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Home » News from Thailand » Prime Minister Prayut: 'Elections will take place in early 2019'
There is increasing protest in Thailand against the military government. Prime Minister Prayut therefore emphasizes once again that elections will be held early next year. He said that in response to reports that anti-regime activists are planning a pro-election demonstration on Saturday.
The activists first demanded that elections be held this year. There will also be a demonstration on Saturday at the Tha Prachan campus of Thammasat University urging the restoration of democracy.
A recent poll (Nida) shows that the population does not consider the current government capable of improving the moderate economic situation. A majority expects the Thai economy to improve after the elections, because an elected government will gain more confidence from foreign investors.
On May 22, it will be four years since the army in Thailand took power from the democratically elected government of Yingluck Shinawatra.
Source: Bangkok Post
The bets are on! I bet TBH 500 on NO elections in early 2019.
Gambling is prohibited in Thailand! 555
Just make it 5000.
I don't believe in those false promises either
I don't think things will get any better with new elections. We get the same old conditions again and I don't know who is waiting for that. Probably the complainants who have other interests. Foreign investors would have more faith in a government like the old days.???? when corruption was still rampant. Incomprehensible to me, but yes I am not a business person so I will not understand.
He will try to become Prime Minister. Thailand never changes, always an unstable administration.
Or the people must make short work of the dictatorship and the elites. Hopefully through a non-bloody revolution. The country has known short-lived freedom several times, now looking for a way to keep it so that there is no repeat of what happened after 1932, 1973, 1976, 1992, 2010 and so on.
There is still time to secure and implement the military investment plans...
Richard, what exactly do you mean? Complete kick-backs or something?
Jaques, what do you mean by when corruption was still rampant??? do you have the impression that it is now gone or less??? I would say on the contrary!!!!! Of course there will be another battle between yellow shirts and red shirts. and of course the new government will again be thwarted on all sides, but a military government, where the population is silenced, is not good in the long run either. It's great that they intervened, but now it's time for them to go back to the barracks. I therefore hope that Prayut does not participate in the elections!!! otherwise nothing will change at all!!!
I am also in favor of a democratically elected government, but I do not think that there is sufficient quality to tackle the country's problems. From time to time it is necessary to intervene militarily and that is bad enough and says a lot about a large part of the Thai population. In my view, the country is still full of corrupt figures and that will not change anytime soon. The military government has taken all necessary steps against corruption and I have not noticed that under the regime of democratically elected governments. Or they kept it very quiet. There is less corruption, but you also see shifts and it will take many years of consistent efforts to reverse this. I don't see this happening anytime soon. This army does keep the people calm, but that is also possible under a democratically elected government. In addition, I believe that the principle of freedom and happiness is not given to everyone and government bodies will certainly have to take much more action against all excesses in this society in all areas. For example, an improvement of the police apparatus. I would argue in favor of a two-year transitional period, in which there is first cooperation and then full transfer of power to the democratically elected government. This ensures that a certain part of the implemented policy can continue on the chosen path. Then you don't get the Obama/Trump effect. Not everything goes bad, but as an example those submarines that money should certainly go to the people.
What happens here should happen in Europe or the US on a democratic and political level
Think the world is too small