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Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

The people should be prepared for a new round of political crisis which may occur in six months because the Pheu Thai-led government has abused its power for the benefits of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Democrat Party deputy spokesman Atthaporn Polabutr said on Sunday.

Originally Posted by tsicar

so did the thaksin government, but it did not prevent the last coup.

the one thing i learned during my stay in thailand was never to underestimate the unpredictability of the place.

Originally Posted by tsicar

Fair comment.

yes, pulling a coup would be a stupid thing to do, but then stupidity has never stopped them before.

Originally Posted by tsicar

...and do not forget who "they" have on their side, which means a coup could be justified with a simple endorsement and back to square one again.

Originally Posted by tsicar

thailand has an army which seems to ignore the fact that they have a duty to support the government of the day (well, in a normal democracy this would be the case), and until this issue is sorted out, the threat of a coup at any time is very real.

Originally Posted by SteveCM

Democrat Party deputy spokesman Atthaporn Polabutr warned that people “should be prepared for a new round of political crisis which may occur in six months

Originally Posted by SteveCM

Finally, Atthaporn called for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, with only a month in office, to go. Otherwise, “this government would meet growing resistance from various sectors of society.”

Originally Posted by SteveCM

Already has since and well before this government took over!

Should Atthaporn simply be dismissed as a lunatic who can’t get over the fact that the Democrat Party can never win an election?

Originally Posted by SteveCM

There can be little doubt that the anti-Thaksin elite are already at work, plotting and scheming.

Originally Posted by SteveCM

Second, the Democrat Party has repeatedly shown that it does not respect the electoral process, so no electoral defeat, no matter how large, will be respected.

Originally Posted by SteveCM

Third, the Democrat Party has a long history of relying on decidedly undemocratic forces to lift it to government

Originally Posted by SteveCM

For Atthaporn and his party, the election defeat is just a bump in the road, and can soon be overcome with anti-Thaksin propaganda, rhetoric and by getting the yellow-shirted media, intellectuals and organizers in motion.

Originally Posted by sabang

The totally out of touch and partisan Bangkok media repetitively bangs one hollow drum after another, and thinks it is getting through to the Thai people.

Originally Posted by The Bold Rodney

Not only Thais listen to that hollow drum unfortunately so do many ignorant farangs!

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Dunno - to paraphrase from some where, the only ignorant people are the ones who think there is a clean end to the turd known as politics....

Originally Posted by sabang

The totally out of touch and partisan Bangkok media repetitively bangs one hollow drum after another, and thinks it is getting through to the Thai people

Originally Posted by sabang

The totally out of touch and partisan Bangkok media repetitively bangs one hollow drum after another, and thinks it is getting through to the Thai people. Well, it isn't. The manufactured Uproar reverberates in very small, self reinforcing circles only.

Fact is, as even a notoriously biased and amateurish Poll organisation let slip (Suan dive or Abac, who cares, using a biased sample group), Thaksin returning or getting amnesty is very low on their list of concerns.

Originally Posted by sabang

I suppose I can understand red shirt paranoia, but I can't understand why any nefarious element would be so utterly stupid as to try and bring down this elected government, which possesses a very safe absolute majority. Thats suicidal. Logically speaking, the day of the military and judicial coup should be behind Thailand.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

we have drunken peasants

Originally Posted by Butterfly

who want a better Thailand based on the rule of law and good business environment

Originally Posted by sabang

The totally out of touch and partisan Bangkok media repetitively bangs one hollow drum after another, and thinks it is getting through to the Thai people. Well, it isn't. The manufactured Uproar reverberates in very small, self reinforcing circles only.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

on one end, we have drunken peasants looking for a savior to put an end to their misery,

Originally Posted by Butterfly

on the other, we have a group of hard working people seeing what the savior is all about and who want a better Thailand based on the rule of law and good business environment

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

Bangkok Post : Jatuporn warns reds to be prepared


Jatuporn warns reds to be prepared

• Published: 1/09/2011 at 01:28 PM
• Online news:

Red-shirts throughout should prepare for a new round of struggle because a movement to bring down the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is likely to emerge and go into action after Dec 5, Pheu Thai party list MP and red-shirt core member Jatuporn Prompan said on Thursday.

Mr Jatuporn said in parliament that the information about a movement to topple the government came from the UDD's intelligence network.

The movement involved politicians now in parliament and members of an old power clique. It would coordinate activities aimed at bringing down the government, the same way it had sucessfully toppled the governments of Thaksin Shinawatra, Samak Sundaravej and Somchai Wongsawat.

Leading figures in the movement were the same people who brought down the past governments and the Thai Rak Thai and People Power parties, he said.

According to Mr Jatuporn, information from the red-shirts has never been fabricated and always turned out to be true.

Therefore, all red-shirts from the village to provincial levels were warned to be prepare for another round of struggle.

At the same time, he had warned core Pheu Thai members that the government should fulfill the promises made during the election campaign, including the 300 baht minimum daily wage and 15,000 baht starting salary for bachelor's degree graduates.

Only achievements could help protect the government, he said.

"The situation as we see it now is like a placid lake, awaiting the day for a political tsunami to arise.

"It is obvious that the opposition does not seem to care much about the election defeat, probably because for the past 19 years the Democrat Party has suffered election defeats but still managed to be government twice.

"The movement to bring down the government will begin actions in December," Mr Jatuporn said.

On a number of leading red-shirts taking political posts, Mr Jatuporn said this was not unusual because these people had long worked for the Thai Rak Thai, People Power and Pheu Thai parties.

No matter what positions they held, they were still red-shirts, he added.

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

Thai-ASEAN News Network

Corrupt Politics and Coup

UPDATE : 16 September 2011

September 19 will be the 5th anniversary of Thailand's most recent military coup. The coup may not be the last one that we will see as long as the country is still occupied by corrupt politicians and irresponsible citizens, who are unable to distinguish right from wrong.

[...]

By considering the where the country is heading, those who have been closely following the news would know that there is a military coup in the air. As long as Thailand is still be ruled by shameless and irresponsible crooked politicians, we will never be able to escape military coups.

Taken from Editorial Section, Naewna Newspaper, Page 3, September 16, 2011

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

and irresponsible citizens, who are unable to distinguish right from wrong.

Originally Posted by Scaramanga

you are! but just how would you know

Originally Posted by Scaramanga

Note the Banner here Thai E-News A deal between the Royals Mr T took place some time ago

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

^ it's actually far worse than that, Tom. It's typical PADite: "we don't think the masses should have a voice because they don't agree with us, so we will instigate a coup by corrupt and murderous generals who will then 'appoint' people that share the values of our minority group."