Pheu Thai assures Thaksin's speech in Seoul will not touch on domestic affairs

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Pheu Thai assures Thaksin's speech in Seoul will not touch on domestic affairs



BANGKOK: -- The Pheu Thai party asked opponents of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra not to be over-excited with the latter making a speech at the Sixth Asian Leadership Conference in Seoul scheduled to kick off on May 19.

Party spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard said Wednesday that Mr Thaksin would not touch on domestic political matters such as the draft constitution but his speech would be constructive and focus on Asia’s future vis-à-vis global economic direction.

He insisted that Thaksin was invited in his capacity as a former government leader and an Asian leader and he would not follow the script of a lobbyist as speculated by some local media.

“The former prime minister will not behave like a kid to risk ruining his reputation in the international forum,” said Anusorn.

“All sides should feel at ease because Mr Thaksin loves the country and the Thai people. There will be no emotional uproar to hurt the country and the people,” he assured.

(Photo : Thai PBS File)

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pheu-thai-assures-thaksins-speech-in-seoul-will-not-touch-on-domestic-affairs


-- Thai PBS 2015-05-13

[BKKBrit]

Can't wait to see the wailing and angst come flowing from the legion of Anti-Thaksin TVF followers...

[ExPratt]

Was reading this earlier, should be interesting

[seajae]

why would they invite a murdering scumbag that is trying to buy Thailand, this is the drop kick that organized/paid for all the terrorism/killings in 2010 and everything that has happened involving the reds since, bought and paid for the ptp and still its leader, what a complete joke the morons that organized his invite are, almost as pathetic as the idiots that still think he is a great person

Edited May 13, 2015 by seajae

[lovetotravel]

Does seem a bit unusual. For a leadership forum, this seems a dubious choice. Not being anti PTP, many picks from either party would be dubious. Strange.

[Cuchulainn]

ALWAYS has to be the centre of attention and get his piggy little snout in the trough of headlines.

Me me me me me me me me!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to scream and shout till I'm jolly well sick and then you'll be sorry. Ha!

[ExPratt]

Who else would they invite from Thailand i. There is a lot of "Former PMs"speaking. I wouldn't read anything in to it

http://www.alcchosun.com/?c=user&mcd=2015en_sub03_02&PHPSESSID=cd65906bb7f1553234e4162f1de19e32

[Linky]

ALWAYS has to be the centre of attention and get his piggy little snout in the trough of headlines.

Me me me me me me me me!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to scream and shout till I'm jolly well sick and then you'll be sorry. Ha!

I think you will find he was invited.

[ldiablo]

BKKBrit. Didn't take long, the 2nd post following yours.

[Linky]

why would they invite a murdering scumbag that is trying to buy Thailand, this is the drop kick that organized/paid for all the terrorism/killings in 2010 and everything that has happened involving the reds since, bought and paid for the ptp and still its leader, what a complete joke the morons that organized his invite are, almost as pathetic as the idiots that still think he is a great person

He was convicted of murder?

Seems the leaders have a different opinion of him than you do.

[JOC]

>>“The former prime minister will not behave like a kid to risk ruining his reputation in the international forum,” said Anusorn.<< Quote

A fugitive criminal on the run from a prison term and with 15 more cases pending within the court system, is afraid of ruining his reputation??

Who are you bloody joking??

[ExPratt]

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>>“The former prime minister will not behave like a kid to risk ruining his reputation in the international forum,” said Anusorn.<< Quote

A fugitive criminal on the run from a prison term and with 15 more cases pending within the court system, is afraid of ruining his reputation?? alt=cheesy.gif width=32 height=20> alt=cheesy.gif width=32 height=20>

Who are you bloody joking??

I think outside of Thailand people don't view him as a criminal

[JOC]

>>“All sides should feel at ease because Mr Thaksin loves the country and the Thai people. There will be no emotional uproar to hurt the country and the people,” he assured.<< Quote

So Mr T loves his country and its people??

And proves it (with the help of rest of the clan) by robbing the country blind!!

A very strange love affair!!

[Anthony5]

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>>“The former prime minister will not behave like a kid to risk ruining his reputation in the international forum,” said Anusorn.<< Quote

A fugitive criminal on the run from a prison term and with 15 more cases pending within the court system, is afraid of ruining his reputation?? alt=cheesy.gif width=32 height=20> alt=cheesy.gif width=32 height=20>

Who are you bloody joking??

