PAD demonstrating against Thaksin Shinawatra. (Wikimedia Commons - GNU Free Documentation)November 7, 2009
Cassandra James
Asia Travel Examiner
According to the Bangkok Post, the PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy) is speaking out again in Thailand, now trying to persuade Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to cancel more contracts with Cambodia. The PAD are angry because Cambodia named deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as economic adviser to the government this week. The last time the PAD gathered strength, the end result was the closing of all Thai airports for more than a week and the stranding in Thailand of more than 300,000 foreign tourists. .
The PAD, yesterday, not only threw its support behind the Thai government's decision to cancel a memorandum of understanding between Thailand and Cambodia on an overlapping maritime area in the Gulf of Thailand, it's also now trying to persuade the Thai government to cancel more contracts with Cambodia, including all aid projects. If the government listens to the PAD, this would in effect state Thailand cannot be trusted when they sign an agreement as, in later days, if something happens Thailand disagrees with, they'll likely go back on their word and on the agreement. Would any modern government want to sign an agreement with Thailand if this were the case? Highly doubtful.
As for the PAD they are the power behind the government and not the present Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, at least in the eyes of the poor, the majority of the population of Thailand. Support for Abhisit lies in the elite and middle-class in Bangkok and not in the rest of the country. The majority of Thai people still want the results of the military coup undone and Thaksin to be returned as Prime Minister, an office he was legally elected to twice. The PAD, on the other hand, if past actions are to be believed, will stop at nothing to make sure this doesn't happen - even going as far as closing down airports and damaging Thailand's reputation overseas.
Meanwhile, potential tourists to Thailand should watch this situation closely as, if the PAD are allowed to control the situation like they were previously and it escalates, they could end up stuck in Thailand with no way of getting home.
SOURCES: Bangkok Post - Cancel other pacts, financial aid projects to Cambodia, PAD urges
The PAD, yesterday, not only threw its support behind the Thai government's decision to cancel a memorandum of understanding between Thailand and Cambodia on an overlapping maritime area in the Gulf of Thailand, it's also now trying to persuade the Thai government to cancel more contracts with Cambodia, including all aid projects. If the government listens to the PAD, this would in effect state Thailand cannot be trusted when they sign an agreement as, in later days, if something happens Thailand disagrees with, they'll likely go back on their word and on the agreement. Would any modern government want to sign an agreement with Thailand if this were the case? Highly doubtful.
As for the PAD they are the power behind the government and not the present Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, at least in the eyes of the poor, the majority of the population of Thailand. Support for Abhisit lies in the elite and middle-class in Bangkok and not in the rest of the country. The majority of Thai people still want the results of the military coup undone and Thaksin to be returned as Prime Minister, an office he was legally elected to twice. The PAD, on the other hand, if past actions are to be believed, will stop at nothing to make sure this doesn't happen - even going as far as closing down airports and damaging Thailand's reputation overseas.
Meanwhile, potential tourists to Thailand should watch this situation closely as, if the PAD are allowed to control the situation like they were previously and it escalates, they could end up stuck in Thailand with no way of getting home.
SOURCES: Bangkok Post - Cancel other pacts, financial aid projects to Cambodia, PAD urges
16 comments:
good job PAD keep up the good work.
Abhisit shouldngive up the power and let their king to rule the ciuntry because behind the PAD is Thai King. I fully agree with the analyst. in the past few years Thailand becimes the untrusted state for both investors and tourists.
The Thais are a bunch of loonie ultra-nationalists...What is the matter with them??? It's true that Cambodia does not have economic experts of that caliber. That's why Samdech Hun Sen has the insight to import foreign know-how such as Lee Myung Bak of South Korea before he became Prime Minister and now former PM Thaksin of Thailand. The Thais are ungrateful bastards who owe so much to Cambodia for the past 800 years because they borrowed so much language and culture from the Khmers. The Thais have no power or influence beyond their borders. The Cambodians are indeed clever enough to recognise the special skill and talent possessed by Thaksin. Of course they resentful even though he has been discarded by Thailand. Instead of fostering fraternal friendship between our two peoples (Khmer-Thai) which share so much in common, they choose the wrong path to self-destruction and humiliation. In the eyes of the world, they are indeed a crazy disturbed people...The world is laughing at Thailand.
Achar Penh
Thailand bury themselves in the deep hole right now, they do need cambodia for boosting their economy, Ahbhisit Govt should not listening to those Yellows Shirt bastard, these Yellow people will create more problems for Abhisit, it's not too late to turns around and ask PM Hun Sen for mercy....
Thailand must bows their head to Hun Sen stinky feets...it's kind da smell alittle abit..it's ok! it's just a buffalo poops!
Yep! you'll make it! only just a buffalo poops...that's all! and of course he's got an ugly feets...you know?
PAD i really want to joint with your protest. Let walk to yala and then go pattani and on and on.
Thai not just want the Preah Vihear. In reality they wanted to bad to destroy the Khmer people.
Stop dreaming Thailand! cambodia is different from back in the old day....Khmer learned from your trick too..!
Cambodia Town
Long Beach, Ca
PAD bandits, we Cambodia should be woorried about the closing of border like Thai Deputy PM Suthep's mention, include cancellation of contract.
New Phally
If Thaksin comes home to Thailand, I'm 100% sure he will be killed by Mr Abhisit, end of the story, for Mr Thaksin is being liked by 60% of his nation and is a threat to Mr Abhisit!. So, put yourself in Mr Thaksin's shoes, wouldn't you be escaping as such in order to save your soul? so, being an asylum seeker is the only way to escape and of course who doesn't want to protect a person from getting killed when he called out for your help? like me, Aust has helped me from dead while trying to escape from war in 1980s. Now i thank Aust for saving my life!. Aust
Instead of focussing on Thaksin...I think Abhisit should call for a fresh election in Thailand and see who should run Thailand democratically.
They were allowing to shut down the international airport, because Thailand's police were allowing them to do so. They let them do what they want and they know. The yellow shirts were the only people that care for Abhisit and his rich people in Bangkok.
this group of thais are making the whole thais look like a bunch of monkeys to the world
abhisit policy is a suicidal policies for himself, thais and Asian as the whole. Abhisit do much harm to thailande and himself. Only yuons who can benefit from his monkey policy.
A kind and free advice abhisit, the wise move is to be friend with Cambodia, not conflict or animosity as you have did. This way thaksin will has no way to go. Cambodia can even extradite thaksin for you if you ever ask. But now it is may be already too late for all the foolishness you did.
You thais must know, your ill traditional policies of hates and animosities against khmer is now an old fashion and cant work anymore at our time specially now that hun sen has yuons behind.
I agree with 9:46pm!
To Hun Sen (Leader of the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime)
Since you and the CPP assassinated, executed, killed and murdered jurnalists, political opponents, leaders of the free trade union, innocent men, innocent women and innocent children;
Do you have any plan to assassinate the Thai prime minister (Abhisit Vejjajiva)?
Are you going to send Brigade 70 (Hun Sen's Death Squad Unit) to assassinate the Thai prime minister (Abhisit Vejjajiva)?
Is it true, you only kill your own peoples, you will not kill Thai and Veitnamese peoples that cannot get enough of our land?
Is it true, you only kill innocent Khmer peoples with no weapon in their hands?
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