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His Majesty the King yesterday endorsed Yingluck Shinawatra as the country's first female prime minister.
Thailand’s first female prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra pays respects to a portrait of His Majesty the King as she receives the royalcommand appointing her as premier at PheuThai Party headquarters in Bangkok yesterday. MsYingluck is the country’s 28th prime minister. MEDIAPOOL
In her first address to the nation after receiving the royal command formalising her premiership, Ms Yingluck vowed her allegiance to the monarchy and pledged to foster national reconciliation.
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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 22 : 09/08/2011 at 06:08 PM22
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@D1 Every country has their own cultures, don't let it worry you too much. e.g. In Malaysia, the Dato', and Datok in Malaysia wear similar "uniforms" too. Dato' and Datok are respected titles in Malaysia, literally meaning "grandfather". Not very military-like right? What not, pilot wears similar "uniforms" too. =)
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Discussion 21 : 09/08/2011 at 04:11 PM21
> Obviously, minor conflicts like World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War don't count. As to the military interfering in Thai politics, what does one expect when "democracy" began in 1932 with a military coup that put in place a one party government, with a parliament partly elected by the people ... and partly APPOINTED by the ruling party? This was hardly an auspicious beginning.
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Discussion 20 : 09/08/2011 at 03:58 PM20
Although I'm not a supporter of Yingluck and her party, its useless to protest and put the city into chaos again. This is something I hope to never see. Protesting is arlight, but do it abiding the laws. We should give Yingluck a chance and see how she performs, Abhisit was a young gun that everyone said couldn't handle the job of PM as well, but he did remarkably well considering all the chaos he was confronted with. The UDD and PT never gave him a chance, but we are different - we will give Yingluck a chance. Thats the best we can do to improve the country now.
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Discussion 19 : 09/08/2011 at 03:35 PM19
LAZAR D#13. Correction, the last "war" Thailand was involved in was the Thai-Laotian War (December 1987 – February 1988). Thai armed forces moved in to occupy the disputed village of Ban Romklao, raising the Thai flag over it, but later than night were driven out by Pathet Lao forces. There were only about 1,000 casualties, but the majority of them were Thai. A cease fire was finally called on February 19, 1988. So, you have the "mighty" Thai army going against a country whose entire population is about that of BKK, and pretty much losing. It should also be noted that Vietnam sent troops from the Second Vietnamese Infantry Division to Baan Nakok air field in Xaignabouli to support the Laotian military operations.
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Discussion 18 : 09/08/2011 at 12:37 PM18
CRIS D14: After 75 years of 20 military interventions Thailand has seen little other than puppet governments. Had the Taksin government been a puppet government, there would have been no need for yet another military coup. I think it is evident. The military immediately appointed its own government, wrote its own immunity/amnesty for the illegal and anti-constituional putsch into a new constitution it, the military, helped write with experts it, the military appointed. Then again the military and PAD brought down two more elected governments within a few months and set up the democrat led (puppet?) government. In a certain sense a democratically elected government should be one of puppets; puppets of the people. The people should be pulling the strings. But in Thailand that has yet to happen. Personally I give the PTP a last chance at it. If they turn their backs on the people, I will turn my back on the PTP.
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Discussion 17 : 09/08/2011 at 12:23 PM17
I can see the puppets..... But I can't see the puppeteers!!!
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Discussion 16 : 09/08/2011 at 11:21 AM16
One of the things she could do to put her own personal stamp on her Premiership would be to publicly re-affirm the arrest warrants for her brother. She could make a public appeal for him to return to Thailand, no pre-arranged deals, And have him taken into custody. He's only facing two years. perhaps he could go before a judge and have that sentence modified to 5 years to include his fugitive status. Let him out in three for good behavior. It's practical, and very Thai.
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Discussion 15 : 09/08/2011 at 11:00 AM15
Congrats to PM YS. Had wondered if we might see a few new female names on the list, but not to be as yet. Will there really be six deputy PMs or is the word "or" missing? Looks a little top-heavy :)
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Discussion 14 : 09/08/2011 at 09:35 AM14
lets see how the puppets perform... we have just exchanged one set of puppets for a new set, albeit most of them have been tried before without much success, hopefully this new line up can amuse us with their antics while their puppet master pulls the strings from afar. It will be interesting to see which of the puppets tries to cut the strings first. As we know, cries of Four legs good, two legs bad will soon turn to Two legs good, four legs bad... soon enough!
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Discussion 13 : 09/08/2011 at 09:14 AM13
spiceman D12.....Your right, I stand corrected. I guess what i really meant was Thailand has not been to war for 170 years.
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