webfact Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Thai junta reaffirms will hand back power in 2017, entering second phase of reformsBY AMY SAWITTA LEFEVRE AND PANARAT THEPGUMPANATBANGKOK: -- Thai prime minister and junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha gave a sweeping year-end speech on Wednesday in which he reiterated that the junta will hand back power in 2017 and that it was entering "phase two" of its reform plan.The junta, or National Council for Peace and Order, seized control in May 2014 and overthrew an elected government, putting an end to protests in Bangkok led by the middle classes and elites who wanted to get rid of the civilian government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.Since then, it has busied itself with drafting a new constitution and reforms which critics say are designed to limit the powers of political parties and neutralize those seen as loyal to controversial former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck's brother who was ousted in 2006.Full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-politics-idUSKBN0U60AR20151223-- Reuters 2015-12-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Ummm didn't he say that about Feb 2016 at the beginning of this year? So how can he be believed? I beg to wonder if this same announcement will be made next December as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) does anyone know at this point in time whether the outcome will result in anything like true democracy? in other words what about people (both politicians and the electorate)who are neither loyal to controversial former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra or to interests of the so-called Bangkok elite?Will they have any chance under the new system? Edited December 23, 2015 by Asiantravel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Just a translation issue. Every time he is asked he says "next year" and the translator or the journalist expects it to be the with in 12 months. Always next year, depending on circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I just back from the future...my time machine is working again.....here's what the headlines say from 23 Dec 16: Thai junta reaffirms will hand back power in 2018, entering third phase of reforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
city Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Handing back power in 2017. My ass is still pointing South so that aint happening. Stalling and delaying are the tactics of the day. Just buying another two years in which time events will ensure (In their logic) that they will be needed to steady the ship for a further ? years (pick a number). When Suthep cried for a few good men to run the country ( not Nicholson and Cruise) the incumbents are the ones he had in mind (after reported scheming to cause unrest to facilitate a coup). Civil unrest is looking more and more likely as people are now awakening to the fact, the khaki boys are going nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smutcakes Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Anyone got the heads up on what phase 1 of reform was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 They are entering the 'Second Phase' of reforms? I must have missed it, but what was the first phase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Anyone got the heads up on what phase 1 of reform was? sedition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Should bookmark this page for easy referral when date pushed back even further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMagician Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Make a website with a countdown clock. See if it is blocked by the junta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaiLai Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Isn't this story akin to that of the "The Emperors New Clothes"? This junta has been exposed "7 ways from Sunday"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Anyone got the heads up on what phase 1 of reform was? Lotto ticket price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Of course the 99% who think he is doing a wonderful job may well insist he stays... Hey that's democracy for you. Edited December 23, 2015 by JAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyDelight Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Reforms? The past years there were only rats feeding on the dikes of democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 ,,,but there is no statement that there will not a coup following the elections (just in case) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) He is assuming the constitutional draft will pass a referendum and it won't. So then what? Edited December 23, 2015 by oneday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 "Hand back power..." Hey, Khun Goh Hok, you should not have had it in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 2017, that is significantly later than the original date for elections in September 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcrab Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Lack of democracy this Governments style seems to be a little more attractive than democracy the Shinawtra style proved to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliotness Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) Handing back power in 2017. My ass is still pointing South so that aint happening. Stalling and delaying are the tactics of the day. Just buying another two years in which time events will ensure (In their logic) that they will be needed to steady the ship for a further ? years (pick a number). When Suthep cried for a few good men to run the country ( not Nicholson and Cruise) the incumbents are the ones he had in mind (after reported scheming to cause unrest to facilitate a coup). Civil unrest is looking more and more likely as people are now awakening to the fact, the khaki boys are going nowhere. I guess you're not British Australian, American etc etc by your grammatical errors. Your viewpoint is pure junta and Bangkok elite. Pray be so kind as to tell everyone what rank you hold in either the Thai military or Civil Service. It's not that I disagree totally with what you said, it's just that I'd be interested to have an indication of how you came to formulate such a radical viewpoint. Edited December 23, 2015 by seedy Quote hidden post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbthailand Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) wow, you are such a hateful person. Edited December 23, 2015 by seedy Quote hidden post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedy Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Troll / Flaming posts - and replies - hidden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Now it's 2017, any advance on 2017 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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