Washington Post editorial: Thailand's ineffective rule by force.
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Washington Post editorial: Thailand's ineffective rule by force.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ ... story.html
Bangkok University students defy junta with anti-coup banners.
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 06§ion
From the Boston Review, Democracy, Thai-style?
http://bostonreview.net/world/sally-mai ... =og.shares
Amnesty International appeals to the junta.
http://asiancorrespondent.com/130860/ri ... -monarchy/
No anti-junta polling allowed.
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 06§ion
Former PM faces impeachment charges for 2010 crackdown.
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1424785706
I'm not sure how you missed this one Up2U since KHAOSOD is one of your favorite sources, but in the interest of balance:
Poll: Thais Not Ready For Post-Coup Election
A vast majority of "community leaders" across Thailand believe that Thai people are not yet ready for a new election, a survey shows.
Khaosod English 23 February 2015
as much as they would like us to believe otherwise the Red Shirts may not be the only source of grass roots opinion as the article continues:Quote:
The survey was commissioned by a group called the Thai Researchers in Community Happiness Association (TRICHA) and published on its website yesterday.
The group interviewed "community leaders" in 659 communities across the Kingdom between February 19-21 about a number of political issues, including the question of whether Thailand is ready for a general election.
According to the poll, 71.2 percent of the respondents said Thailand is not ready, citing reasons like "there is still a conflict," "the situation still looks chaotic," "suitable people cannot be found yet," and "the government and the NCPO are doing good works."
I think Fox News also covered this in a special report tonight on how the junta's popularity and support is being misrepresented in the foreign pressQuote:
Orapin Pongprasert, secretary of TRICHA, told Khaosod English that the "community leaders" interviewed in the survey were local administrators holding the ranks of Village Chief and Kamnan (sub-district head). Both positions are semi-elected according to Thai laws; Kamnans are appointed by Village Chiefs, who are elected once by village residents but allowed to hold their post until the age of 60.
"Our survey intended to trace social trends across different issues," Orapin said. "We believe these leaders are the representatives and voices of their communities."
The number of survey respondents were chosen in proportion to the population in each of Thailand's six regions, Orapin added
bkkguy
I think Fox News also covered this in a special report tonight on how the junta's popularity and support is being misrepresented in the foreign pressQuote:
Originally Posted by bkkguy
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Of course, Fox news never "misrepresents" anything as attested to by Bill O'Reilly and their own polling methodology is beyond reproach as we witnessed in the Obama vs Romney election. The TRICHA conveniently made its appearance just after the coup. You may find this article helpful regarding Thai polling methodology.
http://asiancorrespondent.com/126917/wh ... hai-junta/
If Faux News says it, it must be so......
By the way, who are these "community leaders"? Who appointed them? for whom do they speak? and if everything is so hunky-dory, why the repression? the censorship? surely the junta would be voted back into power by a grateful public were an election to be held? So why delay? And if there was such a yearning for a royalist- militarist government, why were the yellow shirts so spectacularly unsuccessful?
Until the comic-opera generals admitted their support of course...with their guns.
I find this highly-suspect attempt to suggest that the Thai working-class are really just children desperate for father figures telling them what to do and what to think, dispiriting. And, I fear, suspiciously close to the Boer/segregationist view of those whom they consider lower-caste.
Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) agrees to to indirect selection of the Senate.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... enate-pick