'Lackey' PM risks exile

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Thaksin hold will break Yingluck, says Suthep

Published: 24 Dec 2012 at 00.00
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be driven out of the country unless she is able to shake off her brother Thaksin's influence, Democrat MP Suthep Thaugsuban said Sunday.

Suthep: ‘Truth’ push working

The former Democrat secretary-general said Ms Yingluck would end up sharing her brother's fate if she carried on acting as his lackey.

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dao
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Discussion 19 : 24 Dec 2012 at 08.4819
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The only thing I have seen PT do so far is drop the bar so impossibly low but they always seem to slither a little bit lower .
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Discussion 18 : 24 Dec 2012 at 08.2218
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"They think that if everyone faces a charge, we will go for an amnesty. But I can tell you that they are wrong. We will fight to protect the rule of law and we will not flee," Suthep said.

His words sound heroic, but cowardly in substance. First, Suthep knows it better than anyone that getting himself an amnesty for what he did, is a daydream. Second, Suthep knows it better than anyone that he dies having somewhere to flee to, but he has nowhere to flee to, because no foreign country will be evil enough to grant asylum to someone like him.
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Discussion 17 : 24 Dec 2012 at 08.1717
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Suithep isn't the Democrat's best spokesperson, but given the examples already set by members of the ruling party, he's just being a typical politician. I think he's off the mark about Yingluck's popularity, she's managed to keep her nose clean while those around her do the dirty work, but make no mistake, she is a lackey, much more so than you can claim Abhisit or Suthep ever were. As the Thaksin crisis escalates in intensity she's going to find herself answering some uncomfortable questions especially regarding the cases of party dissolution for acting as a proxy. She'll call it an honest mistake,or appoint a committee to look into it
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Discussion 16 : 24 Dec 2012 at 08.1516
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Suthep talking about Yingluck is quite funny, he also was a puppet, only the people pulling his strings controlled tank and guns.
However, he definitely wins over Yingluck when it comes to corruption the 1995 scandal over land he gave to the rich brought down the government.
Then in 2009 he was disqualified as an MP for holding shares in a media firm employed by the government.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
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Discussion 15 : 24 Dec 2012 at 07.5115
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What a charade here in Thailand; how many constitutions changed, amended, rewritten for the last 60 or 70 years...? 17? 18? Ohh, I forgot, a 'real' constitution is meant to serve THE people of A nation; not a few bunch of mafioso politicians (on all sides)...
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Discussion 14 : 24 Dec 2012 at 07.4314
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@ ploydonut: The democrats are just focussing on the single biggest problem for this country
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Discussion 13 : 24 Dec 2012 at 07.3113
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“The public, especially rice farmers, rubber planters and oil palm growers, are becoming increasingly aware of how disastrous Thaksin-style populism can be, Mr Suthep said.” I hope so!
If the DEMs are able to understand the farmers and convince them that Thaksin is bad then this is real progress for them and for Thailand. But somehow I don’t see that lots of farmers are convinced already from Suthep’s talk.
About YS being driven out of Thailand: I don’t think this will happen. It would be similar to driving the postman out. She was irrelevant before she became PM, she is irrelevant now, and she will be forgotten soon.
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Discussion 12 : 24 Dec 2012 at 07.2912
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duke - use your brain. Google Thaksin and Human Rights Watch. You'll get thousands of hits. Take your pick. BP doesn't let people post links.
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Discussion 11 : 24 Dec 2012 at 07.1111
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In every country in the world, if you suppress and place to much burden on the people, eventually the people will up-rise against the government. Many of the populists policies are damaging the economy and are completely unsustainable. These policies are a time bomb waiting to go off. With teachers being killed in the south, no one in Thailand feels safe. The PM has to be accountable for positive action, of which there is none. Corruption is at an all-time high. The average Thai is starting to be aware that the PM's plans and actions only benefit her family and not the country. Charging Abhisit and Suthep will backfire in the end.
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Discussion 10 : 24 Dec 2012 at 07.0710
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Somehow For someone like Suthep calling Yingluck a lackey does sound hallow when his party got to form the previous government due to them being a lackey to the invisible hands, certainly not by a people mandate like the Yingluck. And from someone riddled with massive corruption by his whole family, he is a poor choice of a spokesman.
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