News Forum - Ban on public gatherings enacted and published in Royal Gazette

[Thaiger]

A new ban on public gatherings has been published in the Royal Gazette to combat the recent surge of Covid-19 infections in Thailand. The rule restricting unauthorised public assemblies is permitted under the Emergency Decree that was recently extended for a 19th time, as it has been every two months since it was instituted towards the beginning of the pandemic in March of 2020. Chalermpol Srisawat, Chief of Thailand’s defence forces, is the chief officer in charge of solving emergency situations related to security affairs and made the announcement of the new rule, ratified in the Royal Gazette yesterday. The […]

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[Manu]

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Rights groups and pro-democracy activists who had been consistently rallying in the streets against the government see this as a way to prevent them from protesting.

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While 53.5 million people have been vaccinated (31 million with booster shots too), Thailand is seeing around 2,000 hospitalisations per day, and an estimate of 10 times that amount self-isolating at home with mild or asymptomatic cases. The government says this ban on public assembly is necessary to rein in those numbers.

Now, rights groups and pro-democracy activists really have twisted minds thinking the Government, or any government worldwide as it happens, would use covid as a political tool and not base ALL their decisions on science for the good health of their people. Surely!

(PS: spot the sarcasm above.)

*** is endemic after all.

(PS: fill the gap: what is endemic in Thailand?)

[Pompies]

This is only the beginning. As the supposed election date approaches these measures will be applied across more locations across the country and the state of emergency will be expanded. Do not be surprised to see curfews return and there is every possibility that the election itself will not take place for entirely spurious reasons.

[gazmo16]

As we all suspected the Emergency Decree was extended for this very purpose and had nothing to do with the lingering Covid despite what the PM keeps spouting.

[Janneman]

Good. This ban might also help to stop the spread of monkeypox. Or any other disease we havent heard of yet.

[DesperateOldHand]

1 hour ago, Pompies said:

This is only the beginning. As the supposed election date approaches these measures will be applied across more locations across the country and the state of emergency will be expanded. Do not be surprised to see curfews return and there is every possibility that the election itself will not take place for entirely spurious reasons.

Nothing new, actually. Might refresh yourself with contemporary Thai history.

These writs and decrees have always been on the books - just not made public.