News Forum - Who will be Thailand’s PM by the end of 2022?

[Thaiger]

https://youtu.be/PF2YRXhkUaA   There are clear and present challenges ahead for the current Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha. His hands on the levers controlling the hearts and minds of Thais, and south east Asia’s second largest economy, is in peril. The next general election in Thailand has to be called before March next year. It’s the prerogative of the sitting PM to call the date and, as in other parliaments around the world, is an advantage to all the election at the most strategically advantageous time and start the process of the next election campaign. But the question of whether the 2014 […]

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[DiJoDavO]

11 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

The next general election in Thailand has to be called before March next year.

So we have the date of the ending of the emergency decree and mask wearing! Let's count down! 

[JustAnotherExpat]

In an honest election Chan-o-cha would be gone in a New York minute.  In an honest election.

Edited June 3, 2022 by JustAnotherExpat

[Boddown]

The little fat one or the weed lover take your pick

[JJJ]

It seems pretty obvious that the government keeps delaying officially changing the voting laws they already agreed to change last year to avoid a no confidence vote. With the government’s complete wipe out in Bangkok election they won’t change it until the last possible minute.  

[Poolie]

It's irrelevant anyway. Only Thais can vote. Why spend any time talking about it?

[JJJ]

37 minutes ago, Poolie said:

It's irrelevant anyway. Only Thais can vote. Why spend any time talking about it?

So before women’s suffrage was the next election irrelevant for them? It’s not irrelevant if you work or have a business here.
 

on a side note I thought this was interesting from the FT. Thailand is in their favorite place: right in the middle. 
 

 

[MikeW]

4 hours ago, JustAnotherExpat said:

In an honest election Chan-o-cha would be gone in a New York minute.  In an honest election.

In an honest election he never would have been elected and as long as his hand picked senators remain he will be reelected 

[Soidog]

7 hours ago, Poolie said:

It's irrelevant anyway. Only Thais can vote. Why spend any time talking about it?

Great. You are leaving the forum then. Let’s all celebrate

[Soidog]

We’ve already seen what goes on in Thai politics. The budget vote resulted in a number of opposition MP’s voting in favour. This had to be due to large brown envelopes being passed to them. This is the issue with Thailand. It’s not that they want to really improve the country, it’s all about who’s next in line to get their heads in the trough. There are millions waiting in line. Nothing will ever change. Exploit what you can and enjoy the ride. We all know what it’s really like. 

[HiuMak]

12 hours ago, JustAnotherExpat said:

In an honest election Chan-o-cha would be gone in a New York minute.  In an honest election.

I have never heard of an honest election

[Dom4Thai]

Thai politic is a sizzler. On the one hand, young and vibrant society wanted extreme makeover changes and aligned with Western investments and influences. On the other hand, the rural society prefers continuity, stability, and moderation. They refused to accept modernity that besiged their culture, religion, and practices.

Corruption, to people in the rural areas, is survival because assistance from subsidies aren't always sufficient and they don't spell sustainability - one thing citizens in the towns never understand. Thailand compared to many modern economies in ASEAN is the most sustainable because the agriculture industry serves the nation. Thailand may run short of cooking oil but that's not a bulwark problem. However, Thai people does not realise this. Food in Thailand is still the cheapest amongst the modern ASEAN economies.

Thai people has to vote with a conscience on what they want and not just blindly run into Western propaganda that bemean their society. Soft-autharanism does bring innumerable stability successes like ASEAN nations in Singapore and Malaysia. Philippines too had difficult days under strongman Duterte but Philippines is a much better nation without the drugs and addictions. Cambodia, under Hun Sen, too has unequivocally conquered Covid-19 with one of the best results in ASEAN. Vietnam, under a capitalistic Communist regime, have proven to the West's, that Communism isn't actually vile and lacked humanity. 

So, Thailand's stability is it's people, politics, persona, and perceptions. Whom they choose is their outright prerogatives. However, that said, Thailand should not rile into a nation like Burma. Burmese politics is about self-serving for the junta and it's rulers, and not for the people. When the Red and Yellow shirts fought for the rights to rule, that's not civility, but unnecessary insurrections that halted the image and development of the Thai nation. So, whoever's in-charge in Thailand, make it work with the famous and gracious 'Thai Smile'. 

[Giltee]

On 6/3/2022 at 10:47 PM, MikeW said:

In an honest election he never would have been elected and as long as his hand picked senators remain he will be reelected 

I’d like to see none of them as PM or as politicians

[Soidog]

In a country where the cream isn’t allowed to rise to the top, it’s best if none of the current crop are given a chance. Give it to Somchai, the noodle seller. He would do a far better job and probably speaks better English than the current PM! 

[Fanta]

I was going to have a run at being PM based on a policy of transparency, equality and anti-corruption but I couldn’t afford to buy enough votes. 

[Marble-eye]

1 hour ago, Fanta said:

I was going to have a run at being PM based on a policy of transparency, equality and anti-corruption but I couldn’t afford to buy enough votes. 

You could always add consistency to your policies Fanta, nobody is more consistent than you.

[dbrenn]

On 6/4/2022 at 10:42 AM, Dom4Thai said:

On the other hand, the rural society prefers continuity, stability, and moderation. They refused to accept modernity that besiged their culture, religion, and practices

Good post, but not just rural people are conservative. A lot of urban Thais are too. Look at the yellow shirts, foe example, many of whom were city people.