Talk to Al Jazeera - Thaksin: Let Thailand return to democracy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.พ. 2016
- Despite living in self-imposed exile for the best part of ten years, Thailand's former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, continues to shape and influence Thai politics.
Elected to power in 2001, he was the first democratically elected prime minister to serve a full term in office, before being re-elected in a 2005 landslide victory.
A former telecommunications billionaire, the business tycoon turned politician drew his support from Thailand's rural poor, with his populist healthcare programmes and assistance for farmers schemes winning him great levels of support.
But loathed by the elite who saw him as a threat to the monarchy, Thaksin would face increasing allegations of corruption, with attention soon turning towards his tremendous wealth.
Coupled with accusations that he insulted the revered monarchy, protests would pave the way for the military to launch a bloodless coup in September 2006 while he was in the US.
Apart from a brief return to Thailand in 2008, Thaksin has based himself in self-imposed exile in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, ever since.
He has since been found guilty by Thai courts of abusing his power over a land deal whilst also being stripped of around $1.4 billion for concealing ownership of shares in a telecommunications company and for amending government policies to benefit it.
Thaksin told Al Jazeera that fears over his safety were stopping him from returning to the country.
"If I was there, who could guarantee my safety?," he said. When asked if his life was in danger Thaksin replied: "definitely," pausing before adding that while Prime Minister there were 14 attempts on his life including a 2006 foiled car-bomb assassination near his residence.
Thaksin's younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra would later become the country's first female prime minister in 2011, but when her government tried to push through a bill that would have granted amnesty to those found guilty of political crimes, protests gripped the country.
Yingluck was removed from office in a coup in May 2014 when a military government - headed by General Prayuth Chan-ocha came to power.
With the military continuing to run the country under the so-called National Council for Peace and Order, elections have repeatedly been delayed with rights groups accusing the junta of trying to solidify its hold on power.
"The draft constitution is [a] bad constitution, I don't even know if we can compare [it] to North Korea," Thaksin said.
In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Thaksin Shinawatra, who has largely remained silent since the coup forced him from office, talks to Wayne Hay about the challenges facing the country and what lies ahead.
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I had no idea why he was very popular among the people back then until he was gone. It' s clearly seen what's happening to our country right now. We need a real leader to move along the country and bring back wealth and prosperity.
he's the best PM in thailand
In cheating?
For England and America.* He leted the English company dig a gold in the southern and the American company to suck an oil in northern. Wake up, Thailand.
Thailand Business Is Better During Thaksin Time. Thai People Knew It. And That Is Reality...
So just the business men got rich. So only the people who are high-classed and very rich already get richer, the poor stay poor and more poor... Do you want a prime minister like that?
Democrat UK *the rich became richer and the poor became richer.
yes and during his time, thailand was almost free from drugs and sport was the 1st priority. now thailand's full of drugs and wild teen society. Every politician or military is corrupt in some ways, and would you rather like to chose the corrupt prime minister who brings wealth and progress to the country or a politician that takes your country back to the last decade ? there will never be a honest and innocent politician or prime minister, so just take the best option which could have a long term influencial to the country. with time, the majority of the people of thailand will be well educated enough to realize what's wrong and what's right and until then they still can vote for a new president or prime minister.
But he talks like a little baby can he understand English or is he illiterate?
DK TV i don’t know about that according to the protest. Rama 9 are trying to do the same thing to the citizen.
Healthcare for 30 Bath! Thaksin is the Hero❤️❤️
Thaksin is trash .
@UwUnited Nations what 5000 baht ?
@@joerogue231 This man is rubbish in the eyes of a jealous person about his ability. So you? Jealousy on him, hmm?
@@firstplot3652 Jealous ? No .
Im disappointed how someone who can help the whole country chose to betray it .
@@joerogue231 Actually yes, I think I would like to agree with the word betrayal too. But I really have to admit that if there's without this man Thailand will need several years to pay off all of its debt.
