Abhisit Launches “Six Days, 63 Million Opinions” Campaign

Published : July 01, 2010 :: 15:07:00 [ 1,061 views ]

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday presided over the launch of the “Six Days, 63 Million Opinions” campaign. The campaign is designed to gauge a broad public opinion on what the government should be doing to address the national reform issue.

Bangkok, the 1^st of July 2010 [PDN]: Tentatively titled “Six Days, 63 Million Opinions” the campaign will run until the 6^th of July (Six Days) and include opinions from all regions of Thailand’s estimated 63 million population.

Premier Abhisit revealed that the project was established to gather the “people’s” opinions on what the government should be doing to resolve various social, political and economical divides in the national reform “road map.” It has been revealed that further activities/campaigns are in the preliminary approval stage, scheduled for September/October of this year.

In somewhat of a publicity stunt for the commencement of the campaign, Prime Minister Abhisit himself answered three phone calls, before a technical error temporarily suspended the service due to a flood of incoming calls.

The new campaign is just another step in the governments nation reform “road map” aimed at addressing the issues brought up by the recent 2-month long political protests in the nation’s capital. The “Red Shirt” campaign expressed dissatisfaction with the so-called double standards being practiced by the government, social inequalities, a widening income gap, corruption at the highest levels and an illegitimate/unelected government.

People wishing to express their opinions regarding a resolution to the current situation can do so by contacting the “6 Days, 63 Million Opinions” hotline on; 02-304-9999 (free of charge) or via email at the www.pm.go.th/forward website.

It is expected that the accumulated opinions and subsequent results will be presented to the public on the 1^st of January 2011 as a New Years gift and “Blueprint for Thailand Reform.”

Comments

gfy

said :

im sorry abhisit

you seem like the right man at the wrong time

you cant sieze power down the barrel of a gun from a popular and democratically elected government, and expect not to receive a backlash - im only surprised the backlash was as mild as it was

you cant be that naive

all you supposedly well informed folks that think red=evil and yellow=righteous are woefully mis-informed; both sides have alterior motives except the yellows are far more shadowy and dont appear to want an election

Email : gfy@googlemail.com Date : 2010-07-02 05:10:24

Trevor

said :

I dont like what the reds did. But the yellow lot are not an option.

If any govt in a supposed democracy wants legitimacy it must win an election. If the yellows can do this then fair play to them.

If they deserve power and thats what the people want then why not hold an election? How can anyone lose?

Email : twatts@hotmail.com Date : 2010-07-02 05:03:18

Throbbing Hood

said :

63 million people.
60% working in agriculture and poor.

?

Didnt we ask them before what they wanted?

Oh yeah... and you took it away!

Wake up Abhisit. These people already know what they want. YOU can ask them 63 million times; the answer will always be the same: not you

(NB: with the vast majority of the electorate living in the north and northeast why are all members of the Abhisit regime noticable by the abscence in these regions?)

Email : thehood@yahoo.com Date : 2010-07-02 04:55:39

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