The royalist conservatives' attempt to usurp power is a recipe for political crisis and large-scale violence
Thailand’s Senate, the country’s only functioning legislative chamber, convened an informal meeting last week to deliberate on ways to end that country’s six-month-old political stalemate. On May 7, the Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and a number of her Cabinet ministers from office. This judicial coup was followed by a decision from the National Anti-Corruption Commission, which indicted Yingluck for dereliction of duty in handling a controversial rice-subsidy program. Despite their judicial semblance, both rulings were carried out without any due process of law. They call into question the credibility and impartiality of Thailand’s judicial system in the eyes of the majority of the Thai public.Full story
http://kimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/thailand-on-brink-of-civil-war.html
Thailand’s Senate, the country’s only functioning legislative chamber, convened an informal meeting last week to deliberate on ways to end that country’s six-month-old political stalemate. On May 7, the Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and a number of her Cabinet ministers from office. This judicial coup was followed by a decision from the National Anti-Corruption Commission, which indicted Yingluck for dereliction of duty in handling a controversial rice-subsidy program. Despite their judicial semblance, both rulings were carried out without any due process of law. They call into question the credibility and impartiality of Thailand’s judicial system in the eyes of the majority of the Thai public.Full story
http://kimedia.blogspot.com/2014/05/thailand-on-brink-of-civil-war.html
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Jesse H
That is so not good. I thought the elections went as they wanted
Jendhamuni Sos
+Jesse H You missed a lot of things! Where have you been? 😉
Pawan K B
Its bed news
dahaöz açıkmavi
better to get agreement than civil war
Kyle Macland
+Sawitree Wongphan wherever you are, be safe, and stay safe.
Michael George
First, I never now proper edict for article that are tragic / bad news, to + or Not to +. anyway, I feel for all the incest people affected by this. On the other hand if it leads to a better nation it's a good thing. I just don't know how I should feel.
jungwoo yoo
Oh~~
Joseph Pereira
The yellow shirts need to compromise, Yingluck's party has majority support in the land. To destroy the party through the judiciary would be a crime against democracy. If you speak for the people then let the people decide who shall be Thailand's rulers through an election.
Timothy Mckiness
The world is changing we're getting tired of all governments not doing the wishes of the people ,this will not be tolerated in the near future. we now realize that we live on a small planet and all of us as neighbors must learn to get along
onespur spurone
+Timothy Mckiness The world is changing we're getting tired of all governments not doing the wishes of the people ,this will not be tolerated in the near future. we now realize that we live on a small planet and all of us as neighbors must learn to get along
Funny, those who use these same words are the very problem.:)
Jendhamuni Sos
+Michael George I know what you mean. We'll have to wait and see. And 'plus' ing on gplus only means you recommend this post for others, that's all. Have a lovely day 😉
Leonard Lee
Hope the usurption of power is seen as a desperate last gasp of the royalist.
Reverend Steve Pastor DD RMT
First, the Shinawatra government has not had an actual majority for many years. Corruption has been rampant, and massive payoffs by the Shinawatra party have brought many small political groups into an uneasy alliance with the Shinawatra party. Those numerous small political groups have been based almost entirely in Northern and Northeastern Thailand, an area of Thailand heavily devoted to rice farming and international Thai rice exportation. Many of the farms are small family farms, and run by families focused on just farming, rather than including good education and good medical care. This was fuel to the farming families (and the Thai farm workers) to be enticed by Shinawatra government promises of farm subsidies to inflate market rice prices and monetary payoffs. Added to the farm support, are large corrupt construction projects to provide a substandard infrastructure for transportation, flood control, and water distribution. Elections are bought and sold like market investments, with the overall goal of sufficient "rubber-stamp" support of the populated North and Northeast politicians and their business supporters. The West, Central and South areas of Thailand do not have the combined population of the farming North and Northeast to create a single majority party. And, ever since corruption evidence began to emerge regarding the Simawatra party, even the Shimawatra party cannot muster a majority in the Thailand National Assembly's 2 houses, House of Representatives and Senate. Second, there is no incentive to improve Education and education programs in North and Northeast Thailand. Thai families there are focused on whole family participation in labor work in farming, as well as small scale cottage industry production. Wikipedia: "The population is mostly rural, concentrated in the rice-growing areas of the central, northeastern, and northern regions . . . The population of Thailand is approximately 67.5 million people, with an annual growth rate of about 0.3 percent . . . The 1997 constitution mandated 12 years of free education, however, this is not provided universally. Education accounts for 19% of total government expenditures."
Richard Martin
It never happened under Siam . The King then
had control over life and death . What's
the current King doing ? I do know that
if you slander the present King , you get placed
upon young bamboo shoots that pierce the
body . Nice !
sopha hunedu
Regrettably, a national birthrate occurred in the 13th century in the territory Sukhotey of the Khmer Empire.
Raymond Loke
… too bad n d people will suffer most.
onespur spurone
+jungwoo yoo Oh~~
Haha.
onespur spurone
I know this: the entire world is in the water. We are boat people.
At one time our sails would aid our direction.
Today the robber came and took rudder and sails and placed us adrift.
We are surrounded by truely Strange Maritime laws ( Law of Nations) enforced by gunships flying strange flags and our Captains wear this symbol in every word and deed.
Look now on all your products. Do you see a six pointed star?
Tom Tapp
It is sad as Thailand and the Thai people are really sincere and beautiful.