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Home » News from Thailand » Thai government extends state of emergency despite opposition criticism
The military-backed government has extended Thailand's state of emergency for a second time, now until the end of June. This is very much against the wishes of the opposition who had called for the state of emergency to be lifted now that the number of new coronavirus infections has fallen sharply.
According to the government, this is necessary to minimize the risk of a second wave because the lockdown has now been relaxed. The state of emergency introduced at the end of March gives Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha additional powers, including a ban on gatherings including anti-government protests.
"The latest extension of the state of emergency is a consolidation of power and an unnecessary use of it," said Anusorn Iamsa-ard, the spokesman for Pheu Thai, Thailand's largest opposition party.
Source: Bangkok Post
Does this mean that the curfew will continue?? that the beaches, bars and other places remain closed?? in that case this measure can only be explained in one way, namely as suppression of the population and the opposition, destroying what is left of the economy and the end of Thailand as a holiday destination!!!!! The prices here in Thailand have long ceased to be the reason people come here, the weather and the smile and friendliness of the population are still there, that smile hasn't been there for a while and it was fake anyway, and if you everything must be believed what is being said, that friendliness at the hands of the political party of the minister of health is already crumbling considerably,,,,,the curfew no longer has any justification given the extremely small number of new reports, so it is something else is going on, and everyone can fill that in for themselves!!!!
Completely correct. “Men” is talking about the “mob” that will come anyway. If not next summer, then in the hot autumn.
Is not as much scaremongering as before the Corona virus.
The Thai government is simply under pressure from that corrupt army and in fact has nothing to say. The army decides and then you just have to say yes and amen. Savadee chappy….
The Thai government is the army with Prayut as boss!!!
The state of emergency does not affect the relaxation of the restrictions now imposed. It does give the government extra power against demonstrations and if the curfew remains in place to set heavy penalties. Other countries, including France, have also extended the state of emergency to keep the yellow vests at bay.
Haha….this government is the army.
But it does say a lot about the “fear” they have of the protests that are yet to come.
The country is only sinking deeper.
Prayut and Prasit outside, Yingluck back inside.
That was a woman with balls and who could at least speak English.
hahahahahah
Yes, she spoke English like a bargirl. Maybe that's the only English you've heard from Thai women.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o6q5HvQGfw
'Yes, she spoke English like a bargirl. Maybe that's the only English you've heard from Thai women.'
What a disrespectful comment to Yingluck, the bargirls and JM.
Do you have a video of Prayut and Prawit's English?
Hope you don't think that the quality of a prime minister depends on his proficiency in the English language....
Maybe it's time you bought orange glasses. You know: red and yellow together make orange. I think your outrage is very selective.
Yingluck received an MBA from Kentucky State University. Such an MBA takes 5 semesters full-time (2,5 years) or 8 semesters part-time (4 years, for students who have a job). An internship must also be completed in Kentucky during this period. Besides the English proficiency entry requirements, Yingluck apparently learned as little English in 5 or 8 months in the USA as can be heard in the interviews as PM. Or would the rumors be true that she was never actually there and just bought her MBA paper? Perhaps a nice injunction for one of the Thai dissidents in Cambodia or Japan to move to Kentucky and ask Yingluck's classmates if they know her. First hand information….
https://kysu.edu/academics/college-of-public-service/public-administration/
PS. there are also persistent rumors about how Thaksin's daughters got their BBA certificate….You would almost look yellow if you didn't know that the yellow elite is no better than the red elite.
This isn't fun, Chris. Yingluck graduated from Chiang Mai in 1988 and from Kentucky State University in 1991. I once read an interview with teachers from the latter university where they spoke highly of Yingluck. I can't find the interview anymore.
I find it very annoying that you make such suggestions based on your own mistrust and persistent rumours.
You shouldn't.
And one more thing, Chris. In the current government there is a minister with a proven false diploma. Wouldn't it be better to say something about that?
Does this also mean that international flights will be delayed even longer?
At the moment the deadline is June 31, we fly July 1…
June 31 is the same as July 1…(wink)
In any case, it is important for this government to keep people rude, to put it bluntly, this will not last, there is now an important generation of people in their twenties and thirties who have a lot of contact with “farang” and really think a little more and also raise their children differently. This scenario is a danger to them.
