PM Prayut has no intention of staying in office

[webfact]

PM has no intention of staying in office

 

  

BANGKOK, 29 August 2016 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has called on all sectors of society to work towards reform, adopt change and be united, while reiterating that the present government has no intention of staying in office. 

The prime minister said the military would not manipulate the situation to allow anyone including himself to stay in power. The country is going through a transition to achieve reform which is crucial he said, adding that every sector of society must lend a helping hand to make the nation thrive and prosper. 

As for the Constitution Drafting Commission’s interpretation of the referendum’s secondary question, the prime minister said the final decision belongs to the drafting team and the Constitutional Court while calling on everyone to refrain from passing judgment on the charter. 

 

-- nnt 2016-08-29

[Reigntax]

He should prove it, remove himself and appologise to all Thai people for the damage he has caused and setting the country back 50 years.

[thesetat2013]

He already made this claim about not staying as premier. I do believe he also added to that comment that as soon as a leader was elected that he would instead be I the background making sure the new leader didn't stray from his objectives. Puppeteer?

[Thechook]

Prayuth had no intention of being P.M and had every intention of holding democratic election in 2014.  Every time this despot opens his mouth the manure flows uncontrolled.   He has rewritten the constitution making it impossible for him to be removed and to allow him to stack the Senate with his mates

[NongKhaiKid]

Wasn't he quoted yesterday as saying he would stay on if asked   ?

No suggestion that he would decline such an invitation so he'll invite himself to remain and humbly accept.

[carstenp]

Funny, because Yesterday he says this in another newspaper 

 

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Wants to stay in power via democratic means and 'democracy is only way to go'

PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha offered yesterday to continue serving as government leader after the next election, even though he will not be paid for doing so

 

[Eligius]

To  understand what is really meant and intended, just reverse the public statements, so that we get:

 

1) The military will manipulate the situation to allow him to stay on in power

2) The country is not going through any transition to achieve any genuine reform

3) Every sector of society must lend a hand to ensure that a tiny portion of the nation will thrive and prosper.

 

I am told that followers of black magic and satanism like to do and speak in reverse. Now - why on earth did such a silly thought leap into my mind?! ...

 

 

[z42]

The script changes everyday, always an if or a but or a when. The constitution makes it almost impossible to remove him by normal means. He is there til he does the honorable thing, and he very seldom does any of those if my memory serves me right....

[Thian]

Please stay at the sideline mr Prayuth, we don't want BKK to become a warzone again. That's not good for tourism, business and the relation among people in the whole country.

 

I also fear the corruption to come back. 

[canuckamuck]

7 minutes ago, Eligius said:

To  understand what is really meant and intended, just reverse the public statements, so that we get:

 

1) The military will manipulate the situation to allow him to stay on in power

2) The country is not going through any transition to achieve any genuine reform

3) Every sector of society must lend a hand to ensure that a tiny portion of the nation will thrive and prosper.

 

I am told that followers of black magic and satanism like to do and speak in reverse. Now - why on earth did such a silly thought leap into my mind?! ...

 

 

Exactly

[Tompa]

3 minutes ago, Thian said:

Please stay at the sideline mr Prayuth, we don't want BKK to become a warzone again. That's not good for tourism, business and the relation among people in the whole country.

 

I also fear the corruption to come back. 

Corruption to come back, when did it ever leave?

[BigBadGeordie]

5 minutes ago, Tompa said:

Corruption to come back, when did it ever leave?

If you keep feeding them, they will only get bigger and bolder.

[Thian]

6 minutes ago, Tompa said:

Corruption to come back, when did it ever leave?

 

I'll give you one example only, did you read about the BKK governor being kicked out of office last week? 

[mania]

If he wanted to help Thailand he could have done his job when mobs were overrunning govt buildings or stopping people voting....Instead he & the police chose to sit it out to make the government

of that time look out of control.

Truth is it was their treason that was out of control...No elected government can stand when they do not have the loyalty of their own Police nor their own Military Forces

 

 They purposely let the elected offices collapse..So they could install themselves...They chose to not do their duty to their country by idly standing by  watching government buildings get overrun by mobs...

This is the same as letting their country be overrun...They sat idly by watching voters being denied their rights....They claim they then had to step in as a last resort & then need to take control of the whole country when instead all they needed do was their sworn duty at the time it was needed.

 

No government can stand without the loyalty of its police & military forces...Not even this non-elected Junta..

 

Edited August 29, 2016 by mania

[tracker1]

Time will tell but I have my doubts !

[daveAustin]

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PM has no intention of staying in office

 

Only one thing to do then, mucker. 

