PM Prayut brushes aside Suthep's suggestion

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PM brushes aside Suthep's suggestion



BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has brushed aside a suggestion former leader of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee Suthep Thaugsuban that the government should subsidise the price of rubber sheets at 60 baht a kilogramme.

“I would like to ask where the money will come from to subsidise (rubber price),” he said, adding that he would not talk with Mr Suthep, now chairman of the PDRC Foundtion, on the rubber issue pointing out that there are agencies look after the problem with which Suthep can talk to.

He explained that about four million tonnes of rubber were produced each year of which 1.4 million tonnes were to be consumed domestically and the rest to be exported.

“So where can we find the money to buy them all? Or should we buy them all and leave them rotten in the warehouses?” asked the prime minister.

Gen Prayut insisted that he was not a heartless person who had no sympathy for rubber farmers. However, he said he would like the problem to be tackled systematically.

The prime minister gave assurance that the government was considering buying rubber from farmers and to process them into products, initially for local consumption.

He admitted that he had no idea whether the government’s plan would be acceptable to rubber farmers or not.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pm-brushes-aside-sutheps-suggestion

-- Thai PBS 2016-01-12

[tbthailand]

“I would like to ask where the money will come from to subsidise (rubber price),” he said, adding that he would not talk with Mr Suthep,

Hey, General, just send him a LINE message...

Edited January 11, 2016 by tbthailand

[Ricardo]

Or perhaps a get-in-line message ?

[NongKhaiKid]

Oh Suthep stop the BS to try and prove you're a genuinely caring person, someone else has cornered that market.

[ramrod711]

So where can we find the money to buy them all? Or should we buy them all and leave them rotten in the warehouses? asked the prime minister.

Great answer, I really wish that Suthep would flee the country. Perhaps his old friend Thaksin would put him up for a decade or two.

[bobmac10]

The monk has spoken

[clockman]

After hiding in the temple. Mr palm oil scam. Reinvents himself. People have short memorys?

[oneday]

“...I would like to ask where the money will come from to subsidise (rubber price,..”

Cancel the purchase of all your military toys.

[chainarong]

If they did subsidize, I guess the money would come from the same place as it will for those extra three hundred thousand conscripts, High speed rail projects along with a few bags of rice , constitution reforms , DCA upgrades, human trafficking , fisheries , wildlife trafficking and chasing students..........................

[aussieinthailand]

Oh Suthep stop the BS to try and prove you're a genuinely caring person, someone else has cornered that market.

Well now being shunned by his partner in crime, now calling on government to subsidize rubber prices one has to wonder how many rai of rubber he and cohorts hold?

but really maybe he's hoping everyone has forgotten his palm oil gig...

[nikmar]

Sutthep had previously said that he wouldnt get involved in politics again. Didnt he?

[LannaGuy]

maybe he has shares in a rubber business as he keeps trying to bounce back

[mrrizzla]

“I would like to ask where the money will come from to subsidise (rubber price),” he said, adding that he would not talk with Mr Suthep,

Hey, General, just send him a LINE message...

Bingo!

[MZurf]

Oooops. The robber rubber baron wants to collect the debt he's owed after having helped the "PM" overthrow the elected government and he's now brushed aside? Tsk, tsk Uncle Too!

[grumbleweed]

So where can we find the money to buy them all? Or should we buy them all and leave them rotten in the warehouses? asked the prime minister.

Great answer, I really wish that Suthep would flee the country. Perhaps his old friend Thaksin would put him up for a decade or two.

"Perhaps his old friend Thaksin would put him up for a decade or two"

A pint of what you're drinking please

[bark]

The monk has spoken

Why isn't this guy in Jail ? He goes to the temple, so that they do not arrest him.

Now he is out and sporting and nice Boss suit; and all is forgotten ?

[MorristheRunt]

Maybe the monk should get his hand in his very , very deep, gruby pockets and pay "his" people himself!

Or use the sacks of cash that were collected during the Bangkok protests, where did that go I wonder?

Edited January 12, 2016 by MorristheRunt

[Caveat Emptor]

A fallout ?

Will this degenerate into ' ding, ding seconds out ' ? Battle of the Egos coming ?

[JAG]

Maybe the monk should get his hand in his very , very deep, gruby pockets and pay "his" people himself!

Or use the sacks of cash that were collected during the Bangkok protests, where did that go I wonder?

All those "guards" and protesters don't come for free you know!

A party political broadcast on behalf of the "But, But, But, Thaksin Party" follows shortly.

[MorristheRunt]

Thailand is so lucky to have such men of the caliber, honesty and integrity as Ms Thaksin, Suthep and Prayat.

Edited January 12, 2016 by MorristheRunt

[toybits]

Karmic revenge must be going through the ex-monks mind. Another thought might be "It must be Taksin's handiwork - manipulating global rubber prices to make Southern Thais suffer..."

[Thailand]

I wonder if this will spur Suthep into spilling the beans about what reall went on pre coup, he's not one to shut up unless -----.

Anyway, didn't I read that 8 Thai ministries are expanding in to rubber?

[Just1Voice]

If Suthep isn't careful, he's begging for a bullet. Of course it will be blamed on a Burmese, but dead is dead.

[MorristheRunt]

If Suthep isn't careful, he's begging for a bullet. Of course it will be blamed on a Burmese, but dead is dead.

LOL we can only dream!

Waste of a good bullet!

[Artisi]

Maybe the monk should get his hand in his very , very deep, gruby pockets and pay "his" people himself!

Or use the sacks of cash that were collected during the Bangkok protests, where did that go I wonder?

You are staring to sound very much like a re-activated banned from TV previously red supporter.

If you are concerned and wondering there the cash went and it is giving you sleepless night, why not send Suthep message and ask him.

[Just1Voice]

Of course, if anyone ever did shoot him, they could always use the same excuse he did in regards to the protesters killed: "I didn't mean to kill him. He just ran into my bullet." Then all is forgiven.

[Artisi]

Sutthep had previously said that he wouldnt get involved in politics again. Didnt he?

Sounds like someone else we know....

[Artisi]

“...I would like to ask where the money will come from to subsidise (rubber price,..”

Cancel the purchase of all your military toys.

Now that is a good suggestion owing to the fact the end users of the military toys don't have clue how to play with them -- they are far too big to use in the playground sand-pit.

[MorristheRunt]

Sutthep had previously said that he wouldnt get involved in politics again. Didnt he?

Sounds like someone else we know....

Maybe you could explain why Thaksin was never been brought back to Thailand to face jail time as he is a convicted criminal.?

I am not a red shirt supporter, just as I am not yellow or green.

But I can spot a lying, cheating corrupt individual from 1000 paces, and I will call them out when I do, whatever their colour.

Thaksin should be serving time for robbing his own people, but I would concur the same could be said of a lot of Thai politicians, especially ones who lie, cheat and steal then wear orange robes and make themselves out to be above the laws of the land.

[blazes]

I heard condoms were in short supply, so maybe the excess rubber can be directed to that worthy ..er...end.

Edited January 12, 2016 by blazes