This story appeared in today’s Bangkok Post:
The Puea Thai party filed an impeachment motion against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday, with seven charges backing the move.
Puea Thai MP for Yasothon Peeraphan Palusuk led a group of about 20 party MPs to file the motion seeking the impeachment of Mr Abhisit with Senate Speaker Prasobsuk Boondej.
He presented a letter with a list of 158 MPs who backed the motion.
Mr Abhisit faces seven charges and allegations:
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The Bangkok Post today is reporting that the Thai economy is shrinking:
The Thai economy contracted by as much as 3.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the Fiscal Policy Office.
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The FPO, the economic policy agency of the Finance Ministry, urged the Bank of Thailand yesterday to “rethink” its foreign-exchange policies to help struggling exporters.
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Dr Somchai suggested that the central bank consider a “competitive devaluation” for the baht to prop up exports.
But central bank governor Tarisa Watanagase said earlier this week that a weak baht policy could further undermine market confidence in the Thai economy, and that the baht was not uncompetitive relative to the country’s trading peers.
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Well, it seem like the latest battle for the hearts and minds of the people living in Thailand has begun.
The new Minister in charge of communications here in Thailand has been quoted extensively in the news saying that internet sites that are critical of the royal family will be blocked.
About twenty minutes ago I woke up from a deep sleep with a splitting headache. I took a couple of Ibuprophin and decided to check my email before going back to sleep.
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From today’s Bangkok Post comes this short report:
Deputy police commissioner-general Jongrak Chuthanont said the police will take action against the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters who hurled eggs in front of Government House on Wednesday.
Pol Gen Jongrak said such act is considered an offence against life and body under Criminal Code 295. He said wrongdoers may face up to two years in prison or a fine of no more than 4,000 baht.
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It’s difficult to imagine how the new Prime Minister could have made a bigger blunder than to appoint as Foreign Minister the man in his party most widely associated with the recent PAD actions (including the closing of Bangkok’s airports for a week) which had the effect of damaging Thailand’s reputation around the world.
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Excerpts from a Bangkok Post story:
the ruling Democrat party [sent] SMS texts to almost all the estimated 53 million mobile phone owners, asking them to help the new government restore the country.
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The messages apparently went to all subscribers to the big three mobile phone companies – AIS, DTAC and True Move – who claim a total subscriber base of 53 million.
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Interested callers are asked to send back their postal codes, costing them three baht.
After a user sends the postal code, he or she receives a message saying, “I am Abhisit Vejjajiva. Thank you very much, and I will get back to you.”
Democrat staff said Mr Abhisit wanted to assess responses from people who received the SMS messages.
The postal code reply would give the government a clearer idea about which parts of the country wanted to take part in the government’s attempt to solve the crisis.</blockquote>
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