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...CHANGTHANA POSAYANUKUL Hotel employee, Bangkok Thaksin has a good leadership style. He's active. He thinks fast and gets things done. He has a good vision for Thailand. I like his policies, like fighting against drugs and cracking down on criminal gangs. I appreciate what he's done for Thailand. When he wants to do something, he takes responsibility and says, "This is my work." The economy is doing well under Thaksin. People have benefited from his policies. There's less unemployment. My sister runs an import-export business and she says it's getting better. At my hotel, there...
...MARC FABER Emerging-markets expert and publisher of the monthly investment newsletter The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report Thaksin has the support of the rural population, but the urban population in Bangkok is strongly opposed to him, especially the intellectuals. They argue that he is buying votes in the countryside, which is to some extent true. Voters in the countryside are shipped to rallies in buses and given free food. But this isn't something unique to Thailand or Thaksin by any means. It is the dark side of democracy. Many other politicians all over the world do the same thing...
...CHALONGPHOB SUSSANGKARN President of the Thailand Development Research Institute, an independent think tank in Bangkok Thaksin doesn't understand the saying that justice must not only be done but be seen to be done. More and more people are saying that the laws have been distorted or misinterpreted to favor his business group. Thaksin's stance is that he's doing everything legally, and he's dissolved parliament to hold an election. But this doesn't address what the protesters are talking about. As the situation drags on, bigger groups of people will begin to understand this distinction between playing...
...Thaksin will have to make some sort of compromise. The danger is that if there is an ?lite compromise in Bangkok that doesn't acknowledge the rural population?who genuinely support Thaksin because he recognized them and their needs?that could cause big problems in the future. Thaksin is tarnished whatever happens. But the question now is not just about Thaksin's future but about the future of democracy in Thailand. Either the compromise reached will strengthen the democratic system or it will weaken institutions, and that would have a huge negative impact on Thai democracy...
...Bangkok people are divided into three groups. The first is anti-Thaksin, the second supports the government, and the third consists of people who are just bored and fed up with the situation and want it to go away. I don't approve of the government and the way it's running the country. But it's also difficult to support or agree with the street protesters. The issues they raise against the government aren't credible. They're just trying to get people angry and win support. It's not really democracy at all on the streets. They...