WorldFun Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 kinda som nom na should the very core farmers who voted the government in be the one to kick their lame asses out. shit like this really cant be made up. only in LOS- TIT! tit for tat! 555555555555555555555+ now its only really a matter of when & how not if the thaksinism is over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 Another problem rears its head for government Farmers who had joined the rice-pledging scheme issued an ultimatum that they would stage a massive protest if the authorities failed to pay them soon after January 15 as promised. Indeed, farmers in several provinces, notably in the North and Northeast - regions considered to be strongholds of the ruling Pheu Thai Party - have already held protests. The government is obliged to inject more than Bt130 billion into the scheme and has instructed the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives to reserve Bt55 billion in cash to pay them. However, it remains unclear whether the bank has enough money to pay the farmers. Meanwhile, the farmers say that if they don't get paid in time, they will not hesitate to put more pressure on the government. The rice-pledging scheme was one of the key policies that the Pheu Thai-led government implemented to win support from farmers. Meanwhile, farmers who grow other kinds of crops such as maize and cassava are also queuing up to demand government subsidies for their produce. Many experts, including prominent economist and former government adviser Virabongsa Ramangkura, had warned earlier that the rice-pledging scheme would create problems for the government both economically and politically. As of now, it is still unclear how the government will handle the pressure from farmers, who are its strongest supporters. Meanwhile, it is still struggling with the problems being created by the People's Democratic Reform Commission (PDRC) as it tries to shut down the capital. Key members of the government continue insisting that the February 2 election will go ahead as scheduled, even though many agencies including the Election Commission continue advising the government against it. They say that if the election does go ahead as scheduled, it could lead to many more problems including clashes. So far, it looks as though the government has no clear plans on what to do should such a problem occur. PDRC leader Suthep Thaugsuban, meanwhile, has clearly said that his group is not ready to make any compromises with the government. However, perhaps Suthep's approach is as risky for himself as it is for the government. On the one hand, he offers the government no negotiable choices, while on the other hand he has no clear road map on achieving such a high ambition. What happens if the protesters demand that he reach a compromise? Besides, both sides are betting on the patience of Bangkok residents. How long will they tolerate being inconvenienced? Though some might enjoy the festival-like atmosphere at the protest sites, will the local residents find the rallies acceptable if they continue for months and slowly destroy the economy? At this point, it is still difficult to predict what will happen if the battle continues. Will Thailand eventually become a failed state? http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Another-problem-rears-its-head-for-government-30224580.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 "The government is obliged to inject more than Bt130 billion into the scheme" I wonder if this is stuck in Dubai? Can be damn difficult getting money out of some countries... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 IMO. no way Takky will finance the rice scheme. The gov has the money but they do not want to let it go as money is power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 The government is trying to force the Agricultural Bank to hand over the farmers' deposits so it can use it to pay the farmers the money it owes them. That has got to be Takky's idea. If Monte Python were a country ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Rice farmers threaten 'final showdown' if demands not met Rice farmers continued to block the road in front of the Buri Ram provincial government complex for the second day running yesterday. They were demanding that the government make overdue payments under the controversial rice-pledging scheme by January 25, along with interest for the delay. If their demands are not met, the farmers said they would sue the government and escalate the protests, culminating in a "final showdown". Representatives of the 1,000-strong rally yesterday submitted their five-point resolution to provincial Governor Thongchai Leu-adul. The letter said they had established the Buri Ram farmers' network as the coordinating agency in their battle for justice. They have set January 25 as the deadline for the government to make the overdue payments, the letter said. In addition, they are also demanding that the government pay interest on the overdue payments by reducing the interest rate on farmers' debts at the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives. The newly established Buri Ram farmers' network plans to sue the Cabinet for compensation if the government fails to meet their January 25 deadline. It is also threatening to escalate its activities, by joining other protesting farmers - bringing the situation "to the level of a final showdown". Thongchai said he would report the farmers' demands to the government as soon as possible after which the protesters dispersed. Meanwhile, some 800 rice farmers from five northern provinces continued to block one lane of the Asia Highway 117 in Phichit's Bueng Na Rang district for the second day yesterday, and vowed to remain until the government paid them for the pledged rice. They threatened to call for the removal of the government if their demands were not met. Farmers from other districts of Phichit were also invited to join their protest. Organisers said they planned to amass more than 10,000 protesters soon. