stickyrice2000 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I can lend Thailand my cat. She's neutral and don't take side. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DiamondKing Posted May 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce.Do you seriously think this is a time for elections? Do you want the same crooks running the country? Without a PM the country can not function properly. So even a unelected one should be welcome until elections can be held and the constitution change so crooks like the PRDC and DEMS have can not control everything. In this case i beleive someone nuetral is better that just the army giving ordersSent from my GT-S5310 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app They have had 3 elections already and the same party won all 3 over the past 10 years, do you really think it is going to be any different when the next one is allowed ??? Maybe its time for them ot accept the peoples vote 3 TIMES ALREADY and the peoples vote means nothing Democracy my A $ S Edited May 23, 2014 by DiamondKing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradavarius37 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> My money is on some one with the initials AV and answers to the name Mark... alt=coffee1.gif width=32 height=24> Send your money to me then, because you are wrong lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtFarmer Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I can lend Thailand my cat. She's neutral and don't take side. LOL LMAO! Thank You! Much needed guffaw...laffed so hard the dog farted! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 My money is on some one with the initials AV and answers to the name Mark... I don't think so....The last time his performance wasn't so good. They need some old guy who doesn't want to stay in politics afterwards. So he doesn't need to please everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Drunk Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. How's that a problem? Unelected senators owe nothing to any party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piichai Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 My money is on some one with the initials AV and answers to the name Mark... Gotta admit he's the only one who came up with a framework for reforms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaidDown Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. How's that a problem? Unelected senators owe nothing to any party. Half of the Senate are elected, 1 member from each province. Rest are appointed by 'Senate Selection committee'. Last election were held end of March 2014. Term is 6 years (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Further More Australia is "gravely concerned" about Thai coup. Thailand has equaled Australia's impressive performance of 3 Prime Ministers in as many months established in 2013. It's a neck and neck race for the fourth PM After Thailand defeating Australia in the volley ball this week Australia is gravely concerned about Thailand appointing it's next PM before Australia and thus taking the lead. However PM Abbott is within a wink of the lead and maybe ousted by his party very soon after numerous corruption scandals and a disastrous budget. Abbott has firmed in the betting today after Thailand's new PM arrested all opposition. Thailand and Australia are even in the betting after Surachai's announcement. However the military was not involved in Australian politics in any way , therein lies the problem here , much better reforms on its way That maybe so, however Aust has reasonably honest dedicated politicians and don't require military intervention to sort out the mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiesteve63 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 A neutral shade of yellow Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xminator Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. Did they not dissolve the Senate too? I'm 100% sure I've seen that somewhere the last 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xminator Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. How's that a problem? Unelected senators owe nothing to any party. No they "only" owe something to the people that appointed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
than Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. Just remember that half of senate is elect too, and these senators are always in charge too .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xminator Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. Did they not dissolve the Senate too? I'm 100% sure I've seen that somewhere the last 24 hours. Reading up a little, 21 hours ago it was specified that the Senate would stay in place. Well that really put the correct color on this coup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WhizBang Posted May 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. The only 'farce' around here has been the PTP. Now they are gone. Good riddance I say. They are getting what they deserve. Hopefully soon the full weight of the law will come down on them as they are forced to give back their ill gotten gains and are awarded a long stay room at the Bangkok Hilton (prison, just in case any red supporter tries to pick this apart). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 My money is on some one with the initials AV and answers to the name Mark... Highly unlikely as Abhisit would not be seen as neutral by many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. Did they not dissolve the Senate too? I'm 100% sure I've seen that somewhere the last 24 hours. No, they did NOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. Did they not dissolve the Senate too? I'm 100% sure I've seen that somewhere the last 24 hours. Reading up a little, 21 hours ago it was specified that the Senate would stay in place. Well that really put the correct color on this coup. color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leggo Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Funny thing - when I put my car into neutral it won't go! Sent from my i-mobile IQ 2 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culicine Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Sounds great but who exactly is neutral here ? Oh what tangled webs they weave. A foreigner who thinks Thai people come from Taiwan ...so basically noone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culicine Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 My money is on some one with the initials AV and answers to the name Mark... Highly unlikely as Abhisit would not be seen as neutral by many. I can just imagine that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted May 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2014 My money is on some one with the initials AV and answers to the name Mark... Gotta admit he's the only one who came up with a framework for reforms... sorry to say I have no confidence in AV or Suthep to make the changes needed to shore up the constitution - legal system and election reform To accomplish this Thailand needs to engage some very smart people and even bring some expertise from outside Thailand Everywhere I look in the Thai country all I see are things needing fixed - having 25k corruption cases on the books for years is just insane - the willingness to let people out on bail when they have obviously broken the conditions - the defamation laws....the list is endless - police reform - accountability - 5 year ban when it should be a life ban - a government clinging to power when most of it is gone and the