Does Thaksin's sister Yaowapa have a hidden agenda to be PM, muses Veera Prateepchaikul

Truth will soon emerge about Yaowapa

Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 13.09
Online news: Opinion

Speculation is rife that our charming Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra may lose her job for incorrectly declaring her assets regarding a loan transaction, and that a member of the Shinawatra clan is being groomed to take her place.

The rumour, which was categorically denied by the Pheu Thai Party, stems from the abrupt resignation of Kasem Nimmonrat as Pheu Thai MP for Chiang Mai’s constituency 3.

From left: Prompong Nopparit, Yingluck Shinawatra and Kasem Nimmonarat (Photo by Kitti Woraranchai)

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pquinlan
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Discussion 38 : 21 Mar 2013 at 08.0238
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Thaksin used the same quote when asked whether his Police force was using excessive force, ie murder, during his war on drugs: "There is nothing under the sun that the Thai police cannot do!" Breathtaking stuff. How someone who thinks like that can be trusted to run a country is beyond me.
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Discussion 37 : 21 Mar 2013 at 01.2137
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For Thaksin it is a matter of keeping it in the family. Is his kids up next?
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Discussion 36 : 20 Mar 2013 at 07.0636
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The article is an opinion piece, not a news story. The author is putting his / her suspicion across in a story to the reader, that's all it is. Once again as always the BP doesn't detail the journalist / writers name unlike other web-site newspapers, wonder why? Still the infatuation of Thaksin carries on another day, the sooner the whole country forgets about him the better. And no, as I have written before, I am not a red shirt or a yellow shirt supporter, just a person who wants to see our country move forward in peace....
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Discussion 35 : 20 Mar 2013 at 07.0035
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No problem, brilliant D35. Many people just like you get confused with the terms "rule of law" and "rule by law". In true democracies the people elect their leaders but Thailand has a system where the real ruling elite have "legal" ways to do away with election results they can't stomach. If they don't like someone in office, no problem. Just find some reason to disqualify him/her. Dissolve the entire party if needed. Rule by law.
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Discussion 34 : 20 Mar 2013 at 01.5034
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brilliant #31 I think you are confused again. Thaksin didn't legally become PM - He was elected PM. Abhisit was the one who was legally made PM (and shouldn't have). No need to thank me for clearing this up for you. I'm just trying to help.
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Discussion 33 : 20 Mar 2013 at 01.2833
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#29 Brilliant: Maybe you are a good ardent Dem and Khon Thai but hardly a US citizen. Why hiding behind a wrong flag. And instead of bragging loudly here better produce facts, where I didn't tell the truth. (He, who says less than the truth, is lying; Jack London). I always wondered and never found the answer, how corruption, lying and hiding the truth goes together with Buddhism. I take the blame for the cultural gap.
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Discussion 32 : 20 Mar 2013 at 01.2732
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When any politician enters office with just so much money and gets very wealthy while in office, the voters must ask themselves where did the money come from? Who gave it to them and why? A person gives a politician money directly or through a complex deal (hidden money to his family) in order to make even more money. That extra money comes from the taxes the people pay. So essentially it is the people's money. Thaksin's family is the 7th richest in Thailand.
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Discussion 31 : 20 Mar 2013 at 01.0331
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I love the feds talking about asset concealment being nothing or trivial. It goes directly to the heart of honesty. Kind of like Thaksin's asset concealment case. The one where for some reason, it was decided abstaining votes were votes for Thaksin's innocence. The truth is he should have never legally become the PM in the first place and his actions proved that out over and over(except to reds).
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Discussion 30 : 20 Mar 2013 at 01.0230
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Thaksin's power depends entirely on exploiting the most vulnerable people in Thai society with his personality cult. As that cult erodes, and the promises he makes are never fulfilled, his power will continue to crumble. Time is on Thailand's side, more so if people start replacing Thaksin's false hope, with real education and solutions to people's problems.
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Discussion 29 : 20 Mar 2013 at 01.0029
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Chump on - " I am just a farang democrat symphatizing with nobody but the truth."

Since you seem to enjoy spamming every board with some rubbish like" please tell all the truth"...you have discredited yourself and lost all credibility with that statement. Nothing you say reflects what you actually said. Wow.
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