhist monk Buddha Issara. The group is en route this morning to the headquarters of Centre of Administration of Peace and Order (CAPO). Security forces stationed at the CAPO compound have erected additional barricades and barbed wire to prevent the protesters from entering the area.

Source: http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1399616023

-- Khaosod English 2014-05-09

Good... There's nothing worth viewing anyway.

[h90]

Sutheps final attempt to tear the country totally down !

Let's all hope he does not succeed .

Actually, he isn't trying to tear the country down, he's trying to tear the Shin Dynasty down and let's hope that he succeeds.

Yep. He is trying to tear a legally elected government down with his steroids blablabla. And that will lead to more misery..... "surrounding the police who hurt our people". He should have been thrown in Klong Plem prison months ago. That would have been the right tear down action.

legally elected Did you just wake up after a half year sleep?

care taker government

guilty for abuse of power

guilty for corruption

with 2 minister who are in fact not minister

[Morch]

The govt is playing a winning hand, they have the high moral ground, playing with a straight bat and all the while making Suthep look like an hysterical fool. Keep it up!

Dunno about higher moral ground, Thai politics is more like mud wrestling.

[tezzainoz]

This suthep is out if order .

Demanding this and that.

Why cant people see him for the dictator he his.

Stoking the fire more and more.

Always wanted a peaceful ending to all this.

But right now doesn't look like it.

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Not a Suthep fan at all, and Thai wife and friends also not like him

But they see him just like a car, at the front of a Convoy of Thai people

But lets look at the facts

Demanding this and that.

I do the same when I go to the shop and they have no idea what the thing they want to sell me works.

But on the other hand if the high court of Thailand gives a verdict and they refuse to obey, then I guess on behalf of his thai followers who have made him their spokesman, he has a right to do so

Why cant people see him for the dictator he his.

A dictator is some one who wants supreme power, how many times has he stated he is only a leader of the Thai people and does not want to be part of the new Government

But who shows all the signs of wanting full Power ........... Th......n

Stoking the fire more and more.

Seems to be the Thai way

do you forget what the red shirts did in 2010

Please no double standards

Always wanting a peaceful ending to all this.

Well if the Red shirt would want the same thing this would all be over in days

But right now doesn't look like it.

Yep here your right

Yingluck could have left the fight with a clear face, but her brother wants total control, and is prepared to sacrifice everything and one to get his control

Edited May 9, 2014 by tezzainoz

[Morch]

Today will also be known as National Traffic Day.

Hardly!

Their Channel 5 mob:

9-may-14-channel5.jpg

Tv station

9-may-2014-pdrc.jpg

They've been going around TV stations protesting at the unfriendly TV coverage today.

Please, no Blue, not another 24 hours of your numbers estimates,why didn't you post pics and guestimates of the previous Red rallies? Tommorrow you can spend all day giving us your unbiased guesstimates of the Red gathering.

He didn't mention any numbers, or estimates. Just actual photos. Don't forget this is supposed to be the Final, Final, Final, No really, Final push to bring down the government. How do you think that's going so far?

I'm all for a truce: no tiresome crowd number estimates for instant erasure of anything starting with Final.

[tezzainoz]

Fascism 101. What a wonderful group of <deleted>.

What a wonderful group of <Legal Protestors>.

Not my opinion

But opinion of the Thai Justice System

[tezzainoz]

The govt is playing a winning hand, they have the high moral ground, playing with a straight bat and all the while making Suthep look like an hysterical fool. Keep it up!

Dunno about higher moral ground, Thai politics is more like mud wrestling.

we must be looking at different tv stations

I am not a Suthep Fan, but the lives shots of him on tv show he has a bigger backing of Thai citizens than you do

[graham66]

Easy as it is to get stuck in the rut of polarised thinking, whether local or farang, it is sobering to see how 'The World' views recent goings on:

Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.co...0MDAwODEwNDgyWj

The Economist: http://www.economist...des-it-may-well

[Just1Voice]

This suthep is out if order .

Demanding this and that.

Why cant people see him for the dictator he his.

Stoking the fire more and more.

Always wanted a peaceful ending to all this.

But right now doesn't look like it.

Sent from my SM-N9005 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Not a Suthep fan at all, and Thai wife and friends also not like him

But they see him just like a car, at the front of a Convoy of Thai people

But lets look at the facts

Demanding this and that.

I do the same when I go to the shop and they have no idea what the thing they want to sell me works.

But on the other hand if the high court of Thailand gives a verdict and they refuse to obey, then I guess on behalf of his thai followers who have made him their spokesman, he has a right to do so

Why cant people see him for the dictator he his.

A dictator is some one who wants supreme power, how many times has he stated he is only a leader of the Thai people and does not want to be part of the new Government

But who shows all the signs of wanting full Power ........... Th......n

Stoking the fire more and more.

Seems to be the Thai way

do you forget what the red shirts did in 2010

Please no double standards

Always wanting a peaceful ending to all this.

Well if the Red shirt would want the same thing this would all be over in days

But right now doesn't look like it.

Yep here your right

Yingluck could have left the fight with a clear face, but her brother wants total control, and is prepared to sacrifice everything and one to get his control

Why cant people see him for the dictator he his.