I think outside of Thailand people don't view him as a criminal

At least in the UK they do.

[MisterTee]

Who else would they invite from Thailand i. There is a lot of "Former PMs"speaking. I wouldn't read anything in to it

http://www.alcchosun.com/?c=user&mcd=2015en_sub03_02&PHPSESSID=cd65906bb7f1553234e4162f1de19e32

Maybe so, but how many of them are on the lam?

[Scott]

Off-topic posts and replies removed.

[LuckyLew]

Seems like quite a slap in the fave to My P and all his friends ... just my opinion

[Artisi]

Thaksin who? Would think he is fairly irrelevant now-a-days.

[scorecard]

Have a look at the conference website, there are mistakes in the titles of a couple of previous leaders.

They mention the wrong country for one previous leader.

The photos on the participants totals 102. It's a 2 day conference. 102 speakers?.

Edited May 13, 2015 by scorecard

[rubl]

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>>“The former prime minister will not behave like a kid to risk ruining his reputation in the international forum,” said Anusorn.<< Quote

A fugitive criminal on the run from a prison term and with 15 more cases pending within the court system, is afraid of ruining his reputation?? alt=cheesy.gif width=32 height=20> alt=cheesy.gif width=32 height=20>

Who are you bloody joking??

I think outside of Thailand people don't view him as a criminal

At least in the UK they do.

You're lucky as in the UK people know Thaksin the former soccerclub owner. I wouldn't be surprised if there are countries where people haven't even heard his name or if they did they wonder why they should care.

[Anthony5]

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>>“The former prime minister will not behave like a kid to risk ruining his reputation in the international forum,” said Anusorn.<< Quote

A fugitive criminal on the run from a prison term and with 15 more cases pending within the court system, is afraid of ruining his reputation?? alt=cheesy.gif width=32 height=20> alt=cheesy.gif width=32 height=20>

Who are you bloody joking??

I think outside of Thailand people don't view him as a criminal

At least in the UK they do.

You're lucky as in the UK people know Thaksin the former soccerclub owner. I wouldn't be surprised if there are countries where people haven't even heard his name or if they did they wonder why they should care.

The UK government couldn't care less what football club ( they don't have soccer clubs there) he has owned, they know him as an undesirable person who is not allowed to enter.

[rubl]

The Korean site has this interesting snippet. It seems to suggest there are also subjects not interesting to the audience.

"The conference will also include subjects that are of importance to its audience. The audience is a mix of C-level and senior executives of Korea’s industrial and financial companies. A large number of businessmen, middle-management executives, senior government leaders and officials, academia and students are also among the audience. "

http://www.worknplay.co.kr/index.php/mod/event/act/showEvent/evt_no/450/the-6th-asian-leadership-conference

[waza]

Hmmm strange but I dont see a lot of Asian leaders, nor politicians at this Asian leadership conference! But I guess this clown will be at home with the likes of Gilles Ste-Croxic, Co-founder of Cirque du Soleil.

[Baerboxer]

The Korean site has this interesting snippet. It seems to suggest there are also subjects not interesting to the audience.

"The conference will also include subjects that are of importance to its audience. The audience is a mix of C-level and senior executives of Korea’s industrial and financial companies. A large number of businessmen, middle-management executives, senior government leaders and officials, academia and students are also among the audience. "

http://www.worknplay.co.kr/index.php/mod/event/act/showEvent/evt_no/450/the-6th-asian-leadership-conference

Hard to know which stream(s) he will be involved in. He's not a keynote speaker so may be on a panel discussion or something.

Maybe on the one of the last sessions on "Where the Alpha girls are?". He could suddenly produce Yingluck and do a puppet display.

[Baerboxer]

Who else would they invite from Thailand i. There is a lot of "Former PMs"speaking. I wouldn't read anything in to it

http://www.alcchosun.com/?c=user&mcd=2015en_sub03_02&PHPSESSID=cd65906bb7f1553234e4162f1de19e32

Agree mate. But, it's all strange how his conviction, bail jumping, all those 15 outstanding serious criminal charges, are completely ignored.

Perhaps because Thailand haven't exactly been busting a gut to try and get him back. Never know what he might say and reveal should he be on trial.

