Poll: Time for censure debate

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Published: 3 Nov 2012 at 15.03
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Now is a good time for the opposition to grill the government in a censure debate, according to just over half of the respondents in a Suan Dusit Poll released on Saturday.

The pollsters from Suan Dusit Rajabhat University interviewed 1,242 people from Oct 29 to Nov 2 for their views on the opposition Democrat Party's plans for the debate.

Asked whether the timing for the debate was right, 50.20% agreed, saying the government had been in office for more than a year and some problems had arisen, particularly alleged corruption in various projects.

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RogerRed
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Discussion 6 : 04 Nov 2012 at 11.096
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Just what is it that the Dems (Red haters) on here don't understand about democracy? Domdunn explained that parliament here is run similarly to that of the UK.
Oh, hang on I geddit. The Yellow shirt,PAD,TPN nutters don't like democracy. Hey guys here's breaking news: Yingluk was overwhelmingly elected democratically. Get over it!
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Discussion 5 : 04 Nov 2012 at 08.065
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@domdunn #4: “30 minutes every Wednesday to answer questions” would also be just fine for Yingluck. But probably one minute is enough: “Let me make a phone call to the remote head of government”. Ah, sorry, she can’t admit that. What a farce!
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Discussion 4 : 03 Nov 2012 at 22.414
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shopwow D1

The PM rarely shows up in parliament because her job is not to head the parliament, she is head of the executive and her work is done in Cabinet and in meetings.

Under this system it is the same all over the world, for example the British PM turns up in parliament for 30 minutes every Wednesday to answer questions and isn't seen again for another week.

The dates have been agreed so that she will be there.
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Discussion 3 : 03 Nov 2012 at 21.573
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'They believe moves to grill the government are a political game to discredit the government'.

Political game to discredit ? The recent reshuffle means ministers can deflect criticism because they were not in office at the time.
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Discussion 2 : 03 Nov 2012 at 18.062
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Will the government video link be official in parliament so that the opposition can grill the thinker Thaksin right away or will the DEMs ask questions, then someone goes into the backroom and gets answers from the boss and then someone repeats his wisdom in parliament? Or should the censure debate be held in a foreign country without extradition treaty to censor the boss? TiT!
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Discussion 1 : 03 Nov 2012 at 15.191
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Can Bangkok Post conduct a poll on whether, people agree, do not agree or are confused why - the prime minister is rarely present during such parliament sessions? Is she going to be in the parliament for this debate? Let us get some real polling done, where the press might need to step on the toes of some big and powerful people. These small, street side polls are too timid.
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