Samuk no more...

[tonychat]

ahh......... that is what happen when someone trying to do a LKY

Samak bows out

Former prime minister Samak Sundaravej said he will end his role as leader of People Power Party.


Samak's former secretary general Theerapon Nop-ampa quoted Samak as saying he had done his best as leader of PPP and to protect the country's democracy.

"From now on, everything and every decision will depend on the PPP," said Theerapon.

However he stopped short of saying when he will resign.

The Nation 12 September 08

 

[kansas]

His cooking no good arh

 

[silverfox@]

who dares to be PM?

The next one who goes up will eventually be common enemy. Or gets sued by the courts. Or be corrupted.

This is what happens when a country is moving backwards and not forward. Nothing new.

 

[Ramseth]

Through the modern democratic (constitutional monarchy) system of Thailand since the 1930s, no Prime Minister's position could remain tenable without the support of Bangkok, even if he has vast majority of support in the rest of the kingdom.

Bangkok (Krungthep Mahanakorn in Thai) is not only the seat of government but also the seat of the throne. The one-man one-vote system is simply a technical illusion for the sake fronting a democracy. Opinions in Bangkok are politically worth several times more than opinions in the rest of the kingdom, even on a per capita basis.

The guardian and "moderator" of this system, is of the military, with sworn loyalty to the King and kingdom, not to government and people.

 

[sunny302]

His cooking no good arh

Or maybe his cooking will earn him more $$$ than just becoming a puppet for thugsin

 

[tonychat]

so where are all the political intellects here. where are all your theories and what-it-should-be essay.

 

[Ramseth]

Bangkok has its state of emergency lifted this morning.

 

[yinyang]

..no Prime Minister's position could remain tenable without the support of Bangkok, even if he has vast majority of support in the rest of the kingdom.
...one-man one-vote system is simply a technical illusion for the sake fronting a democracy. Opinions in Bangkok are politically worth several times more than opinions in the rest of the kingdom, even on a per capita basis.
The guardian and "moderator" of this system, is of the military, with sworn loyalty to the King and kingdom, not to government and people.

Well said. Popular vote's 1 thing, but harsh reality is krung thep's power base is part of equation for political spoils. Divisive, political split... siamese twins?:p

So samak's not cooking tonight?

 

[High till Dry]

the way he looked show that he is imcompetent according to some of my thai friends

 

[Alu862]

His green curry didn't look that nice anyway

 

[The_Latest_H]

As his ruling coalition government did oust him from his position, there's basically no complaints from me honestly.

It was done legally, so yeah, no problems.

 

[tonychat]

This guy got a nickname call "Eat and Complain" You call that a prime minster?

 

[dysentry]

Thaksin's fault?

 

[Lestat]

The super rich and affluent wants the power. That's why they stage so many nonsense. Ultimately, it's the poor who suffers.

 

[Nomad]

those protestors and oppositions got their wishes.
but who can come forward and lead this nation back to the mainstream.

 

[tonychat]

As his ruling coalition government did oust him from his position, there's basically no complaints from me honestly.

It was done legally, so yeah, no problems.

You got to realise that it is the people who speak up (protest) that prompt them to do the required action ( in whatever way) to get him out.

The whole idea is still what the people want. Sinkieland's LKY need to learn from that.

 

[tonychat]

those protestors and oppositions got their wishes.
but who can come forward and lead this nation back to the mainstream.

Do not worry, the thais are not sinkies, they know what to do.

 

[The_Latest_H]

You got to realise that it is the people who speak up (protest) that prompt them to do the required action ( in whatever way) to get him out.

The whole idea is still what the people want. Sinkieland's LKY need to learn from that.

For me its simple: If you have to push out a PM, do it constitutionally, and not through the streets entirely. Since Samak was pushed out constitutionally, I cannot complain about his ouster.

Still it must be said that Thailand is gonna be in a lot of trouble for the next few years, especially if the Prime Ministers of the next few years are gonna last up to a year or less.

 

[tonychat]

THe pushed out is cause by the street, they will not do that or pay attention to that if there is no protest. The protest lead to it since samuk wanna talk about law.

f he is not out in watever way, the protestor will not back down. That is Thailand and Thai people.

Sg got much to learn.

 

[tonychat]

Thaksin's fault?

Yup.. he is trying to do a sinkie LKY action and the thais detested it. Well, it is hard for a sinkie to understand that...