Abhisit, red shirts and being premier
Outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is getting very whiney about so-called bullying. The newspapers and television news are full of his pained whingeing that red shirts are harassing him and his chums while they campaign.
The Democrat Party-supporting media is making a big deal of the alleged harassment of prissy political campaigners. This article in The Nation is an example. Of course, the Democrat Party is desperately trying to provoke any incidents that they can claim are opposition violence.
Abhisit demanded that Puea Thai Party candidate Yingluck Shinawatra keep her supporters under control. When she responded that she can’t order people to do things or not to do other things, Abhisit became interesting. In The Nation, he expressed disappointment that Yingluck Shinawatra could not take any action to ensure that the Democrat Party didn’t get criticized by anyone. He also said that “if Yingluck could not control the behaviour of the red shirts she would not deserve the prime minister’s post.” Perhaps he thinks of his own example of how a premier should control red shirts? Blood in the streets.
Meanwhile, the backers of the Democrat Party are increasing their pressure on Puea Thai and Yingluck. The Bangkok Post reports that the Election Commission are, as demanded earlier in the day by Suthep Thaugsuban, investigating the alleged “bullying” that bothered Abhisit.
At the same time, the Bangkok Post also reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission has “reversed its earlier stance of indifference and decided to look into the allegation of false reporting of share transactions by Yingluck Shinawatra.” SEC secretary-general Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala immediately proclaimed: “The SEC is not being pressured into this…”. No one could possibly believe this.
It seems desperate times demand desperate interventions by the elite.
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