PM to appoint special representative to handle Deep South violence

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PM to appoint special representative to handle Deep South violence

 

  

BANGKOK, 16 September 2016 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will exercise his power under Section 44 of the interim charter to appoint a coordinator whose task is to ensure that organizations responsible for restoring peace in the Deep South are working more effectively. 

In his capacity as chief of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), Gen Prayut is set to appoint a qualified and experienced individual to serve as a special representative in handling matters related to the Deep South. 

The special representative will coordinate the work between the Internal Security Operations Command, the Southern Border Provinces Development Strategy Committee and the Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre. 

General Prayut also came up with an idea to set up the Cabinet’s front line to speed up the peace restoration process. The so called ‘front line’ will consist of representatives from every ministry who are able to take orders directly from the government and implement them in southernmost provinces. 

 

-- nnt 2016-09-16

[williamgeorgeallen]

finally, and he needs to use it again on the lottery prices. they have gone up again.

[ChrisY1]

6 minutes ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

finally, and he needs to use it again on the lottery prices. they have gone up again.

Hardly anywhere near as serious as the southern trouble......which is the subject.........

Who really cares about a crooked lottery anyway!

[williamgeorgeallen]

1 minute ago, ChrisY1 said:

Hardly anywhere near as serious as the southern trouble......which is the subject.........

Who really cares about a crooked lottery anyway!

was making a correlation that most problems are not being fixed with the magical 44 thingy. perhaps it is broken?

[bark]

Special Representative " M1 Tank "  Better send more then one.

[Chang_paarp]

He better chose well, it has gone so well on the past, Except for Thaksin every government for decades has sent "special representatives" to negotiate with the folk down south. Trouble is the folk down south are asking for what the Bangkok folk will not give.

[tukkytuktuk]

This guy gets my vote:- quoted from the University website.

Dr. Mark Tamthai

Dr.Tamthai is the former head of the Philosophy Department, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and the former director of the Institute of Religion, Culture and Peace, Payap University, Thailand. He has taught and written in the fields of Philosophy of Science, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, and Peace-Conflict Studies. Some of his papers are “Democracy with a Heart”, “The Democratic-Peace Hypothesis and building a Culture of Peace in Southeast Asia”, “Citizenship and the struggle for rights in fledgling democracies”, and most recent, “The Philosophical and Cultural Dimension of Peacebuilding. He is a past president of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand, was a member of Thailand’s National Reconciliation Commission, and headed the government’s peace talks team with the Pattani Movement in Southern Thailand. Currently he serves as a faculty member in the Department of Peacebuilding, Payap University, Thailand.

[Alwyn]

Jobs for the boys, otherwise he wouldn't have needed article 44, he could have done it the regular way through the "government"

[Brer Fox]

Appointing "someone" is the old reliable fallback option for a PM who doesn't know what to do but wants people to believe he is doing something. After appointing "someone" he himself disappears in a puff of smoke and the whole thing gets forgotten. PM's and leaders from all over the world use this technique and it always reliable. James Hacker actually made this political ploy famous.

The Boss is learning.

[performance]

Yeah all to hard for Prayut. He likes a easy feed.

[jamesbrock]

12 hours ago, tukkytuktuk said:

This guy gets my vote:- quoted from the University website.

Dr. Mark Tamthai

Dr.Tamthai is the former head of the Philosophy Department, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and the former director of the Institute of Religion, Culture and Peace, Payap University, Thailand. He has taught and written in the fields of Philosophy of Science, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, and Peace-Conflict Studies. Some of his papers are “Democracy with a Heart”, “The Democratic-Peace Hypothesis and building a Culture of Peace in Southeast Asia”, “Citizenship and the struggle for rights in fledgling democracies”, and most recent, “The Philosophical and Cultural Dimension of Peacebuilding. He is a past president of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand, was a member of Thailand’s National Reconciliation Commission, and headed the government’s peace talks team with the Pattani Movement in Southern Thailand. Currently he serves as a faculty member in the Department of Peacebuilding, Payap University, Thailand.

 

An expert?! An expert?! My dear tukky you've lost your mind!

 

Dr Tamthai has been involved before, if you can access the page with your current setup, search his name on Google and look for "Cable: 09CHIANGMAI89_a" - it's very interesting reading for a number of reasons.

[Retiredandhappyhere]

Is this designed as a punishment for the special representative?