PM says no target for amount of answers to his 4 questions

 

 

BANGKOK, 15 June 2017 (NNT) - The Prime Minister has explained that there is no target for how many people must answer the 4 questions he has posed and that the exercise is not an indirect popularity poll, asserting rather that the questions are so that the public can take part in the democratic process. 

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has responded to some media reports indicating he is concerned about an apparent low turnout of people answering his 4 questions on the nation’s general elections, clarifying that he has no target for the number of answers. He also indicated the collection is not an indirect popularity poll as he does not wish to be a career politician. 

Speaking to the press, the premier remarked that it is not the amount of answers or even the general consensus of the answers that is important but rather that citizens play a greater role in deciding the nation’s future. He encouraged citizens to discuss the country’s politics among themselves, explaining that democracy is not based on elections alone but on the public voicing their opinions 

He made known more channels for public expression will be created and the answering of his current round of questions will be made more convenient.

 

-- nnt 2017-06-15

Gee I wonder if the fact no one is participating  is telling him anything about democracy?

Pretty sure he' get the answers he asked for......those publicised anyway 

2 hours ago, lovelomsak said:

Gee I wonder if the fact no one is participating  is telling him anything about democracy?

He would not know anything about it, as he can only think in entitled, ethnocentric, xenophobic terms.  The only elected person he is on friendly terms with is Abhisit and Abhisit thinks he should step down. 

why should thais care? general will carry on down his own road with his own map which can be interpreted how ever he wants. is an odd move asking people for feedback via these questions. 

This 4 question exercise is utter nonsense pandering only to junta sycophants. The only feedback will be what the junta wants to hear and will use to push the elections once again.

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He encouraged citizens to discuss the country’s politics among themselves, explaining that democracy is not based on elections alone but on the public voicing their opinions 

Sounds good

Free elections LOLTIT

His family members must have had a busy weekend filling out the forms.

Speaking to the press, the premier remarked that it is not the amount of answers or even the general consensus of the answers that is important but rather that citizens play a greater role in deciding the nation’s future. He encouraged citizens to discuss the country’s politics among themselves, explaining that democracy is not based on elections alone but on the public voicing their opinions 

He made known more channels for public expression will be created and the answering of his current round of questions will be made more convenient.

 

Seems to me an election would solve all of the Generals problems.

There are sewage works in the world that are less full of shit 

backpeddling

If 5 or more thais sit and dicuss politics would this be illegal?

 

12 hours ago, webfact said:

He made known more channels for public expression will be created

Those channels are already available. They're called elections!

Reading the title was quite enough for me: when the man only has four questions, and needs others to give him the answers to, it does indeed explain a lot about the situation in the country.

The size of the bikini and the hip movements of an 18 years young singer he seems to have an answer about though... Oh my!

9 hours ago, yellowboat said:

He would not know anything about it, as he can only think in entitled, ethnocentric, xenophobic terms.  The only elected person he is on friendly terms with is Abhisit and Abhisit thinks he should step down. 

Could you please leave the only decent politician of the present generation with some stature out of your anti-everything (except Shins and reddies) rants?  

In any true democracy the government doesn't expect the public to advise them on how to solve its problems. If the generals took over the country because they thought they had the answers then they should get on with making tough decisions and stop passing the buck. All government decisions in any country are subject to ongoing scrutiny and change, that's what democracy is all about. Nothing should be written in stone.

His 4 questions possibly lead only to the answer he is in fact 'demanding' to justify the current leadership agenda? 

 

And the 'results' that will be released will only show that, thereby validating the current Government agenda?

No clue why they're making such a big deal about what essentially was a throw-away line in one of the PMs rambles?

 

The "questions" were rhetorical, and he was giving the "answers" he expects.

 

Now they've turned it into a circus, all to claim "public input"?