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His Majesty the King yesterday endorsed a royal decree authorising the opening of an assembly of parliament on Monday to be followed the next day by the election of the House Speaker.
Scent of awoman Presumptive prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra receives a warm welcome from supporters bearing flowers at a municipality market on Phosi Road in Udon Thani’s Muang district. She is travelling around the province to thank people for Pheu Thai’s victory in the recent election. The province is a stronghold of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship.
The Election Commission has endorsed 496 MPs this week, which exceeds the required minimum number of 475 of the total 500 needed for the House to convene.
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Red-shirt supporters have expressed dismay over ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's call for them to set aside their anger and frustration over social and legal injustices for the sake of national reconciliation.
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Discussion 18 : 30/07/2011 at 10:22 PM18
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Yes, yes,yes. It's all about democracy and all that idealistic stuff. The problem I see is the credibility of the PTP and the UDD with their history of lies & denials and the visible strings. So let's see how they govern. They must set to work in earnest, to change the laws, to implement their policies, to finance megaprojects so the Shinawatra family can make a fortune. I hope they can make sure there is no more formalin in chicken so I can have chicken BBQ and not die from it.
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Discussion 17 : 30/07/2011 at 07:36 PM17
I didnt realize the coalition was a dictatorship . Maybe you should go to Burma John and try burning down the capital in a 2 month sit and see how a real dictatorship handles it .Save your positve we got our way rhetoric. The UDD and PT were the devil before they got their way .
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Discussion 16 : 30/07/2011 at 07:01 PM16
Burma was also a paradise for somebody who stole billions from the Thai people through the satellite scam....
Discussion 15 : 30/07/2011 at 06:11 PM15
Its interesting how the only way The UDD and PT can justify their disgusting behavior is by pointing their finger at some one else with equally disgusting behavior like it somehow makes it alright .It doesnt . Thailand has sunk to a new moral low .Just get rid of the law .Amnesty for criminals shows our young that breaking the law is the only way to get ahead .
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Discussion 14 : 30/07/2011 at 04:03 PM14
Firstly, happy birthday in advance to the new cabinet led by Yickluck's government which is to be born in August. Secondly, all the MPs in the incoming parliament, no matter they are PT, DEM or red shirts, are elected by voters according to their own choice in this open election country-wide, which no doubt is a fair, legal and democratic competition. That explains why this election is well recognized by Thai people as well as by the international. Totally agree with Discussion #8 johnb that Burma is a paradise for dictatorship advocates.
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Discussion 13 : 30/07/2011 at 03:54 PM13
Dear Blobber , Are you sure that you did not mean "The Thais deserve a bunch of better liars than PTP"
Discussion 12 : 30/07/2011 at 03:47 PM12
Politics in Thailand became a joke internationally when the last prime minister of a government elected by the people was dismissed for hosting a cookery program on TV. Where was the crime there? Was his cooking no good ?
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Discussion 11 : 30/07/2011 at 03:12 PM11
#8 a point of view very well expressed. I totally agreed with you
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Discussion 10 : 30/07/2011 at 02:37 PM10
blobber; How could things be worse than what we have experienced since 2006? Don't you like peace?
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Discussion 9 : 30/07/2011 at 02:22 PM9
Discussion 1. Great news all around if you want to see Thailand sink into the depths. Personally I love Thailand. The Thais deserve better than a bunch of liar who are ready to use them for there own personal gain. Obviously you are very gulliable and believe PTP. I do not. They are here to enrich them selves.
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