Adul: Wants to build momentum
Anti-government sentiment has advanced to such a point where a term has been coined to amplify the opponents disdain of the administration: Prayutocracy .
The suffix cracy was popularised by critics of the Thaksin Shinawatra government, who invented the term Thaksinocracy which, as one analyst put it, sums up governmental excesses. These included cronyism, conflicts of interest, irregularities and large-scale solidifying of political power.
The term was adopted by protesters to intensify their attack against Thaksin towards the end of his administration which was overthrown in September 2006 by a military coup headed by army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who later became president of the Administrative Reform Council.
Jatuporn s best days may be behind him
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Former UDD head can no longer count on support of red shirt rank and file
published : 11 Apr 2021 at 04:00
1 voices in unison: Pheu Thai Party members participate in the opening day of Red shirt Village for Democracy set up in Udon Thani province in September 2011.
There is a lot riding on veteran activist Jatuporn Prompan kick-starting a mass protest targeting Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha s ouster.
But if Mr Jatuporn thought that because he chairs the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) he could count on the support of the red shirts to solidify the campaign against the government, he may be heading for disappointment.
Jatuporn has a lot to prove
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published : 10 Apr 2021 at 04:00 Jatuporn: Facing first major test
United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) chairman Jatuporn Prompan has a lot to prove and his ability to unite anti-government elements is his first major test.
Jatuporn may have felt he has been watching the political events unfold long enough and it was high time he resurrected the red-shirt movement he once co-led a decade ago.
Cops to charge Jatuporn over rally
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27 others will also face prosecution
published : 8 Apr 2021 at 04:33
1 Jatuporn Prompan addresses the rally at Santiporn Park on Sunday night, calling for unity from all sides to remove Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha from office. (Photo bu Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Police have summoned two leaders and 26 other people involved in Sunday s protest against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to answer a slew of charges that could also include lese majeste.
Red-shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan, who organised the mass gathering on behalf of the Thai Mai Thon (Impatient Thais) group and Adul Khiewboriboon, leader of the Samakkhi Prachachon group, will be among 14 people summoned to meet investigators and answer charges next Thursday, Pol Maj Gen Piya Tawichai, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau said on Wednesday.
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Yesterday, it was reported by the Bangkok Post that “[a]n adviser to the House Committee on Law …[had] filed a complaint with police against protest leader Jatuporn Prompan for allegedly violating the lese majeste law.”
The culprit is Sonthiya Sawasdee, who “asked police at Chana Songkhram station to look into Mr Jatuporn’s speech that he delivered on Sunday at the Santiporn Park … where he held a mass protest for the Sammakhi Prachachon Pheu Prathet Thai (People’s Unity for Thailand) to see if it violated the lese majeste law.”
The protest was in fact held to demand the resignation of coup leader and Prime Minister Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha, and as far as we could tell, tried to avoid commentary on the monarchy.