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Home » News from Thailand » Prime Minister Prayut denies rumors he will resign on November 25
Prime Minister Prayut denies rumors he will resign on November 25
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday that he has never said he wants to step down. In doing so, he refutes the rumors that he would resign before November 25. Prayut calls this "propaganda" from the mouth of the anti-government protesters.
Leading human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa, who is also one of the leaders of the pro-democracy movement, had posted a Facebook post earlier on Friday, mentioning that Prayut would step down before November 25. That is the date protesters have scheduled another rally at the Crown Property Bureau in Bangkok's Dusit district.
"You'll have to ask him where he got that information from, as I've never contacted Arnon," Prayut said. “Since they have another meeting scheduled for November 25, I think it's just propaganda to get more people on their feet. Should we continue to believe that person who is spreading this unfounded information? That's all I'm saying about it," the prime minister added.
Source: The Nation
Well, someone who, together with his friends, came to power in an undemocratic way and stayed there will not just leave on his own. See also the vote of parliament and senate in which the various proposals (from iLaw, among others) to restore democracy and roll back dictatorial NCPO have been rejected by the government (including the Democrats, who certainly do not live up to their name). That man only leaves when the pressure has become unbearable or he is told that the powers that be will drop him.
I believe Prayut is the prime minister of a coalition government that was formed after fair national elections. That seems pretty democratic to me. The fact that you (and I) would have liked to see a different election result does not detract from that.
Prime Minister Prayut was elected using the 250 members of the Senate appointed by the previous junta, nearly half of whom are military and police officers. That's not really democratic.
Prayuth has a parliamentary majority of 269 seats out of 500, obtained through elections. Even without the senate, he would be the PM.
The 2019 elections have often been seen as indecent, below standard. Consider, for example, the redrawing of the electoral districts, the hassle surrounding the seat calculation in which the Electoral Council came up with a formula after the ballot box that is generally seen as illogical, the interference of third parties who should be above politics, doubts about objectivity from the Electoral Council and Constitutional Court, the criticism about what is allowed in terms of financing a party, various other ambiguities regarding campaign rules, the long time of uncertainty when elections would take place and the time between finally announcing the date and election day. And so forth. The elections fell short of what is internationally regarded as decent.
Browse back on this blog (around the beginning of 2019) for further details or take a look at Wikipedia for a first introduction.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Thai_general_election
In well-informed circles it has been clear for several months that Prayut is not having a great time and would very much like to pass on the baton. Apparently one cannot find anyone who wants to take over this dog job (trying to keep everyone in their own camp happy) from him.
We now have to wait for the judge to decide – I thought – on December 2 whether Prayut is wrongly still living in a military camp while he is retired. If the judge finds that, Prayut will resign. That's for sure. A bit like the lawsuit against PM Samak who had to resign because he was paid to watch a cooking show on TV and listen to a boss.
Prayut happy and many others with him I think, such as Rob V. Rumor has it that the new PM is kuhn Anutin who is now still health minister. And I don't know if we should be so happy about that. At least I don't.
The verdict of the judges is already known in certain circles.
And according to my sources, the successor will not be Anutin.