rest all being investigated for various crimes - penalties for corruption are a joke - the resources allocated to bring people to justice are a joke If this country wants to get serious about democracy then they need to get serious about enforcing it and bringing those to justice that abuse it - otherwise they'd be better off without rushing into it again until they have all the holes plugged and the country is stable and happy where on earth do you start with reforms 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimCM Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 He will be neutral according to suthep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 From the BBC just now "Military leader General Prayuth Chan-Ocha - who has appointed himself the new prime minister - said troops were taking power "in order for the country to return to normal quickly"". Can anyone confirm this or is just Jonathan Head off on his normal tangent i.e., not letting the truth to stand in the way of a good story. Maybe the BBC is just re-cycling news. Now what a huge surprise, I guessed that may happen with all his recent media exposure. Got to like it too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Well, what a surprise. A junta allows unelected senators to choose a "neutral" PM. What a farce. So you are telling us that the elected senators are not going to be part of the process ? Still it will be better than having 26 unelected appointed acting caretaker cabinet ministers calling themselves a government holding the country to ransom by refusing to step aside (because they were told to refuse by the convicted criminal on the run who appointed them) in order that the country could move ahead to reform and a free and fair election. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 seems the red supporters dont like the idea of a neutral appointed head of state, they want thaksin to keep pulling the strings. A neutral PM will make the framework for free and fair elections and this is feared. Think Mr. T spend billions on vote buying than half his MPs go into jail. Than the elections must be repeated and he doesn't win. Billions lost and no way to recover them with corruption. if you honestly think Thaksin is out of pocket in any way shape or form you are in for a shock In my opinion it will be disclosed that the billions or perhaps even into the trillion mark that is suspected to have been extorted from the Thai people by this PTP/Yhakisn administration will have been used to primarily pay Thaksin - he in turn will have been paying red leaders up to a million baht a month for their bought support who in turn spread out a supplied Thaksin fund to the rest at varying rates dependant on rank and stature, other funds also made available to government officials MP's - heads of state agencies etc - I guess the list is huge but so was the amount suspected of being stolen Thaksin never uses his own money. He gives people jobs from which they can extract taxpayers' money and forces them to use some of that to buy votes, rent mobs, hire gunmen and grenadiers etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmatix Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 What is the plan for a legislature or will the Senate be empowered to enact laws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chotthee Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 From the BBC just now "Military leader General Prayuth Chan-Ocha - who has appointed himself the new prime minister - said troops were taking power "in order for the country to return to normal quickly"". Can anyone confirm this or is just Jonathan Head off on his normal tangent i.e., not letting the truth to stand in the way of a good story. Maybe the BBC is just re-cycling news. My money is on Suthep. He let us out of this crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piersbeckett Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Hopefully in the not too distant future, Thailand can have a leader that loves Thailand and it's people, who's fair hand plays a fair hand to all, and that the only thing on the agenda is Thailand's growth and stability. Do not say it is impossible. It just needs a leader to show the way, have true belief and compassion, and a true desire to see Thailand prosper. Not prosper for his or her own gain, but for the whole country and its people to prosper, and gain the respect of the international community as a whole. The next steps taken are of the highest importance for Thailand in the eyes of the world, and for the good of the country. A proud nation does not want to be the laughing stock of the global community. Now is the time someone may just stand up and do it. Whilst I and I suspect most readers agree with your sentiment, firstly the Thais would have to know what the global community was and then they'd have to care about how it viewed them. Education - Education - Education might get them to know about it but to care about what it thought of them they'd have to be part of it, they'd have to see themselves other than Thais, as international people of the world - that's a big one for them - 'you can take the girl out of Thailand but you can't take Thailand out of the girl'. (here for Thailand can be substituted 'the bar'). A proud nation they are, in my view & the Thais in it - proud to be Thai - I've seen no evidence though (in my ten years here) of the Thais wanting to be proud of being a part of the (IMHO at best dubious, at worst fictitious) international community of which you speak. Edited May 23, 2014 by piersbeckett 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshstiles Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 A welcome development indeed. There was a stalemate in the country on a scale wholly unprecedented. It was going nowhere. It was all tangled up in knots. But that has changed. Completely. The rallies have stopped. There is peace on the streets of Bangkok. The violence, grenade attacks - all of that has ceased. The fiery speeches have ceased. Seven months of street protests have come to an end. The Senate, independent agencies, and the courts are fully functioning, and are operating safely and without intimidation for the first time in ages. And now a truly functional interim administration will be put in place, as opposed to the profoundly dysfunctional one that was the defining characteristic of the Yingluck administration. The Senate has been clear that they will choose someone acceptable to both sides. They are earnest in that. A bureaucratic administration will likely ensue. And then the process of talks will continue. Interim means, of course, interim - temporary. The goal of working towards a general election with a package of reforms that is the result of the pooled efforts and consensus of all parties will likely remain the primary goal. The Thaksin strings have been cut. What remains is much hope and a chance for a fresh start. It's as hopeful an outcome as one could have hoped. ...yeah, and now that those scary grenade attacks have finally ended forever, thailand will be a safe place for 20 year old teenagers who want to attend two semesters of school here....finally parents who want to send their children here for schooling, won't have to worry about whether thailand is unsafe. Now there are now more grenades and the red carpets have just been cleaned for all 20 year old student from every country to fly on over and have a seat in class....and parents can finally breath easier. Amazing Thailand. Hopes that ok share-yl...sweet dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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