Wonder how he'd react if someone there asked about war on drugs executions, tax avoidance, changing laws to help yourself, running a government through Skype and email and slaughtering the odd few Moslems. Or even pointed out his 30 baht health scheme replaced a free one.

[tbthailand]

and so what if he did?

Actually, he should. He should call out the current regime for what it is.

But Thaksin is a giant pussy and won't ever do that.

nothing to see here....

except the loathing of the ever-present Thaksin haters.... as if he were important to the future of Thai freedom or something...

[tbthailand]

Who else would they invite from Thailand i. There is a lot of "Former PMs"speaking. I wouldn't read anything in to it

http://www.alcchosun.com/?c=user&mcd=2015en_sub03_02&PHPSESSID=cd65906bb7f1553234e4162f1de19e32

Agree mate. But, it's all strange how his conviction, bail jumping, all those 15 outstanding serious criminal charges, are completely ignored.

Perhaps because Thailand haven't exactly been busting a gut to try and get him back. Never know what he might say and reveal should he be on trial.

Wonder how he'd react if someone there asked about war on drugs executions, tax avoidance, changing laws to help yourself, running a government through Skype and email and slaughtering the odd few Moslems. Or even pointed out his 30 baht health scheme replaced a free one.

his 30 bhat scheme replaced a free one???

This paper analyzes Thailand's 2001 healthcare reform, "30 Baht." The program increased funding available to hospitals to care for the poor and reduced copays to 30 Baht (~$0.75). Our estimates suggest the supply-side funding of the program increased healthcare utilization, especially among the poor. Moreover, we find significant impacts on infant mortality. Prior to 30 Baht, poorer provinces had significantly higher infant mortality rates than richer provinces. After 30 Baht, this correlation evaporates to zero. The results suggest that increased access to healthcare among the poor can significantly reduce their infant mortality rates.

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/app.6.1.91

[Reigntax]

Thaksin doesn't really need to say anything, the director general is quite capable of making a fool of himself without any help.

Thaksin must go to sleep each night smiling, free to travel wherever he wishes, considered by most as a PM in exile from a military repressed country and watch the daily blunders from an inept and incompetent military government chasing their tails all caused by themselves from 70 years of political interference.

[WhizBang]

Who else would they invite from Thailand i. There is a lot of "Former PMs"speaking. I wouldn't read anything in to it

http://www.alcchosun.com/?c=user&mcd=2015en_sub03_02&PHPSESSID=cd65906bb7f1553234e4162f1de19e32

Perhaps someone who is NOT a convicted fugitive on the run.

[ExPratt]

Who else would they invite from Thailand i. There is a lot of "Former PMs"speaking. I wouldn't read anything in to it

http://www.alcchosun.com/?c=user&mcd=2015en_sub03_02&PHPSESSID=cd65906bb7f1553234e4162f1de19e32

Agree mate. But, it's all strange how his conviction, bail jumping, all those 15 outstanding serious criminal charges, are completely ignored.

Perhaps because Thailand haven't exactly been busting a gut to try and get him back. Never know what he might say and reveal should he be on trial.

Wonder how he'd react if someone there asked about war on drugs executions, tax avoidance, changing laws to help yourself, running a government through Skype and email and slaughtering the odd few Moslems. Or even pointed out his 30 baht health scheme replaced a free one.

his 30 bhat scheme replaced a free one???

This paper analyzes Thailand's 2001 healthcare reform, "30 Baht." The program increased funding available to hospitals to care for the poor and reduced copays to 30 Baht (~$0.75). Our estimates suggest the supply-side funding of the program increased healthcare utilization, especially among the poor. Moreover, we find significant impacts on infant mortality. Prior to 30 Baht, poorer provinces had significantly higher infant mortality rates than richer provinces. After 30 Baht, this correlation evaporates to zero. The results suggest that increased access to healthcare among the poor can significantly reduce their infant mortality rates.

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/app.6.1.91

Yep so his policies in some cases worked for the good of the people . This would now be known as a "Populist policy" and not allowed. The irony of that announcement and i believe its in the constitution somewhere or something like that is beyond comprehension. Perhaps parties should have unpopular policies so as not not be though of of insane Marxists. The Beverage report 1942, they have had 70 odd years to read it