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| Thailand's New Yingluck Cabinet |
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| Written by Pavin Chachavalpongpun | ||
| Wednesday, 10 August 2011 | ||
No Red Shirts need apply The cabinet that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra unveiled Wednesday appears to be a mixture of outsiders, people with intimate ties to her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, and old hands in Thai politics – and no members of the Red Shirt faction that played a key role in bringing her Pheu Thai Party to power. Comments (5)
  written by john francis lee, August 11, 2011
 written by Peter Weber, August 11, 2011
Anyone who know Thai history needs to understand that we need time to tackle with those powerful figures. Confrontation with those who hold guns and laws in their hands should be avoided if not more blood will be spilled. I think Thaksin knows what he should do. These five years have taught him many lessons. I don't think he is naive or stupid not to understand how cruel those upper class are. It is still a long way to judge any winner. Let wait and see!
written by john francis lee, August 11, 2011
The Puea Thai government may well do some good... they cannot be worse than a government controlled by the Royal Thai Army, as the last government was. But the new governments interests are not at bottom the peoples' interests.
It may be true, as Ji Ungpakorn maintains, that it is good that the redshirts were inadvertently NOT set up to fail. The fact remains that the people themselves are the only ones who have their own interests at heart. The cabinet is made up of the left-handed amaat. The redshirts must keep on walkin', keep on talkin', marchin' to the freedom land.
 written by Harry, August 12, 2011
how can anyone be shocked at this news?
of course the red shirts were never going to hold any power....major WENG!!!!!! pigs at the trough with Thaksin in charge! what to burn now?
 written by David haynes, August 31, 2011
I agree that times are certainly changing for the better around Asia and especially now in Thailand, as far as women’s rights are concerned. There is undoubtedly a lot of room for improvement and men in general still hold the upper hand, particularly when it comes to domestic violence issues.
Thailand lawyers are constantly making headway in the courts when taking cases from female clients and I’m sure that now the county is being led by a woman that a lot more changes are on the horizon. Asia has had some great female leaders though, and the region is not shy to electing woman into top posts. I think that Yingluck has her work cut out but she already has a lot of experience dealing with people from her business background. I really hope that it is enough for her to make a change for the better and Thailand definitely has a lot of room for improvement but at least it’s a step in the right direction.
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Under the bus with the redshirts... suckers. It seems clear to me that the redshirts, the people who want democracy to move forward in Thailand, are going to have, as we who love freedom must do everywhere on this earth, rely upon ourselves to look after our own interests. Professional politicians, from Thaksin to Obama, are professional betrayers of us, their supporters.
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