Prayuth issues protest warning

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Published: 25 Oct 2012 at 00.00
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Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has warned the Pitak Siam group that its anti-government rally on Sunday must respect democratic principles and that protesters must not put pressure on the military.

Gen Prayuth said Thursday he did not mind the rally taking place but its organisers should adhere to democratic ideals and not speak of the army in an unfavourable way.

"I would like to ask whether this government came from democratic means and if everyone wants democracy? If so, we should follow the [democratic] rules," he said.

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jgriff
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Discussion 39 : 26 Oct 2012 at 01.4939
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Gen Prayuth said Thursday he did not mind the rally taking place but its organisers should adhere to democratic ideals and not speak of the army in an unfavourable way.

Dear Gen. A demcroacy means they can speak negative about anything! Read some books pls.
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Discussion 38 : 25 Oct 2012 at 21.4938
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Gen P has a lot to say about non essential things but he is silent on why he is losing a war in Southern Thailand.
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Discussion 37 : 25 Oct 2012 at 19.4737
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I dont know how Gen Boonlert or anyone for that matter can even sit at the same table and have wine and lunch with Chalerm.
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Discussion 36 : 25 Oct 2012 at 19.2136
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dickemary #15, So true, I think Thomas Sowell nailed it on the head, he wrote, “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong”
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Discussion 35 : 25 Oct 2012 at 19.1535
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D 31, Khun Bill. Regarding a civil war, you could not be closer to the point. To be honest some pretty aggravating statements have been made, and a coup d'tat does appears imminent. Let us hope a bluff is being pulled.
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Discussion 34 : 25 Oct 2012 at 18.0934
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Dreaming to a coup for his Country and be proud to hate the democracy??? Thailand is not a banana republic but a great Country. Why some people want put it so down?
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Discussion 33 : 25 Oct 2012 at 17.4633
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I dont know how Chalerm or anyone for that matter can even sit at the same table and have wine and lunch with this guy. I honestly think another coup would cause a civil war.
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Discussion 32 : 25 Oct 2012 at 17.3732
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Why must all groups "remain peaceful and stay within the boundaries of the law", but the Red Shirts can do whatever they want, whenever they want?
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Discussion 31 : 25 Oct 2012 at 16.3531
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That a former (he is "former" isn't he?) army general can get away with making this statement is outrageous. These sorts of reckless statments do tremendous harm to Thailand. All political parties should strongly denounce this vieled threat to launch a coup and make a public committment that they will not support any government the militairy puts in place following a coup. This is a disgrace.
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Discussion 30 : 25 Oct 2012 at 14.0930
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Only in Thailand is the word coup is spoken as regularly as democracy. In other democratic countries, you can be assured that serious repercussions will fall on people who mention a coup. In this case, it is not only a mention but a organized rally to promote a coup and a blatant statement of intent by the leader. All the coups carried the same slogan of doing this for the good of the people but in reality coups have never solved but worsened the political situation. Thailand has so much economic potentials but as Lee KY recently spoke, repeated coups have created a lost of investors confidence and opportunities.
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