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Abhisit admits Democrats in for tough fight

Sukhumbhand says his experience will win day

Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 02.23
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Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has admitted his party's candidate in the upcoming Bangkok governor election, Sukhumbhand Paribatra, is in a tight race with Pheu Thai's Pongsapat Pongcharoen.

CANDIDATES CROSS PATHS: Pol Gen Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, an independent candidate in the Bangkok governor election, and Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen, running under the Pheu Thai Party banner, exchange their candidate number stickers as they meet by chance while campaigning on boats on the Saen Saep canal Friday.

Results of the Abac poll released this week put Pol Gen Pongsapat in the lead on all measures gauging the popularity of candidates ahead of the March 3 election.

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bkk-farang
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Discussion 40 : 26 Jan 2013 at 17.0140
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@donduck #38: How many honest policemen exist in Thailand? My personal experience driving motorbike in Bangkok is that within 10 years I met exactly 1 (one) police officer who had the chance to take a bribe but who refused and wrote an official ticket. Hundreds of policemen I met asked for bribes.
Now this situation might be different in other sections of the police force but maybe not. Just think about things like: casinos, no smoking law, property rights, mysterious suicides, … the list is very long. All these things would not happen on this scale if the police would not be totally corrupt.
And you want one of them as governor?
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Discussion 39 : 26 Jan 2013 at 16.4239
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D25 Thaksin OWNS the Puea Thai Party and bankrolls it as well.
If Thaksin does not control the party why do so many MPs and Ministers go to see him wherever he is at the time to lobby for another position etc.
The MAJORITY of the Thai police in the big cities are corrupt from the top down and here is yet another one resigning from the police to stand as Governer of Bangkok. When he loses as will he will simply rejoin thwe police exactly where he was before.
The party also has its own factions not all of whom agree with each other.
Remember, Thaksin thinks, Puea Thai acts.
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Discussion 38 : 26 Jan 2013 at 16.3538
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bkk-farang asks:
1. How many corrupt policemen did Pongsapat expose? Even if it was not his job...

I don't know the exact answer. Why don't you tell us? But you are certainly correct it was not his job description. As in: How many corrupt cabinet ministers did Abhisit personally expose to the media? You see where this sort of tripe quickly descends, I hope.

and he asks:
2. Would a honest policeman run for a party which is controlled by a fugitive criminal... ?

Er, well, um... that is, yes. Is that not obvious? Wait! Are you confusing Pongsapat (Pheu Thai) with the accused criminal Democrat MR Sukhumbhand? He isn't a policeman!
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Discussion 37 : 26 Jan 2013 at 15.5037
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It will be tough if the Dems run the same lackluster campaign that they did in the general election.
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Discussion 36 : 26 Jan 2013 at 14.2736
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The idea of a policeman holding the top post in Bangkok, sends shivers down my spine.
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Discussion 35 : 26 Jan 2013 at 14.2335
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@donduck #31, you write about the achievements of Pongsapat and it seems like you think he is a honest policeman. I have two questions:
1. How many corrupt policemen did Pongsapat expose? Even if it was not his job I am sure it would be easy for every inside guy to expose lots and lots of corrupt policemen. How many did he expose?
2. Would a honest policeman run for a party which is controlled by a fugitive criminal who has already a 2 year jail sentence and lots of other serious crime cases waiting for him?
I think the answers are obvious – at least for everybody without a red tainted view.
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Discussion 34 : 26 Jan 2013 at 14.1034
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I think it is funny when bkposter #15 writes about the DEMs: “the entire party has little depth in well known names”
This reminds me of PT and their party candidate Pol Gen Pongsapat. He joined PT only a few days before he became “their” candidate. PT has lots of prominent politicians. How about superman Chalerm as Bangkok governor? He has already so many jobs one more would not matter. Or how about Jatuporn who is well known in Bangkok and is desperately looking for a job? Or the man himself, Thaksin Shinawatra, who promised us about a decade ago to solve the Bangkok traffic problem within a few months? Lots of well-known names...
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Discussion 33 : 26 Jan 2013 at 13.5033
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Discussion 25. "Member of PTP does not answer to Thaksin but to the party".
Thanks for the laugh. Funniest thing I've read in ages. The only sad part about it is I think you actually believe that is true.
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Discussion 32 : 26 Jan 2013 at 13.3332
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You live in Singapore where the city is run with an iron fist .Maybe it appears that Thaksin just offers helpful suggestions.Maybe all his corruption for which he has yet to go to court for and the constitution rewrite are for other people . Maybe the UDD just decided to form itself and occupy Ratchprasong and the taxes Thaksin didnt pay was just an honest mistake and the burning of the city by people in redshirts was just a coincidence with the protest .Its pretty plain to see to the tax paying public that Thaksin ran the show before and still runs it now .It is also plain to see that everyone else under him is a obedient robot .
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Discussion 31 : 26 Jan 2013 at 13.2631
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It is amazing in skimming these comments and those in other threads to see the number of "experts" who have no idea of what Pongsapat did in the police department - and thus have no idea why he is hugely popular in Bangkok BECAUSE of that police assignment. Hint: he was not a traffic policeman. Stereotypes *might* be true, but are no always true. I have no idea whether he will be elected governor, but he won't lose votes because of his police connections - in fact he will gain some, because he was a good policeman producing visible results in a high-profile position where people could judge him.

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