There was already no reason to declare a state of emergency; there is also/certainly no reason to extend the state of emergency.
all smart Dutch and Belgians here and apparently very few understand that the state of emergency that has been declared is not bad at all. on the contrary.
In Thailand you are dealing with a mainly uneducated or poorly educated population that a) is very easy to influence and b) is therefore quite undisciplined in thinking and doing. Then add to that the fact that among the remaining Westerners there are a lot of people who are here for cheap living and cheap beer and who also feel smart and above Thai laws.
the government weighs and weighs, allows some relaxations, other things remain prohibited and will be dealt with in a next phase.
the state of emergency allows a government to open the shopping malls today, for example, but to close them again tomorrow if things get messy.
in this country that is simply essential. matter of acting according to the nature of the beast.
Complaining is logical and unavoidable. just read the newspapers. Complaining has become a global activity and no longer the prerogative of the Dutch.
just adapt to the country you have chosen to settle in and make the best of it while it lasts.
i work here in thailand, am in contact with a lot of people and can assure you that the complainers are an absolute minority or are in the population groups that are told by thaksin & co how they would have done it (in hindsight it's all easy...) and give complainants a pocket money.
I see the misery around me every day, I am in the middle of reality, but I say: the government is not doing so badly.
not rushing during the low season, when many people from the tourist-dependent sectors go to their hometowns anyway, is a smart move that I would not have credited to any Thai government before this crisis.
Dear Hans,
All these measures (if they were necessary, because opinions differ) could and can be taken by the government without declaring a state of emergency, but simply through emergency legislation that is then approved by parliament. That has not happened in Thailand. But measures have also been taken in the Netherlands without a legal basis and which, in the eyes of some lawyers, are contrary to the constitution, such as the right to association.
Now you can be laconic about that, but who knows, maybe the next government, in the next crisis, will introduce measures that you really don't like. And then you just accept it?
The curfew and ban on gatherings would have sufficed.
Here they declare a state of emergency, the border between Belgium and the Netherlands is barricaded with containers. every country, every people needs a different approach. The advantage of a state of emergency is that immediate action can be taken, which is desirable in a country like this.
I'm not saying that I think it's all good, but I do say that, where I held my breath at the outbreak of the crisis, I now think it's not all done so badly.
never compare Thailand with the Netherlands. The Netherlands is always the best boy in class with a very large piggy bank. that enables the country, and its people, to deal with such a crisis differently than is the case here.
I have absolutely no illusions about my welcome here.
thailand belongs to the thai and i (like any non-thai) should be thankful they let me in, that's about it.
The fact that I do more for the economy here than most Thais is nice for the statistics, but that's about it. Thais don't care one bit about that.
If measures were taken here that I absolutely do not like, there is little chance that I would complain about them. I can accept those measures or I can move (at least if they haven't thrown me and other non-Thai people out yet).
my choice to live and work here was a very conscious one, and I knew in advance that it wouldn't be like where I originally come from or where I've lived and worked over the years.
I am happy here in Thailand. I admit, it is not always easy, and even without COVID-19 I was already confronted daily with things that I normally find unacceptable. since I am a guest here I have learned to deal with it.
@ Hans
This is about the government and their extension of the state of emergency, whether justified or not, and not about the foreigners who have and give their opinion on this, the opinions indicated here are also shared by "a lot" of Thais.
I would appreciate it if you don't play the man with your statement of…..
(( Add to that the fact that there are a lot of people among the left behind westerners who are here for cheap life and cheap beer and who also feel smart and above the Thai laws )).
And for cheap alcohol (beer etc) you should certainly not be in Thailand and certainly not for the cheap in general, those days are long gone.
If you don't have money you shouldn't be here anymore and I should know I've been in Thailand since 1977.
Otherwise you just have to go back and 'build' something to enjoy later where you like it.
you have been coming here since 1977, and have my own company here.
presumably two people with an opinion.
Like everyone else, I have my opinion and I have expressed it.
there is no request to agree with it.
What is conveniently ignored, including by you, is that it does not take much to influence the uneducated or poorly educated in this country. the right slogans and some pocket money at the right time, that doesn't require much more.
They call it populism companies, and in a country like this, with an extremely high number of low-educated people, it has many willing ears…