Meanwhile, I will agree with the one poster who noted there has been no detail provided about the prosecution's case; thus virtually no way to have a discussion that actually focuses on the court case. But this is typical.

Carry on gentlemen, with your 1,545th debate concerning the past politics and travails of a repeatedly aborted democracy in Thailand. Misery loves company, eh?

Meanwhile, I will agree with the one poster who noted there has been no detail provided about the prosecution's case; thus virtually no way to have a discussion that actually focuses on the court case. But this is typical.

Carry on gentlemen, with your 1,545th debate concerning the past politics and travails of a repeatedly aborted democracy in Thailand. Misery loves company, eh?

What else do you do with an abortion?

Let us hope a genuine trial, and let us hope a politician finally gets sentenced for a crime committed. She nearly bankrupted the nation with this hair brained rice, cassava, and rubber pledging scheme. All just to buy votes. Highway construction was put on hold for years, as there were no funds available! She deserves time in prison, where she can make new friends. Let us hope. Can we hold out the hope for any sort of justice in this nation? Or is every judge in the land compromised?

Meanwhile, I will agree with the one poster who noted there has been no detail provided about the prosecution's case; thus virtually no way to have a discussion that actually focuses on the court case. But this is typical.

Carry on gentlemen, with your 1,545th debate concerning the past politics and travails of a repeatedly aborted democracy in Thailand. Misery loves company, eh?

What else do you do with an abortion?

Involuntary abortion is murder, in which case you must apprehend, try, convict and then incarcerate the murderer or murderers!

She was just put into the wrong place at the wrong time, just like Ahbisit.

Can't agree absolutely with your comment. She was nominated by her party to run for the top post. Nothing wrong about that. She then campaigned on her platform of policies in an election ran by the EC and within all the laws in the country. Why wrong time? Every party was given a chance to present their platform and to impress the voters. Same as Ahbisit. She won.

Totally different from the route that Ahbisit took. He was not elected by the people and was put in a wrong place at the wrong time. Wrong place because took office without the people mandate and wrong time because he was the defacto leader. The leaders are behind the scene.

Like to hear your comment.

Agree 100%. Only reason why I said Yingluck was in the wrong place is because she was not qualified to be the PM. She had no experience, her performance in office clearly reflect that she was unfit for duty. She refuse to debate, push away questions, redirected everything to her staff. Her most heard words are "try my best", "following the law", there was never substance in what she said unless she was reading from a script. I giver her credit for holding herself very well under such tremendous pressure though.

Yes her performance as PM was abysmal. Have to giver her one thing though, she was smart enough to stay away from parliament, probably on her brother's advice, as he did the same. Lying to parliament is considered a serious offence, requiring resignation under the honour code. Imagine having to explain an honour code to a Shinawatra.

BTW for our American friends, I have to explain that a PM is NOT a president; first and foremost he/she is a MP, expected to attend parliament to explain and defend their government's policies.

Below statement from UNDP help you to separate facts and emotion.

Thailand become an upper-middle income economy in 2011. Notwithstanding political uncertainty and volatility, Thailand has made great progress in social and economic issues. As such, Thailand has been one of the great development success stories, with sustained strong growth and impressive poverty reduction.

- UNDP

Thailand has made great progress is all that is saying. Sorry to burst your bubble. The country is indeed moving along at a positive pace, but sadly the people themselves are not moving fast enough to keep up.

All the same social, economic problems are still there - getting worse even. Household debt highest. Education below international averages and sliding even further back....and many more other problems

You need to separate general statements from facts.

During Thaksin's and Yingluck's time Thailand experienced a massive amount on International investment. Many investors such as Ford, Chevrolet and others chose Thailand at that time. Hotel and tourism investment grew massively. Bangkok had massive building and the lives of Thais improved greatly. New cars and motorcycles in every home. New computers and tech. Smartphones for everyone. The world trusted those governments. It's obviously not the same now. Just saying. Prayut is kind of a failure in my view. Only cheap oil helps him. That's it. Oil wasn't even cheap during the past governments. The rice scheme ended up being a problem but considering the big picture, most would probably say life was pretty good during Yingluck's time. And the scheme didn't destroy the nation. It certainly could have been managed better.

Edited June 28, 201610 yr by Alive

During Thaksin's and Yingluck's time Thailand experienced a massive amount on International investment. Many investors such as Ford, Chevrolet and others chose Thailand at that time. Hotel and tourism investment grew massively. Bangkok had massive building and the lives of Thais improved greatly. New cars and motorcycles in every home. New computers and tech. Smartphones for everyone. The world trusted those governments. It's obviously not the same now. Just saying. Prayut is kind of a failure in my view. Only cheap oil helps him. That's it. Oil wasn't even cheap during the past governments. The rice scheme ended up being a problem but considering the big picture, most would probably say life was pretty good during Yingluck's time. And the scheme didn't destroy the nation. It certainly could have been managed better.

You forgot mobile phones. Without Thaksin, Thais wouldn't have had mobiles.

During Thaksin's and Yingluck's time Thailand experienced a massive amount on International investment. Many investors such as Ford, Chevrolet and others chose Thailand at that time. Hotel and tourism investment grew massively. Bangkok had massive building and the lives of Thais improved greatly. New cars and motorcycles in every home. New computers and tech. Smartphones for everyone. The world trusted those governments. It's obviously not the same now. Just saying. Prayut is kind of a failure in my view. Only cheap oil helps him. That's it. Oil wasn't even cheap during the past governments. The rice scheme ended up being a problem but considering the big picture, most would probably say life was pretty good during Yingluck's time. And the scheme didn't destroy the nation. It certainly could have been managed better.

You forgot mobile phones. Without Thaksin, Thais wouldn't have had mobiles.

... at a thousand dollars each IIRC, for these hi-so must-have necessities.