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Curfew meet off to bad start

Published: 15 Feb 2013 at 00.31
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The deputy prime minister has received the thumbs down for his curfew idea after a development agency and Yala's leaders said they would rather residents looked after their own affairs.

The Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC) and Yala's local leaders Thursday came out against the government's plan to impose a curfew to curb insurgent violence in the deep South. SBPAC secretary-general Thawee Sodsong met Yala's local leaders Thursday to gauge their opinions about the proposed curfew.

The curfew was proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung last week.

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DonAleman
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Discussion 6 : 15 Feb 2013 at 17.266
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Even if Yingluck, embarassed by Chalerm's reluctance to go South, forces his visit he, for sure, won't drive that pink "target" ! One has to wonder when his growing stack of unfufilled proposals, promises, projects, will topple over and crush him ?
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Discussion 5 : 15 Feb 2013 at 10.145
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" a development agency and Yala's leaders said they would rather residents looked after their own affairs."

Wait, haven't they tried that already and failed miserably? Time to let the Army run the show.
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Discussion 4 : 15 Feb 2013 at 10.064
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Re:D1. If that is true, then the army after 15 years shod have solved the problem. The problem in the south is not a military problem and the military is not a very effective solution to terrorism. The terrorists mingle in the general population and are not easy to find. The south is a muslim religious fanatic problem. Terrorists have hijacked the Muslim faith and their own clerics have permitted this. . It will not be stopped by the thai military, it is a cancer growing from within the religion.
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Discussion 3 : 15 Feb 2013 at 07.523
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Does this mean Chalerm will travel to the south to find out first hand what is needed? I think not. I think he is a afraid to make the trip. Someone else with proper experience should be in-charge.
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Discussion 2 : 15 Feb 2013 at 06.132
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If the government wants to win the hearts and minds of Southern communities then they need to be present at the local level, they need to listen and then begin to influence opinion at the local level. Some justice for those killed in TC's massacres would help build trust. This situation can only be won by gaining the hearts and minds of the locals. Military victory alone will only further alienate the populace. Negotiations alone will only provide free hand for those seeking succession (remember the Geneva accord for Laos). Unless the government is present and listening the insurgency will grow.
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Discussion 1 : 15 Feb 2013 at 01.471
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Neither Chalerm or the Yala leaders have the experience to decide anything regarding this topic. Leave the army to decide as recently shown, they do have the experience to handle this terrorist problem, so let them make all the decisions. Let the government focus on other pressing problems such as sending undercover navy seals to grab Thaksin back to Thailand to face so many other charges and the leave the law to punish him by life in prison.
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