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Monday , November 2 , 2009
The PM's hat-trick and its political implications
Posted by Yoon , Reader : 487 , 10:25:29  
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva did a hat trick on the football field yesterday in a soccer battle with senators, prompting someone to post this message in his Twitter account: "If only he could be as good in running the government as kicking football..."

His critics of course never fail to find fault with him even when he managed to score three goals in a row. An observer said Abhisit scored well because his underlings in his team were all trying to kick the ball his way.

The premier didn't react to that but when asked how the football  game is like politics, the PM wasted no time in responding:

"They're the same. The players can be replaced any time..."

A Cabinet reshuffle in the cards?

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comment 4
maverick263 date : 04/11/2009 time : 19.55

@ sg, c.2:

thx 4 a great post krab :-) i'd wish many people wd read it, reflect on it - & share their own conclusions.
comment 3
dryshrimp date : 03/11/2009 time : 15.48
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/dryshrimp

Stal,
I support your opinion in c 2.
comment 2
stalingrad date : 03/11/2009 time : 13.41
http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/stalingrad

I get rather annoyed at the stupidity of some of the media and other commentators, scathingly criticizing Apisit at every turn. What standards and criteria do they use in their criticism anyway? Sure, he is a young politician with probably less experience in managing a big organization and also in operating in the Thai culture as he’s been raised abroad. But one has got to balance that with his positive qualities which there are many and which the country needs at this stage in history, i.e. a period where the world is getting more complex and interdependent and thus you need someone intelligent, able to master the difficult issues, and set the optimum direction for the nation. Judging from his talks on Sundays and his policies, Apisit has these qualities, whereas I challenge you to name an equivalent in the Opposition or even in the Pume Jai Thai. He’s also young and therefore has energy, and at this crucial moment in history, we don’t want someone old and at the declining phase in mental capability to be running the ship amidst stormy waters.

I’m not defending him blindly; indeed I don’t know him personally.

Sure, he’s made some mistakes such as in Pattaya, but you’ve got to remember he’s fighting on more than two fronts: engineering a reversal of the economic decline, fending off what amounts to guerilla attacks by Thaksin and his minions who are backed by massive financial resources greater than some developing countries, and neutralizing a range of invisible interest groups conspiring to topple him because he has dared to act against their vested interests, not to mention some people in the political arena who are plain jealous of him, who want him to fall, otherwise they’d never make it to the top.

I think wise people who can see through things and not fall in the trap of seeing “the lotus as a toothed wheel”, as the famous Thai saying goes, in reverse, should give him moral support on what he’s trying to do and get him to rectify his negative qualities which seem to be his indecisiveness and his lack of confidence. But this is probably due to his weak political power position, as a result of him having to operate in a vulnerable coalition setting. And procrastination, ambiguity are usually deliberate strategies in the context of this weakness. It’s also obvious he’s angling for House dissolution, when he can be reasonably sure he can return a majority government, and thus get rid of the Pume Jai Thai which is cramping his style and that of the Democrats.

Those who are longing for Thaksin to come back and become PM again are dreaming. A huge number of Thais don’t want someone tainted with corruption and a demonstrated propensity to violence and deceit to lead them, and they will resist to the bitter end, thus provoking civil war. They prefer a new, fresh style of leadership. When it’s clearly proven that Apisit is incompetent, then support can be withdrawn. Until then, we really should work with what we’ve got. That’s my analysis.
comment 1
peacefulness date : 02/11/2009 time : 12.18
nationmultimedia.com

this is to respond mtr fkt hermanolobo's blog "Government eyes are watching you: Posting blogs and the current political climate in Thailand."

when you are going to fuck off you dirty mouth?????????
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