PM hit back at ex-energy minister for denying him overseas travel permit



BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha on Tuesday hit back at former energy minister Pichai Naripthapant over the latter’s criticism against his administration’s refusal to grant him a travel visit to the United States to attend a congressional committee’s meeting.

He asked the media whether the former Pheu Thai minister should be allowed to visit the US as invited by a congressional committee if he continues to speak badly about his administration and Thailand.

“Do not advise us on what we are doing. Why didn’t he do when he was in the government? Why there are so many problems now? Don’t raise the issue of human rights violations with me because I have never breached anybody’s rights,” said the prime minister apparently in response to Mr Pichai’s criticism.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/147293


-- Thai PBS 2016-01-20

Loss for words when it comes to this guy.

Desperately in need of a new scriptwriter, the ptb are currently lost in space.

I'm PM, I have Art 44 and I can spit a dummy farther than you, so there ! ?

If anyone has any doubts as to how things are look at the comments attributed to the PM, no confusion as to his attitude and mindset.

Has P been to a rave the previous night?

He appears to have forgotten to change his shirt and he sure looks worn out.

Edited January 20, 201610 yr by Swamp Thing

You tell them General - Go On.......

I am so pleased that he is listening more and talking less this year!

Good on Mr Prayut , love seeing him with his gloves off,

what needed to be answered was who was going to pay for the trip?

I think the PM violated a few people's voting rights.

I wanted to say he suffers from cognitive dissonance, but I'm not sure about the cognitive part.

"I have never breached anybody’s rights"

After you came in power not, because you took away all the rights, so you can't breach them.....

When is telling someone what do or what they cannot do not a violation of their rights

Sorry state of the country when one man makes arbitrary decision based on his mood. Human rights in his palm of his hands and he violated all.

Dont raise the issue of human rights violations with me because I have never breached anybodys rights,

No, not just anybodies but everybodies rights!

Does he really hear himself sometimes and not laugh?

Doesn't a passport holder have a human right to travel wherever they like?

Denied the right because they have an opinion. Clear human rights abuse.

Playground stuff.

The Rule of Law!

Please apply the law. If he is free on bail by a court order, then traveling might be restricted by this court. If not, and if he has not been found guilty of any offense by a court of law, he should be free to travel, whether the general likes him or not.

Why is that so difficult to understand?

"human rights violations with me because I have never breached anybody’s rights"

Well you just have publicly. You have denied his rights to travel out of the country. Why?

Doesn't a passport holder have a human right to travel wherever they like?

Denied the right because they have an opinion. Clear human rights abuse.

Playground stuff.

The answer should be yes, but unfortunately the answer is no.

The passport is not owned the the holder. It's owned by the issuing country.

Edited January 20, 201610 yr by ldiablo

"I have never breached anybody’s rights,”

Once again I fear for Prayut's mental health. He seems to exhibit symptoms of one or more illnesses:

1. Dissociative identity disorder, "a neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more distinct parts each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the other parts."

2. Bipolar disorder (aka manic depressive illness), "a serious medical illness that causes shifts in mood, energy, and ability to function."

3. Alzheimer's disease known for dementia and memory loss.

For the sake of national and personal security, he needs to consider taking a long vacation or seek the healing calm of a monastery.

When Mr Pichai was released from detention he spoke publically about his "morale support for the government in solving the countries pressing problems"

Who left those problems? funny how all of a sudden accountability seems to have been lost in this story

I actually laughed out loud and I'm almost speechless at the same time (hard for me). I read then thought I'd made a mistake and reread it... cannot say more

A little attitude adjustment is clearly in order: pants down and bare bottom smacked in front of everyone before going off to jail cell number 44.

“Do not advise us on what we are doing. Why didn’t he do when he was in the government? Why there are so many problems now? Don’t raise the issue of human rights violations with me because I have never breached anybody’s rights,” said the prime minister apparently in response to Mr Pichai’s criticism

"Sometimes words have no meaning."--

When Mr Pichai was released from detention he spoke publically about his "morale support for the government in solving the countries pressing problems"

Who left those problems? funny how all of a sudden accountability seems to have been lost in this story

Decades of coup and interference of the Army in the politics maybe....

When Mr Pichai was released from detention he spoke publically about his "morale support for the government in solving the countries pressing problems"

Who left those problems? funny how all of a sudden accountability seems to have been lost in this story

Decades of coup and interference of the Army in the politics maybe....

people say power is like a drug , It must be so, it is prevalent in the withdrawal of such power in Thailand always rearing its head,

When Mr Pichai was released from detention he spoke publically about his "morale support for the government in solving the countries pressing problems"

Who left those problems? funny how all of a sudden accountability seems to have been lost in this story

Decades of coup and interference of the Army in the politics maybe....

people say power is like a drug , It must be so, it is prevalent in the withdrawal of such power in Thailand always rearing its head,

Like drug, they keep coming back for more. It was all so easy 18 times before.

Doesn't a passport holder have a human right to travel wherever they like?

Denied the right because they have an opinion. Clear human rights abuse.

Playground stuff.

Nope. You don't have the right to a passport. Countries issue them and can take them away or cancel them.

UK does it with football hooligans.

Did you miss...denied the right because you have an opinion.

Football hooligans are banned from travelling during competitions because they are convicted hooligans.

Doesn't a passport holder have a human right to travel wherever they like?

Denied the right because they have an opinion. Clear human rights abuse.

Playground stuff.

Nope. You don't have the right to a passport. Countries issue them and can take them away or cancel them.

UK does it with football hooligans.

Sorry to hear that. .