Pitak Siam rally hopes to oust govt

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Pitak Siam rally hopes to oust govt

Organiser Boonlert wants to see a coup

Published: 24 Oct 2012 at 00.00
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A planned rally on Sunday by the Pitak Siam (Protecting Siam) group may become a sustained protest to expel the Pheu Thai-led government, core organiser Gen Boonlert Kaewprasit says.

The retired general said he would have staged a coup by now if he was in a position to do so, claiming the country is being run by a "puppet government".

"I'd love to see a coup because I know this puppet government is here to rob the country. Several sectors of society can't take it anymore. If I had the power a coup would have been staged by now," he said.

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Discussion 69 : 01 Nov 2012 at 06.3469
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"Gen Boonlert said evidence on allegations of government corruption will be revealed at the Sunday rally."

Millions of people are still eagerly waiting for Boonlert's answer on his corruption evidence.
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Discussion 68 : 31 Oct 2012 at 21.1468
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Disc 66 - Now that you have added your URL to your profile your agenda becomes crystal clear.
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Discussion 67 : 31 Oct 2012 at 18.0667
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#66

It's the rules that makes it legitimate indeed, especially if rules themselves have been enacted democratically. And it needs to be legitimate, in the sense that the government must be allowed to work and protected from any disruption by unconstitutional means. We're talking about how the system works in reality. It must work and work as best as it can even as there're some problems. If the winning party has just 30% votes, the best we can get is that one or more elected parties form the government and run the country. Falling short of that, the system is not viable.

And, yes, bad as that may seem, it's a lot better than the case i
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Discussion 66 : 30 Oct 2012 at 09.1166
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#65 - If people are not participating in the system, either they don't understand it, or they have no faith in it. Either way, this is indicative of a very large problem, and constitutes a crisis in legitimacy. It is indeed a problem with "democracy" worldwide, and to say just because it's the rules, that makes it legitimate - is intellectually bankrupt. I have never said the Democrats had a mandate - and contrary to your accusations, I have on many occasions declared they are part of the problem and implored people to find a third alternative.
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Discussion 65 : 29 Oct 2012 at 21.1665
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Disc 64 - I'm sorry but it is you that does not understand the process. In a democracy every man gets a vote and of those that choose to vote the candidate with the majority of those votes wins. Under your logic every country on earth has no mandate. What is clear is that almost 48.41% of the people who exercised their vote voted PTP. That's the system. And again using your logic, how on earth could the Democrat party which pulled just over 30% represent the majority and you never complained about that once.
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Discussion 64 : 29 Oct 2012 at 15.4864
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#61 What are you not understanding? If you only get 32% of eligible voters to vote for you, you don't have a mandate. It doesn't matter if the opposition got less, or what voter turnout was in the US, UK, or on Mars. 32% is not a mandate. If the US & UK have similarly poor mandates (and they do), shame on them - something's obviously wrong.
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Discussion 63 : 29 Oct 2012 at 13.0263
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Kevinchm Disc 1. You don't reconcile with dummy.
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Discussion 62 : 29 Oct 2012 at 13.0062
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Most comments to this story misunderstood Gen Boonlert intention. He wished for a coup not the same as wanted a coup. He is old and retired, and sick of the leader who is the puppet of TS who manage the government from afar. How many times Yingluck absent from the House meeting? She acts like she don't understand and shied away from question most of the time. She doesn't have the skills and what it take to be a good leader at all.
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Discussion 61 : 29 Oct 2012 at 12.0961
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Disc 60 - According to IDEA the voter turnout in Thailand was 75.03%. That's not close to broke compared to the US at 64.36%(presidential)/ 45.59%(Parliament)or the UK - 65.77% or Canada - 61.41% or France 59.98% . Maybe you should worry about Western counties electing their leaders without a majority voting for them because they all have lower total voter turnouts than Thailand. In fact if I remember correctly from a recent presidential election you can actually win in the USA by receiving less votes than your opponent. Now that's Democracy in action that Thailand doesn't need.

http://www.idea.int/vt/
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Discussion 60 : 29 Oct 2012 at 03.5060
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#58 - if you are elected by less than 32% of the population - no matter how poorly others did you still don't have a mandate to run the country. The system is obviously broken, people obviously either don't understand it, or don't have faith in it. Either way, to keep claiming this government is "legitimate" just because it managed to pay off and bus in more opportunists than the other party, betrays the "pro-democracy" "progressive" rhetoric you hide your fanaticism for Thaksin with.
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