This man should be Prime Minister again.
I am Thai. My family and I hope he will never come back to Thailand to further damage the country. He and his Shin family are totally corrupt and shameless people. His political party bribed people, especially the Poor, to vote for the party. Their party's name was changed a few times after their party had been dissolved by Constitutional court due to corruption.
Obviously, your family is part of the wealthy elite. Thaksin did more for Thailand than any Prime Minister ever.
I agreed that he and his Shin dynasty did more damage than all the Thai politicians combined have done to Thailand.
Saao Siam Yes.
Saao Siam what have they done? I'm 100% sure you can't get a valid answer.
Thai people wants you back. You are fit for office not major dictator.
No thai people dont nedd him back, we need him to be excute by laws.
Long live Thaksin! The Thai people loves you!
He should be the first President of Thailand.
You are idiot.
@@yesnookthankyou2524 no you are
Thaksin:*speak eng*
prayut:*use translator*
Best english speaking prime minister is Abhisit he was oxford educated but the problem is he is seen by many locals to be unrelatable and too elite.
@@patsonlim528 yeah, and he thought a lot of people who died from his order just had a bad luck.
Best Prime Minister
Benrich Benrich unfortunately it's the opposite
im not saying he aint corrupt but by your definitions aint all prime minster in modern thai history fit the bill
@@CreamyAvocado-jq8he his sister just did exactly what Thaksin told her do
It’s too bad what is happening in Thailand right now. The world is changing very fast, the people are not lazy and under a leader like Thaksin, the country could have kept pace, maybe even excelled. Now, the country lacks direction and is totally unprepared to face a changing future.
Thaksin is billionair before he became PM. He owned the biggest telecom business in thailand. Some people just made the story by their hatred. This is the truth.
He stole that telecom company from a Canadian man
thaksin you come back . thai people want you. you is prime minister number one of thailand.
He helped a lot of poor people in Thailand that the Prime Minister should do that.
help? you mean.... help them walk into a trap he set... then yes... he helped.
help by corruption?
Help by giving his vicious minions the power to get rich and powerful to grab the big chunk of steak then throw some left over to the blind and the uneducated if they obey and follow.
He killed thousands of innocent people
thankyou aljazeera
I support you
If I can choose,I wish I could runaway from a very utterly uncomfortable situation of this country in this second.feeling as if a ton of stone over my head
long live thaksin
Thaksin like to put on act in pubic.
@@yesnookthankyou2524 At least he really did what he said.
@@firstplot3652 Thaksin is trash .
@@firstplot3652 Thaksin is trash .
@@joerogue231 This man is rubbish in the eyes of the jealous of his abilities.
I love him
You love him, because you are lack of acknowledgment
If you do not knows, the true, you should not say anything...
The true. How did you know.
look back, since he attend on Thai Politic, or before and after, and current. He act habits, the ways he spent money in Thai Nation Politic... The rich are smarter than the poor. Rich given away, poor knows nothing about the Politic. Poor people knows to receives only. Who give them more, they love, that who have hand to them.
look back, since he attend on Thai Politic, or before and after, and current. He act habits, the ways he spent money in Thai Nation Politic... The rich are smarter than the poor. Rich given away, poor knows nothing about the Politic. Poor people knows to receives only. Who give them more, they love, that who have hand to them.
Thanks in enjoys full support from majority of Thai.
Best Thai Prime Minister ever, Miss him.
Him and Yingluck
Thailand would be a better place with him in charge, or at least a people's government. I will certainly not visit until the Army gets out.
I am Thai and I disagree with you.
We, the Thai people have been very happy since the crooked family got thrown out of power.
We have been rebuilding ourselves and following the King's sufficiency economy which is the new utopia. The King taught us to fish but the fishy an shameless Shin family gave us just a small fish that lasted only a day!
