PM gives hope to reds over charter

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PM gives hope to reds over charter

House rejects debate on court injunction

Published: 13 Jun 2012 at 00.00
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has promised to press ahead with charter amendment to appease disgruntled red shirt MPs.

Yingluck: Wants to foster peace, harmony

However, she said the government needed to wait for the right time to push for its passage.

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bluebottle
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Discussion 16 : 13 Jun 2012 at 16.0416
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These MP are supposed to put the views of there electorate forward when voting not there own personal views likes or dislikes.
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Discussion 15 : 13 Jun 2012 at 14.2215
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D13 Fungus - The reason the DEMS took to the stage so to speak, was because the PTP refused to "engage in substantial discussions to move the country forward". The PTP preferred to dictate terms as they alone wanted them.

We can only hope that Yingluck and Somsak are true to their words and open the door to discussion. Once the door has been open, I am sure you will see the Democrats actively engaged in the conversation.
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Discussion 14 : 13 Jun 2012 at 12.1614
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This idea of trying to run the country from abroad, isn't working out too well is it?

It's time we searched for a country leader from within.
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Discussion 13 : 13 Jun 2012 at 11.0713
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A good decision by the PM. Now that things have "cooled off" we can only hope they do not become "heated" by more disruptive and childish tactics of democrat MPs and the inaptly named peoples alliance for democracy.

In the new session of Parliament the country will be expecting Khun Mark to keep his team of MPs under control and actually engage in substantial discussions to move the country forward ie; become a meaningful and productive opposition.
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Discussion 12 : 13 Jun 2012 at 09.5912
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Regardless of what you think personally of YS, she is not stupid and she is smart in assessing potential back lashes and planning her stategy.
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Discussion 11 : 13 Jun 2012 at 09.3311
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D1@becky32 Given the maths it is clear that not all the elected senators voted in favour neither did all the coalition MPs - so it a bit hard to use the invisible hand argument. The article states that all PT MP except the MP for Udon Thani cast their vote - I did wonder how the PM (and her entourage) voted as she seemed to spend yesterday inspecting flood defences
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Discussion 10 : 13 Jun 2012 at 09.2710
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Timing isnt the issue .Morality is .
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Discussion 9 : 13 Jun 2012 at 09.159
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@Browser-'There is a golden opportunity now before the next parliamentary session for the parties to do what parliamentarians are meant to do - to work together and go through the issue in all its details'- sorry but the pessimist in me fails to imagine this happening....
Loss of face has crept in as another prime factor in the disagreement.
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Discussion 8 : 13 Jun 2012 at 09.148
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If majority of the red shirts don't support this bill, that means many of the red shirts are thinking themselves now, they see that it is unjust as justice won't be serve to those responsible.
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Discussion 7 : 13 Jun 2012 at 09.117
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Clearly, the key is to educate the Thai people regarding:

1] Contents 2] Implications of implementation 3] Process

Without the widespread support of Thai citizens & voters, this will just cause further division.
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