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Post by rubl on Aug 7, 2016 19:19:02 GMT 7
According to Reuters after 80% of votes counted 62% were YES votes and 37.9% NO.
Clearly the Thai people have spoken and given the current government a clear mandate.
The next step is general elections in 2017
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Post by Mosha on Aug 7, 2016 19:32:20 GMT 7
I think the turkeys have voted for Christmas. The deep South look to be against.. I think they think they have voted against the army control. They are in for a shock.
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Post by rubl on Aug 7, 2016 19:42:46 GMT 7
This reminds me another electorate which voted and gave the government a clear mandate to do something or another, eventually when convenient.
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Post by Mosha on Aug 7, 2016 20:06:40 GMT 7
This reminds me another electorate which voted and gave the government a clear mandate to do something or another, eventually when convenient. If you mean Brexit, at least they had the info available. The Thais didn't. |
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Post by thatguy on Aug 7, 2016 20:08:43 GMT 7
The BBC have it as a 'yes' win.
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 7, 2016 20:31:47 GMT 7
I think the turkeys have voted for Christmas. The deep South look to be against.. I think they think they have voted against the army control. They are in for a shock. Ridiculous vote in any case....playing on the city vs country peasant farmer idea. Another step backwards for Thailand. |
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Post by rubl on Aug 7, 2016 20:35:36 GMT 7
This reminds me another electorate which voted and gave the government a clear mandate to do something or another, eventually when convenient. If you mean Brexit, at least they had the info available. The Thais didn't. The Thai version of the charter was online for many months already. People on another site have been trying to convince me that the Thai demanded a referendum. Does that mean the Thai demanded a referendum to vote on something they didn't want to read ? |
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Post by Mosha on Aug 7, 2016 20:37:32 GMT 7
Not everyone has online access
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Post by MrToad on Aug 7, 2016 20:39:23 GMT 7
I dont think many even knew what they were voting for
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 7, 2016 21:00:33 GMT 7
If you mean Brexit, at least they had the info available. The Thais didn't. The Thai version of the charter was online for many months already. People on another site have been trying to convince me that the Thai demanded a referendum. Does that mean the Thai demanded a referendum to vote on something they didn't want to read ? They should never have given the farmers the vote. That's what Bangkokians are thinking today. |
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Post by rubl on Aug 7, 2016 21:02:24 GMT 7
Not everyone has online access Everyone seems to have facebook, line, etc., etc. The really important things in life |
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 7, 2016 21:06:19 GMT 7
Actually rubl the state of many of the two bob posters on other forums who built their "mansions" in Issan for £10k and are little Hitlers in their own mind locked in their gilded prisons are a prime example of why these people shouldn't be voting.
Anyway I don't have time for this...I have to go and count the £10k I earned over the last couple of months.
No time for referendums!
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Post by rubl on Aug 7, 2016 21:11:48 GMT 7
Actually rubl the state of many of the two bob posters on other forums who built their "mansions" in Issan for £10k and are little Hitlers in their own mind locked in their gilded prisons are a prime example of why these people shouldn't be voting. Anyway I don't have time for this...I have to go and count the £10k I earned over the last couple of months. No time for referendums! You're still stuck in the old ways. Nowadays we dump cash at a bank and let them do the counting. Of course leaning on a sofa with a cool drink and two nubile maidens waiving fresh air to the master of the mansion and some others counting and making real neat heaps does have it's attractions. |
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 7, 2016 21:14:29 GMT 7
Actually rubl the state of many of the two bob posters on other forums who built their "mansions" in Issan for £10k and are little Hitlers in their own mind locked in their gilded prisons are a prime example of why these people shouldn't be voting. Anyway I don't have time for this...I have to go and count the £10k I earned over the last couple of months. No time for referendums! You're still stuck in the old ways. Nowadays we dump cash at a bank and let them do the counting. Of course leaning on a sofa with a cool drink and two nubile maidens waiving fresh air to the master of the mansion and some others counting and making real neat heaps does have it's attractions. When you are on a state pension in Thailand you count every last Baht rubl...I am sure its the same for most of the people in Issan. They fit right in most of em! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2016 4:01:22 GMT 7
Democracy ain't for everyone. The Thai democratic experience so far has been something of a trauma.
This appears to me to be a hybrid between strong arm rule, and democracy. In effect, the army saying, "go ahead and elect politicians, but they answer to us."
Can it work? yes - if it stops the appalling level of corruption we saw typified by the rice scheme, for example. But to truly work, it has to deliver a drive for equality in the rural areas.
Will that happen? ah - that's the big test. Money has to be pumped into the rural infrastructure, hospitals, schooling, roads and trains etc. Water projects have to come high on that list too, and some degree of income stability for farmers. To me, it's a 30 year project - that's how long it will take to start paying off at least.
I think it's worth a chance as previous experience shows that the country was at risk of conflict.
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