Thailand: Floods into political battle

Thai Prime Minister - she Yingluck Shinawatra

Historical floods in Thailand is not only a national disaster but also a fierce political battle between the political parties.
According to Bangkok Post, Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister has recently confirmed that they would not resign despite criticism that the anti-flood measures the government is inefficient and too weak. "People put our hopes on. I will not give up - she Yingluck said - I could have cried, but it is not weakness or desperation. It's empathy for what people are suffering. "

Since the flooding began circulating in Thailand, and the opposition Democratic Party elite royal family has repeatedly criticized Prime Minister Yingluck with vitriolic language like "hollow man", "Barbie dolls are not brain "and even said that Thailand has the first female prime minister is bad luck for the country. The objective is to demolish her ​​reputation Yingluck, negating any efforts that her government is taking to fight the flood.

The cover piece blow

Calls for her resignation Yingluck appeared two months. Opening in mid-October, when Achakulwisut Atiya, who often wrote editorials criticizing the ruling party Puea Thai newspaper Bangkok Post, has a post titled "Do you understand?" With implications for Yingluck her resignation. But then the newspaper The Nation, political commentators said that Pavin Chachavalpongpun impossible to put all the responsibility on her head Yingluck.
"Is she alone must take responsibility for the floods? - Chachavalpongpun question - Why The Royal Irrigation to store a huge amount of water in the dams at the beginning of flood season? Why did not the previous government to build a flood control system performance despite floods happen every year? ". Some observers also reviewed last year's floods have made hundreds of people killed in Thailand, but Atiya Achakulwisut journalists of the newspaper Bangkok Post and now a wholesale and where she Yingluck but then never showed up criticized Prime Minister Abhisit.

Bangkok Mayor Sukhumbhand answer reporters in a floodgates in Bangkok - Photo: Reuters

According to The Nation, those who opposed her Yingluck also implemented a series of attacks defame her nature on the Internet. Observers recognize that this is an organized campaign to reduce people's confidence in the government of Thailand's Puea Thai Party.

"Prince of Bangkok"

The Nation newspaper on 9-11, Chachavalpongpun political commentators to accuse another character are leveraging flood to play politics as mayor of Bangkok Sukhumbhand Paribatra. He Sukhumbhand Democrat, was the son of Sukhumbhinanda prince and a descendant of King Chulalongkorn. Many people called him "the prince Bangkok."

Chachavalpongpun writes: "The devastating floods gave him an opportunity to demonstrate his power as mayor of Bangkok, and so far he has made clear that I totally independent of government (even to in the opposite order with the government's decision). That is not cooperation but competition to establish his relationship with Prime Minister (Mrs. Yingluck). Under the Sukhumbhand, Bangkok is an oasis. The capital is separated from the rest of the country. All other provinces can accept submerged under flood water, but Bangkok is not dry at all costs.

Previously, on 7-11, which is famous newspaper against Thaksin and Puea Thai party do not like, newspaper Bangkok Post also had exclaimed in an editorial: "Now is not the time to play politics." The paper said the mayor Sukhumbhand aggressive with the central government "is not a sign of strength, which is the opposite", and called him her Yingluck Sukhumbhand and cooperation.

Many readers wrote in the newspaper Bangkok Post and The Nation to the fact that agencies of central government as aid coordination center (FROC) was very anti-flood efforts and to cooperate with the authorities in Bangkok, but Sukhumbhand everything he do is criticize, negate the central government and refused cooperation. It is funny when she Yingluck mode "ignorant", he made the sacrifice Sukhumbhand "underwater" to flood the sky bridge.

"His attitude Sukhumbhand to see? - Political commentators wonder Chachavalpongpun and identify - This attitude shows that Bangkok is not Thailand and vice versa. It is a country in a country. The main way of thinking has prevented the government launched a global solution to prevent flooding which had no control. " How to run his main Sukhumbhand made people rich Bangkok who also considers himself a "aired on".

Chachavalpongpun define "two months ago when Bangkok was still dry while rural areas have been submerged in flood water, the Bangkok people do not express concerns and share solidarity with the distress this . The distress of this region appears to be nothing serious, but Bangkok is unharmed. Bangkok flooded until they are screaming the loudest, jam jam pulled together to hoard food causing chaos. Does the behavior of people in Bangkok are typical two-speed system is dominated Thai society. As before now, power and prosperity as belonging Bangkok, but the rest of Thailand can be poor and underdeveloped. "