"Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday he would lift the state of emergency in the coming week in more provinces in addition to the five where it was revoked on July 6. The PM told reporters about the possible lifting of the emergency in some of the remaining 19 provinces, including Bangkok. But he did not disclose further details. He was speaking on the sidelines of the recording of his weekly television programme "Confident in Thailand with PM Abhisit" at Kasetsart University.
Acting Government spokesman Panitan Watanayagorn yesterday confirmed the prime minister would lift the state of emergency in some more provinces. He said the PM is authorised to do so without seeking Cabinet approval. Panitan said the prime minister would sign his order in the coming week but he did not specify the day.
Meanwhile, Anudit Nakornthap, a Bangkok MP for the opposition Pheu Thai Party, yesterday called on the government to completely lift the state of emergency as soon as possible in order to end the country's political crisis."
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Abhisit does another U-Turn on State of Emergency
Started by B.I.G., Jul 18 2010 10:38 AM
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Posted 18 July 2010 - 12:49 PM
They don't call him PM Opposite for no reason. He is quite capable of reversing directions on any issue depending on what his handlers decide is the color of the day or week.
The US envoy with whom he met on Friday left no doubt that the Americans don't see the State of Emergency as compatible with either reconciliation or democracy. The triple play that the Economist, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post hammered him this past week, calling his reconciliation plans a sham, and urging a quick end to emergency rule with prompt elections, must have come as a rude awakening to the man from Oxford who still yearns for international recognition and legitimacy.
The real question is whether Abhisit, regardless of how much he cares about his fading international image as a champion of anything but his own career, has any real power to do anything if the boys who put him where he is don't agree. He is a prisoner of the army, the royalists and his coalition partners, any of whom could push him over the nearest legal or political cliff any time they think he has outlived his usefulness.
The US envoy with whom he met on Friday left no doubt that the Americans don't see the State of Emergency as compatible with either reconciliation or democracy. The triple play that the Economist, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post hammered him this past week, calling his reconciliation plans a sham, and urging a quick end to emergency rule with prompt elections, must have come as a rude awakening to the man from Oxford who still yearns for international recognition and legitimacy.
The real question is whether Abhisit, regardless of how much he cares about his fading international image as a champion of anything but his own career, has any real power to do anything if the boys who put him where he is don't agree. He is a prisoner of the army, the royalists and his coalition partners, any of whom could push him over the nearest legal or political cliff any time they think he has outlived his usefulness.