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Rice-farmers-threaten-final-showdown-if-demands-no-30224637.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 The farmers need to be taken care of as well... we all need to eat...Red shirts.dems/ farang/ poo yai/ his so etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitagawn Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 "The government is trying to force the Agricultural Bank to hand over the farmers' deposits so it can use it to pay the farmers the money it owes them. That has got to be Takky's idea. If Monte Python were a country ... " No really??? Amazing Thailand geez louise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Rice farmers from Phichit, other provinces demand payment from government RICE FARMERS from Phichit and nearby provinces yesterday laid siege to the Bueng Na Rang District Office to demand long-overdue payment for their last crop under the government's controversial pledging scheme, while others continued demonstrating on a major highway. In Ratchaburi, farmers have threatened to block a key crossing of major routes linking |the South and the Central region in a few |days. Some of them vowed to head to Bangkok to launch protests after they gathered at a rice development centre in Muang district and handed their sale certificates to Walit Charoensombat, their leader. Walit said he would include the certificates as proof of sales in petitions to the PM's Office and Commerce Ministry for immediate payment. He said 27,000 farmers were registered for the scheme in Ratchaburi, but fewer than 4,000 had received money from the government. The farmers were severely short of cash to cover costs for the next harvest. "We have no money to even buy rice seeds and other farm supplies while shouldering debts incurred through non-payment of the rice-pledging money," he said. In Phichit, the farmers said they would also call on local civil servants not to work while they would try to enter the compound and seize it. Police were stationed around the compound to prevent intrusion. Governor Surachai Khan-asa said negotiations with the farmers were in progress, and the farmers were asked to halt their blockade. Surachai said what was worrying was that the rice-pledging scheme and payment were policies of the caretaker national government. What provincial authorities could do now was only to provide winter clothing and medical care to the protesters. http://www.nationmul...p-30224686.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Union threatens BAAC executives The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives' (BAAC) labour union has threatened to seek the ouster of the bank's executives if its board persists in using the bank's liquidity to fund the government's rice-pledging scheme. Union members wore black to the annual meeting at the BAAC head office yesterday to show their opposition to the government's spending of the bank's money on the rice-pledging scheme. "If the BAAC's board of directors persists in using the bank's liquidity on this project, the labour union will escalate its opposition into a massive protest in a bid to oust directors and executives who are involved with this matter. One way or another, we will [take some kind of action]. But we will not stop work," said union chairman Prasit Pahom. Of the bank's Bt180 billion worth of liquidity, it needs to maintain reserves worth Bt60 billion, in line with the Bank of Thailand's capital-adequacy ratio. Another Bt80 billion is reserved for lending to farmers and the remaining Bt40 billion is for deposits. Moreover, the union reported that the Public Health Ministry said it would withdraw its deposits from the bank if the BAAC continued to allocate its liquidity to the rice-pledging scheme. The BAAC's board of directors cancelled its meeting scheduled for 2pm yesterday in the face of protests from the union and the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee, which rallied outside the bank's head office. PDRC protesters also targeted the Government Savings Bank (GSB) yesterday. They blockaded the bank and demanded that it not lend money to finance the government's rice-pledging scheme. Currently, the GSB has surplus liquidity of Bt200 billion. Its president Woravit Chailimpamontri yesterday insisted the bank was not a direct lender to the government for the scheme. The bank had informed its depositors of the protest situation, and there had been no signs of a rush to withdraw money, he said. Of the total 1,000 GSB branches, only five were affected by the rally protests, and they were only closed temporarily. The PDRC also warned Krungthai Bank over lending to the government for the scheme. KTB president Vorapak Tanyawong said in a statement yesterday that the bank provided loans to the BAAC under the same conditions as those applied to general customers. KTB is widely considered to have been a source of funding for the BAAC in support of past government agricultural-pledging schemes - not only the rice programme. Only 10 per cent of the bank's loan portfolio was lent to the state sector, however. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Union-threatens-BAAC-executives-30224772.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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