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Re:Jacques de Goldfiem eye on Asia 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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17 February 2008
IN THAILAND, ONE MORE COUP FOR NOTHING
The coup-makers, who ousted the Thaksin regime on charge of mass corruption, dividing the nation and mining democracy, have obviously failed in their prime objective of making Thailand Thaksin-free
On 30 May, a Constitution Tribunal disbanded Thaksin Thai Rak Thai party from politics on charge of committed electoral fraud and barred Thaksin and 110 executives from five year
But in their 15 months in power, the military failed to dent Thaksin’s popularity in rural Thailand, neither proving the allegations of corruption against him, nor providing the governance they had promised. The charges against Thaksin are the one after the other abandoned.
In the South, general Sonthi, the first Muslim to become Army commender, was supposed to solve the Islamic rebellion, but no improvement has been got. On the economy aspect, also Thailand dind’t knew any improvement.
The new, after restoration of democracy, elections have been largely won by Thai Rak Thai, under the resurgence name of People’s Power Party (PPP) led by Samak. His cabinet members have been chosen by Thaksin, even if Samak had to fight to include some of his closed friends
If we look at the cabinet list approved by the king on 6 February (see below) http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/02/07/headlines/
headlines_30064620.php
the first vice-prime minister is the brother-in-law of Thaksin, another was his spokesman and now Finance Minister. His lawyer is now Foreign Minister... and so on.
For the 110 TRT executives banned from politics, they continue to be in the local bosses and even in the cabinet represented by their wife, brother, father, son or other relatives, keeping their grip on the power (and the money)
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