Denim Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 29 minutes ago, baboon said: I wonder what measures he will put in place to prevent that from happening. Step one, rig the election. Step two, retain Article 44 by another name. He has to, or he will literally be driven mad. He just won't turn up. He'll always be ' too busy doing important stuff ' to attend parliamentary sessions. Yingluk was often criticized for her non attendance but a reckon Prayuth will put her in the shade on that count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclark Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Perhaps some consolation can be taken by the fact that shortly the new PM will not have so great a degree of automatic authority given the relatively strong opposition in the Parliament. Now that the inevitable has been confirmed I am more interested in the fate of Thanathorn. That will give a defining answer as to which way Thailand will travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, PJPom said: I always thought that the perfect form of government is a benign dictatorship. The catchphrase for this is “for the greater good” . There has been nothing benign about this mob for the past five years. Do you think that is about to change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 1 hour ago, TTSIssues said: Introduce anonymous voting as every other democracy has and he would certainly have lost. That's not true either in democratic republics nor in parliaments. Elected officials are held accountable for how they vote. In fact an elected official will typically point to their voting record to prove their worth to whatever voter base they are pursuing. 1 hour ago, TTSIssues said: take away the 250 appointed supporters and he won by 6 votes. Take away the 100+ MP seats won by pro-PTP candidates that were disqualified by the pro-military (my opinion) Election Commission and the approx. 10 seats given by the EC that otherwise were ineligible to several small parties, and Prayut loses outright. The EC in essence was the final key to Prayut's election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboon Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, Denim said: He just won't turn up. He'll always be ' too busy doing important stuff ' to attend parliamentary sessions. Yingluk was often criticized for her non attendance but a reckon Prayuth will put her in the shade on that count. Excellent point. I hadn't thought of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckBee Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Makes me dream about final scenes of bangkok dangerous ???? 'I can't believe a thai could do such a thing' as vote for this elite puppet clown ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy723 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I wonder how many expats will be moving to Vietnam or Cambodia or even the Philippines before the protesting start here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 54 minutes ago, lvr181 said: You're joking aren't you? No, I really wish this. Do you not want democracy in Thailand? Do you not wish they have a skilful and really democratic leader? Wishing is aloud, isn't it? Now he is PM, now I want him to do his jobfor the people and well. What is wrong with this? Don't we all want this? And if you think I' m sarcastic .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Make a note of all those faces....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Of greater worry than the political system, (which in my view will go from govt/coup cycles to a vastly over bloated state sector with a level of top down control (by a very few) never before seen in Thai history), is the state of the economy. How many years of insanely bloated state sector funding and state sponsored investment (to keep the economic numbers up), before the whole pack of cards finally collapses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 1 minute ago, sweatalot said: No, I really wish this. Do you not want democracy in Thailand? Do you not wish they have a skilful and really democratic leader? Wishing is aloud, isn't it? Now he is PM, now I want him to do his jobfor the people and well. What is wrong with this? And if you think I' m sarcastic .... Please take your medication like the doctor told you.....You will feel better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chazar Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 6 hours ago, webfact said: checked by independent agencies ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Stolen, the chance of renewal and modernization of the country. Under the old constitution, Coup Makers was threatened with the death penalty. Now the country has a PM which the majority of the population does not want. At best, a purchasable facades democracy. Deepest condolences Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Some troll posts have been removed. A post in violation of fair use policy has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallen52 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Ground hog day.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotinsiam Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I wonder how many expats will be moving to Vietnam or Cambodia or even the Philippines before the protesting start hereI'm in Vietnam now after 14 years in LOS, Condos are sold, truck sold other items mostly sold. Repatriation of the Baht is good actually as it's so stupidly strong. Sent from my FLA-LX2 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expat Tom Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I am a long time resident of Thailand and what is happening to this country is sad indeed. Let's look at the facts. A military general lead a coup promising elections is 6 month. After 5 years of delays, during which he and his cronies suppress political debate and re-write the constitution allowing them to pack the parliament with hand picked supporters, he is elected PM? Everything being equal, I would love to remain in Thailand. However, I see increasing violence toward farang (I was attacked myself on the streets of Pattaya), restrictions and barriers on renewing visas and to top it off, a pro-China-anti-West PM is "elected"....I'm well on the way to developing and executing my exit strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJPom Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 31 minutes ago, baboon said: There has been nothing benign about this mob for the past five years. Do you think that is about to change? Not really, my theoretical premise of a benign dictatorship is for the greater good, not for the few. Most western countries and Australia are forever giving in to the vocal minorities with their often ridiculous claims therefore the tail wagging the dog. Here at least there is no pretence, so it does not meet my definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumballl Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 5 hours ago, dcnx said: It amazes me that an entire nation and even the world thought this was going to be a real election. This was a farce from day one. It was so painfully obvious that I’m embarrassed for how ignorant people are for thinking otherwise. He’s the junta leader! What did you honestly think was going to happen? I thought the "new" PM would don a red shirt, like Chavez (now deceased) and Maduro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunpa Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Watching the Thai people’s reactions on social media clearly shows what the people would have wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisswe Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 So that's the Thai peoples will ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumballl Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 9 minutes ago, dallen52 said: Ground hog day.!! Love it! Someone should start a poll on TV as to when it is predicted that the next coup will occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, PJPom said: Not really, my theoretical premise of a benign dictatorship is for the greater good, not for the few. Most western countries and Australia are forever giving in to the vocal minority’s with their often ridiculous claims therefore the tail wagging the dog. Here at least there is no pretence, so it does not meet my definition. Sorry you're happy to be told what you can and can't say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisswe Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 ANYONE SURPRICED !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Chrisswe said: So that's the Thai peoples will ?? Correction. The rich Thai people with political power who is connected to Prayut's will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozman52 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 The alternative was a Johnny-Come-Lately who bought himself a political party, made a lot of hot air promises, and wants to be PM. That worked so well last time it was tried. Take a look at history and the neighbouring democracies. Gone are the corrupt Shinawatras with their insane rice scam, and secret commissions when selling it, and govt. ministers running their own scam in a scam. We haven't had the fake democracy of Cambodia, the murderous drug purges of PI, or a 1MDB stealing billions. Instead a stable government and continuing prosperity. Those of you advocating political violence should take one big reality check. Thais don't want it, and that is why 8+ million voted voted for PPRP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiaexpat Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 A foregone conclusion since the last Consitution was drafted. Thailand will never progress politically until politicians accept that government is for the people and not to advance their self interests. History shows the military will control government at any cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffrobbo Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Clearly no-one is surprised. This was a done deal long before the "election". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 2 hours ago, EricTh said: What is shocking is that the Democrat party led by Abhisit decided to support Prayut. Actually, when Abhisit was the Democrat leader he said they would not support Prayut. He resigned after the election and they eventually elected another leader and chose to support Prayut, whereupon Abhisit resigned as an MP. So while it is ironic that a Democrat party would vote for a coup leader, don’t blame it on Abhisit. He is one of the few Thai MPs with a conscience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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