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Suthep Will Ask HM King To Appoint Himself As Coup Leader
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/716941-suthep-will-ask-hm-king-to-appoint-himself-as-coup-leader/?utm_source=newsletter-20140407-0809&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news
Mr. Suthep delivered the comment yesterday at the People's Committee
for Absolute Democracy With the King As Head of State (PCAD) rally stage
in Bangkok's Lumpini Park.
At the rally, which was billed as a
"big fight" against the government, Mr. Suthep outlined strategies for
PCAD supporters in their campaign to remove Ms. Yingluck from her
caretaker position, explaining that all PCAD local networks should
gather list of their members across the country and "wait for the day of
battle".
"When I blow the whistle, all of these members must be
present," Mr. Suthep told the crowd, "Bring out all the healthy persons,
so we can embark on a prolonged fight, for at least 15 days".
Mr.
Suthep said two events would be critical to the PCAD's ultimate fight
against Ms. Yingluck: the conclusion of the corruption case conducted by
the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Ms. Yingluck, and the
verdict by the Constitutional Court which would determine whether she
violated the 2007 Constitution by removing a hostile official from the
seat of National Security Council director.
If the NACC ruled
that Ms. Yingluck ran afoul of corruption laws, Mr. Suthep said, the
PCAD supporters should stay in their position and wait for his future
orders; however, a guilty verdict by the Constitutional Court - which
will automatically remove Ms Yingluck from her position - would be met
by an instant mobilisation from Mr. Suthep's nationwide network.
"We
will immediately march on that day!" Mr. Suthep, "We will occupy
Thailand so the sovereign power shall truly belong to the people"
Mr.
Suthep elaborated further that he would then install himself as the
"Sovereign Body" who will wield absolute power via numerous
"Revolutionary Decrees" and adoption of a single charter provision as a
legislative blank cheque - in the same manner of military dictators in
1960s, such as the notorious Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat.
"We
will have something like Article 17 [of 1959 Administrative Charter] as
the highest law," Mr. Suthep said, referring to the charter article
which allowed Field Marshal Sarit to fight suspected Communist threats
by all means, "[i] will be able to order anyone to be executed by firing
squad, but I will only freeze assets".
He continued, "As a
Sovereign Body who has seized power, I will have the power to appoint
Prime Minister and Cabinet members at my own discretion. Then I will
present this list to His Majesty the King, so that he can approve them
as the People's Government".
Once His Majesty the King signed his
approval for the "people's coup", Mr. Suthep said, he will proceed to
appoint National Legislative Assemby and "People's Council" as two
unelected legislative bodies to engage in "reforms" for Thailand.
He
promises to return the power to the people once the "reforms" are
completed, but warned that he would mobilise his supporters onto the
streets if the government he had appointed "failed to perform its
duties" as assigned by the PCAD.
Mr. Suthep's speech, which drew
loud and long cheers from his supporters, is the first instance in which
he clearly outlined the procedures to achieve his dubious goals of
installing "People's Council" and "reforming Thailand"; Mr. Suthep and
his core supporters have refused to elaborate on those terms in previous
media appearances and interviews.
The remark also attracts
concerns from a number of observers who fear that Mr. Suthep's plan
would require His Majesty the King, who had remained largely silent on
the current round of political crisis, to visibly take side and even
violate the national constitution in the process.
Furthermore, it
is highly unlikely that millions of pro-government supporters in the
north and northeast will quietly accept Mr. Suthep's effort to remove
their elected government.
In a separate mass rally in Nakorn
Pathom province yesterday, Redshirts leader Jatupon Prompan insisted
that the Redshirts are willing to fight for Ms. Yingluck, and ominously
warned that a "civil war" could break out of Ms. Yingluck is removed by
undemocratic ways.
Mr. Suthep might have already prepared for
such a scenario, however. In his speech yesterday, he also urged his
supporters to be ready for prolonged rally in Bangkok for over 2 weeks
in order to "deter" any opponents who would march into Bangkok and
challenge his status as the Sovereign Body.
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Dems can play saviour role: Abhisit
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/717020-thai-democrat-party-can-play-saviour-role-abhisit/?utm_source=newsletter-20140407-0809&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news