 

I will not say what I really think on a public forum (some of you guys are either brave or stupid),  but I'll just say this, democracy is basically a non-starter in Asia and is millions of miles away in this neck of the woods.

[taichiplanet]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The prime minister said the military would not manipulate the situation to allow anyone including himself to stay in power.

a big difference from this statement to the misleading headline. He is saying he will stay in power if asked. As the House of Reps and Senate are already preloaded with allies then guess what will happen!

[MaxLee]

Good morning April Fools,... bla bla bla

[poohy]

Utterly devastated

But all the best comedy shows have to end at sometime

[BlindMagician]

49 minutes ago, Thian said:

 

I'll give you one example only, did you read about the BKK governor being kicked out of office last week? 

 

Aahhhh bless. How naive.

[timewilltell]

1 hour ago, Thian said:

Please stay at the sideline mr Prayuth, we don't want BKK to become a warzone again. That's not good for tourism, business and the relation among people in the whole country.

 

I also fear the corruption to come back. 

Corruption come back? It never left and is doing very nicely in all quarters thank you.

[williamgeorgeallen]

'manipulate the situation to allow anyone including himself to stay in power.' 

he pushed through legislation that means he and his buddies can control everything from the front or behind. think in this case he is playing the reluctant hero. ' i did not want to stay but the people wanted it.' what a joke.

[dbrenn]

He had no intention of staging a coup either. 

[waldroj]

"PM has no intention of staying in office"

 

I maintain that this is indeed the case. In my opinion, Prayut wants nothing less than the Presidency of the Privy Council!

• He gets an influential job for life;
• he's still free to meddle in Thai politics;
• he gets to mix with the "right" people; and,
• he doesn't have to deal with the Hoi polloi!

Given the current ages of some of the existing Privy Councillors, Prayut's chances of getting a call-up in the near future look pretty promising indeed:

Name	Current Age
His Excellency General Prem Tinsulanonda	96
His Excellency Mr. Tanin Kraivixien	89
His Excellency General Surayud Chulanont	73
His Excellency Dr. Chaovana Nasylvanta	88
His Excellency Air Chief Marshal Kamthon Sindhvananda	90
His Excellency General Pichitr Kullavanijaya	84
His Excellency Mr. Ampol Senanarong	90
His Excellency Admiral Mom Luang Usni Pramoj	82
His Excellency Mom Rajawongse Thepkamol Devakula	80
His Excellency Mr. Kasem Watanachai	75
His Excellency Mr. Palakorn Suwanrath	68
His Excellency Admiral Chumpol Pachusanon	72
His Excellency Mr. Atthaniti Disatha-Amnarj	72
His Excellency Mr. Supachai Poo-ngam	71
His Excellency Mr. Chanchai Likhitjitta	70
His Excellency Air Chief Marshal Chalit Pukbhasuk	68

[Farang99]

And the band played "Believe it if you like"

[Jimbo2014]

I think he said the same thing a few years back.  My how time flies.  In fairness he isn't really specifying a time frame.  Reminds me of Hotel California - you can check out any time you want but you can never leave.

[Srikcir]

1 hour ago, poohy said:

Utterly devastated

But all the best comedy shows have to end at sometime

No, I think Prayut wants to go into syndication with reruns.

[bark]

4 hours ago, Reigntax said:

He should prove it, remove himself and appologise to all Thai people for the damage he has caused and setting the country back 50 years.

So it was better when the Yellow shirts were camped out on Asoke, Sukhumvit, destroying peoples businesses ?

Hotels were at 20-30 % occupancy, Thais who needed tourist were starving for business, Seafood factories, laying off staff,

Restaurants were closing, Thais losing jobs. It goes on and on.

When people were dying in these demonstrations ?

I guess in your line of work, You do not need tourists or customers to come to Thailand to make deals ? It does not matter

to your business, if Thailand is on a watch list for slave labor ?

I agree this is not real democracy; but it doesn't matter. There have been 20 coups in Thailand over the last 60 years.

There will be another one. They happen every 5 years. Red , Yellow, Red, Yellow...........

We are all guests in this country; all we should want is a stable country. This is what we have now. Do business and make money. If you are retired; then enjoy yourself. The Thais don"t care, why should you ?

[kannot]

2 hours ago, Thian said:

Please stay at the sideline mr Prayuth, we don't want BKK to become a warzone again. That's not good for tourism, business and the relation among people in the whole country.

 

I also fear the corruption to come back. 

the  corruption never  left

[baboon]

"So it was better when the Yellow shirts were camped out on Asoke, Sukhumvit, destroying peoples businesses ?"

Yes.