Saao Siam เอาจริงดิ ถถถ unbelievable
He is a visionary and smart. Too bad he is corrupt.
@@saaosiam8314 Are you seriously?
And you cannot say for the whole people in Thailand, because some of them including me didn't happy with the military government at all. And the sufficiency economy is the utopia that you said, and not everyone really wants to live the life in that way.
@@saaosiam8314 selfish. มีการศึกษาแต่ไม่มีคุณธรรม ไม่คิดถึงประโยชน์ส่วนรวม คิดแต่ประโยชน์ส่วนตัว
I am from university educated family. We respect democracy from poor and rich people. He was elected as the most popular party. Other upper midle class people have not agreed with him and always have looked down on poor thai in Northeastern. It has been about root of Thai culture they respect people from hight to low class that you were born. They dont respect our voice even we are educated. Back then 200 years ago from map northern and northeastern parts,we were not Siam(Thailand) yet. Thai upper middle class always think we are low class who are only stupid and poor. This problem is from our root of culture. Thai has 4 dialects. Northeastern and Northern we were from Lao . We got our language before we speak Thai. Thaksin also got his own language. Thai center part (siam) have never truely accepted us because we are lower class. That is true by now. The Janta and Hight class including military dictatorship who were from upper middle class and Hight or royal decent still dont want low class get a good education because one day Highclass will be changed their position to be equal as a famer,a poor ,a middle class. They never literally accept or decrease there good quality of lofe and position.
While I am NO fan of Thaksin (corrupt- like most politicians in Thailand it seems-, he exacerbated the crisis in the South with the Muslims, the mass murder of the 'War on Drugs,' etc) he was the first ever prime minister to win an all out majority in 2005, and the first ever leader to implement policies aimed directly at helping the poor (e.g. universal healthcare, loans to villages, increasing access to upper secondary education, etc). Ever since the coup in 2006 with the ousting of Thaksin, and the subsequent coup in 2014 ousting his sister, Thailand is now in a dire situation and democracy has been set back many years! Thailand under the current junta is no solution for my dearly loved country...
I wish we could ignore all the current political factions (Democrats, Pheu Thai, et al.) and have a new party enter the fray (with no big interests in either the military, business, Thaksin, etc). There's too many politicians in Thailand who have vested concerns/ biases. Thailand deserves a party who is free of corruption and nepotism, a party who only wants to bring peace and prosperity to ALL Thais. I think, sadly, this can only be a dream:-(
Chat Hall JUst as long current Prime minister wasn't stay longer than 4 years I would be fine.
Thai people trust the military, there is nothing wrong with the Junta administration. Sounds crazy right? Take it for it is the truth.
Those are all innocents people. The criminal just get in their shelter at that time.
@@evanlaw3596 Hahahaha
Best prime minister of Thailand, he is rich before PM, so he have ability to run the country....
i won't say he is the best man but thailand need people like him to take country to the right direction. i think thailand is so lost rightnow and it will be like this for a long time.
thaksin is good for poor people.
I think you said that because you are Nepali.
I am Thai and I disagree with what you said. Most Thais, including the very poor from rural areas, will also disagree with you.
We, the Thais have been very happy since the crooked family got thrown out of power!
You must be a Yellow shirt or in the army
Only uneducated corrupt support him.
Saao Siam yes, only China corruption offical welcome him to vist China.
By letting them burrow his money and took a high and expensive profit, right?
THE LEGEND OF ALL TIME...😀😀👭👪👫💏
Unbelievable we are under control those bad wealth pp in Thailand with powerless even we knew and willing to fight but what can we do Thaksin
My cousin's live in maids in Thailand told me that they love him. They said that everyone is corrupted, but Thaksin at least did a lot for Thailand and for the poor. Usually, no one cares to do anything for the poor, but he did a lot for them. Thaksin actually would do what he promised to do, and not just give empty promises. Thailand flourished and the poor was able to get health cares that they needed.