A dictator is some one who wants supreme power, how many times has he stated he is only a leader of the Thai people and does not want to be part of the new Government

But who shows all the signs of wanting full Power ........... Th......n

And how many times has he proclaimed his "final" march or "final" battle or "final" push? Eleven and counting. So, ZERO believability in his "truthfulness" there. But we're supposed to believe him when he says he doesn't want power?

He says he wants power returned to "the people", but had clearly stated more than once, that HE will be the one to appoint a new PM. and that HE will countersign HM signature.

I'm definitely no PTP fan, but no way in hell do I believe a single promise or word out of this fool's mouth.

Edited May 9, 2014 by Just1Voice

[khunsiam]

This suthep is out if order .

Demanding this and that.

Why cant people see him for the dictator he his.

Stoking the fire more and more.

Always wanted a peaceful ending to all this.

But right now doesn't look like it.

Sent from my SM-N9005 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

because he is the only hope to get rid of the Shin clan.

in the clash of clans

[ice4351]

I know very little about Thai history or Thai politics. However, as a neutral observer, I would have to say I would not want to see Suthep in any kind of a leadership position. I am not sure the country would be better with Suthep in any type of a power or leadership position.

[khunsiam]

Sutheps final attempt to tear the country totally down !

Let's all hope he does not succeed .

Actually, he isn't trying to tear the country down, he's trying to tear the Shin Dynasty down and let's hope that he succeeds.

Yep. He is trying to tear a legally elected government down with his steroids blablabla. And that will lead to more misery..... "surrounding the police who hurt our people". He should have been thrown in Klong Plem prison months ago. That would have been the right tear down action.

legally elected Did you just wake up after a half year sleep?

care taker government

guilty for abuse of power

guilty for corruption

with 2 minister who are in fact not minister

supporting the corrupt fighting the corrupt

[ozvenison]

Ok.. I still want to see ONE POLICY DOCUMENT from PDRC on REFORM ???

Just one, Thai or English..

I'm no fan of either side but I can't believe supporters of Suthep haven't demanded this ???

Edited May 9, 2014 by ozvenison

[belg]

golden age for criminals if the police cannot leave

wait for it... most major crimes are controlled by them anyway ...

and domestic disturbances and small thefts, they dont do shit if they are not paid on the side, incentive they call it

[Fat Haggis]

Tezza

He's NOT the leader of the Thai people and neither does he speak on their behalf, he's the leader of the protest movement don't confuse the two!!

[realenglish1]

WIth Suthip he will continue till he has no government then ascend to the Dictatorship he longs for

[oneday]

"Suthep is known for his hyperbolic statements (translation, pathological babble) and, with the government weakened but still standing, the call for a unilateral administration appears to lack any legal ground."

Now that is one hell of an understatement.

[cms22]

Sutheps final attempt to tear the country totally down !

Let's all hope he does not succeed .

Actually, he isn't trying to tear the country down, he's trying to tear the Shin Dynasty down and let's hope that he succeeds.

I hope someone, somewhere is asking the question: Who has Thaksin and Yingluck etc hacked off so badly to warrant such a savage response? Do you think the courts and Suthep are doing this for the "people" or something else? Why is that the army intervenes when the redshirts protest and not when the yellow shirts do the same and even take over an airport and large parts of the city? What is it that Thaksin/Yingluck/redshirts etc are doing that is really hacking the likes of the courts and the army off? Could it really be corruption, which lets be honest has been a part of Thai (and pretty much all Asian countries') history for decades? I don't think so. I think it is something else.

[Smokemachine]

Sutheps final attempt to tear the country totally down !

Let's all hope he does not succeed .

Suthep's final attempt to tear the Thaksin regime totally down!

Let's all hope he DOES succeed.

[binjalin]

I was astounded how few protesters there are taking part! I expected 100,000s but the photos, with wide angles, can barely show more than a few thousand tops

must be a crushing blow to Dear Leader and the fake monk but they'll be pleased their courts helped them out in the short term.

Of course long term they are doomed to failure as are all feudal elites and they will go the same way as all the others as ordinary Thais are sick to death of corruption, deference/no freedom of speech and being 'second class' to the elite Bangkokians

[chotthee]

The president of the Supreme Court and the senate speaker due to be selected today must set up an "interim people's government and legislative assembly" within the next few days . . . . SAID Suthep

[Thait Spot]

This is all about a few things

Suthep goading the RS

Suthep showing Jatuporn who has the bigger willy

Suthep's victory dance

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[Mot Leei]

Today will also be known as National Traffic Day.

Hardly!

Their Channel 5 mob:

9-may-14-channel5.jpg

Tv station

9-may-2014-pdrc.jpg

They've been going around TV stations protesting at the unfriendly TV coverage today.

Really I must asks the Suthep faithful, why is it Suthep wishes to blockade TV stations for expressing views he doesn't approve of ... I thought his faithful mindless followers were saying he stood for free speech, yet here we see him clearly trying to control the media on the day of his final final final final battle. Dictators always start by protesting, seizing govt agencies, controlling media, calling for reform etc .... then they become evil tyrants that never leave .... and you just have to look at Sutheps ego to see he fits the mold perfectly.

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[Hulkster]

I was astounded how few protesters there are taking part! I expected 100,000s but the photos, with wide angles, can barely show more than a few thousand tops

must be a crushing blow to Dear Leader and the fake monk but they'll be pleased their courts helped them out in the short term.

The yellow shirts are chicken hawks. Red shirts scared them away.