Maids are for ignorant people , fool vote Thaksin , the rightfull vote Prayuth .
Two wrongs doesn't make it right. And maybe you have forgotten our late king as well as the current king, who both set up projects to help the poor
Democracy and wealth was returning to Thailand, until the monarchy got involved. And now we have Thailand at a low point with Mr Bean ai hyea Lung Tu in charge. Nice one.
we were quickly. incomparable
Thaksin is the MAN the LEGEND!! Sorry for all your haters and mentally ill out there. If you even think something other then Thaksin has been the best Leader for the Thai peoples so far. Please go do some studying. And tell me someone who has done better job then him. And in What area?? =) Nothing more have to be said hehe.Thank you for everything you've done so far sir! And i know that the peoples is waiting for the real king to return...
We love you our best Prime Minister.
You'are always missed, our former leader. Thailand would have been greatly changed if you were here.
Smart man, the establishment is rightly afraid of him. He knows how the world works.. sorry not sorry
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My dream is to be like him. The best prime minister of Thailand.
Any successful prime minister in Thailand will support the military and be transparent.
There's a reason why he's an outcast. And there's also reason why the Western media loves to influence other country's politics.
Couldn't agree more!
Ok noted
Elections never happened, businesses did leave, and the economy is certainly depressed...this accordingly to many people in my Thai wife's wide family, social, and professional circles.
He is the best people of Thailand.
He is a dog , he sold Thailand to the Arabs .
No he is bad
Thai never really been democrat National before
Nation*
Ok
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thaksin shinawatra like a trump he is billionaire. then he know how to manage country for wealthly this thing it make thai people love him. i think so
Thaksin Chinnawat was the best Prime Minister oF Thailand
Eat my shoes..
@@theneo2008 Stfu rich boy. Long live Thaksin
Thaksin seems have a 1,000,000 years distance from Taksin. The curse is only a joke.
Thaksin is a good man, just jealously that’s keeping out from helping his own country, we need more people like him, you can see how his heart is even when attacked he never retaliates.
He good than more.. Pra.. Pra.. Yuth.. PraYuth!
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Me has left theChat.
better than*
Imagine supporting the juntra for 500 baht a month instead of 30 baht healthcare. Thailand and it's people are truly hopeless and I'm saying this as a Thai.
He should have rubbed elbows with and greased the current powers instead of creating a party and coming off as a threat. If he did serious time in the military, that would have helped also. Colonization comes in various forms
The best pm in Thai .
NO! I love the king! King allow chill n weed smoke ❤️
"self-imposed exile"... or flight from justice of the Supreme Court??? The man does not believe in going to prison for his crimes and actions. Easy to talk, difficult to face up to the responsibilities!
Did you ever look up the case and the final ruling?
Yes. Guilty
LOL Of course he was. No further discussion since nothing else was digested.
Do you have any idea of what Thailand justice is like? Seriously? I write this from near Udon Thailand now and you sound clueless as there is little due process here.
He has been through assassination attempt 4 times. Now you find your answer. Ps. I’m Thai, trust me he’s a good guy. It’s not about corruption, he got framed that he will establish ‘Republic of Thailand’ and remove the monarchy which are all hoax and everybody seems to forget about it
Thai people can now consider themselves as Burmese living in a country controlled by a military dictatorship, and to me the Burmese are like Thais used to be living in a democracy, I remember how proud Thai people were when they spoke of being Thai and living in a democracy and how they felt sad about the Burmese living under a military junta, ha, ha, now it has changed Thailand is now a dictatorship, well done Thailand or should I say old Myanmar your all now Burmese.
I am living in Thailand for last 2 years, things are fantastic here....I don't known why and what is supposed to be changed. I heard from others during his time corruption increased.
My Thai family reported the same. Thais have became more united especially after the passing of the King Rama IX. Most red shirts have been waken up and now they realize they had been used by the Shin family and its associated politicians. The Shin family and crooked politicians have become so rich but the poor still stay poor. They cheated the poor farmers, and more than 2 dozens of the farmers decided to take their own lives due to the Shin's Rice Subsidy scheme.
Saao Siam Lol such a lier! You just
make this up!But nothing real
Saao Siam yes during Taskin time a lot of Isan gril came to Hatyai become..
Because you only consume news from one side. And didn't find all the facts. If Taksin is a bad guy, then there is no good prime minister in Thailand. Because them all exploited Thai people.
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Farmers were to be given a three-year debt moratorium
1,350,000,000,000 baht = $30,000,000,000
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may he do something good ,but most for his pocket
Honestly, after her sister ousted by a coup, Thailand became unstable
He is a robinhood. Just like my country ajib gor
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Only Thaksin can make Thailand better and people will never be poor again.
Better Than The king Forever!!😱😱
if you mean the new king (rama 10) then yes maybe...but Rama the 9th was the best King that has ever live on this world.
So, now you give up for Thailand cause there have enormous injustice and dark power . Then all poor and pity people should stay into bad situation with undo anything hopelessly ? Please let us free
The Taksin Democraty is in fact a ploutocraty bad and sad
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This guy wrote his own PhD thesis in America yeah right he can’t even finish a sentence in English
Notice , Most of this channel have commend disable , They know all it document are full of lies .
the TRUMP of Thailand
3 years ago, all these talks are useless.Hope you can talk about the future plan.That is more realistic and more practical. have a good day.
Give the land back to Cambodia
He can speak English
But prayut cantt
This man should be in Prison with his whole family
bad beautiful. This is the world history of the lier. believe me im Thai I know whats happened in my house
jail is waiting for you and your sister...whe the GDP is not growing does he why ???? it is becaues thai money is getting strong..if he think he and sister is good why they run...he has jail time so that why he is not coming....
Those people who still like This guy all Thaksin are stupidly. Those still does not understand the true he had done for Thai Country... He used National taxas, or money to buy all Thai products, and keep those rise, and Sugar, and many...more . During his ruled Thai Government, he could not sells any those products. After all Thailand went in Debt again... Thailand own a lot of debt currently $$$ 5 billion .... on and on...
Humber Sarm you should work on your grammar
cant beliefe the top media channel of the world show such bias and one sided source of information.
+Nongnaphat Thapthimthong I wanted to hear from the current PM as well, but .... his reputation with the press wan't pleasing.
Totally agreed. They basically didn't do a decent enough job.
Thaksin is the loser, he ran away from everything.... hahah
He is a loser for sure. But the Red Shirts were the biggest losers of all since they were fooled by this shameless Shin family.
So the winner is the crop top guy that wears fake tattoos? He's the loser that gives the Ammart in BKK a big headache. So in a way he's still in the game.
khaopiak haha, the winner is the tourist from all over the world
hope karma bite u fast!!
Return do democracy? Thailand has always been a monarchy. People need to realize that democracy isn't for everyone. We Americans are so arrogant..just because democracy works for us doesn't mean it will work for everybody. Look at the middle east,it has always had a strong centralized governments..and that seems to work for them. Look at Afghanistan...democracy won't work in areas that have traditionally had strong central governments. Thailand has been a monarchy since 1283. People need to mind their own business and let the Thai people decide.
Globalization, hegemony, international assistance, these all lead to the idea of democracy as the BEST SOLUTION for all governmental diseases
I decided that I loved freedom and the only way I will enjoy my freedom is Democratic.
The Thai people decided to have him in 2005, giving 375 seats out of 500. What happened then? Why the military coup blessed by the king?
Same story with her sister in 2014.
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Yellow shirt for the win !!
But most of the people in Bangkok dislike the Thaksin family. I am sorry, but in Thailand, Bangkok is everything that matters.
Yes!!! He will be the loser forever...
Tuksin The most corruption person in history
Ok noted