Daily News New Year's cartoon

[admin]

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Let's see if we can identify all the political characters in Daily News' New Year's cartoon...

http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/07/ny-cartoon3num.jpg

[GWR]

1 = Gen. Sonthi
2 = Thaksin

[ncr]

4 = Somkid?
6 = Chamlong???
10 = Sudarat?
11 = Prachai
15 = Sanan
18 = Saprang?
19 = Chaturon?
22 = Chaovalit
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/07/ny-cartoon3num.jpg

[GWR]

Much as I like the cartooning, they're not that easy to identify.
5 = Chuwit?

[ncr]

You're right, that might well be Chuwit. He wields a hammer, has a mustache and pulls a grimace.

Where's Abhisit? Can only be #8, but that's not much like him....
Where the heck is Banharn? Surely he cannot be missing? Sanoh?

Who is 14? That's supposed to be a Thai politician? If you ask me that's Gordon Brown, holding the Democracy Monument. :confused:
And 16? Mick Jagger. Or Klaus Kinski. :eek:
Who's the khunying with the red hair (#12)?
And the guy with glasses and pipe who looks like a French philosopher (#3)?

Strange drawings, really.

[Yappofloyd]

You're right, that might well be Chuwit. He wields a hammer, has a mustache and pulls a grimace.

Where's Abhisit? Can only be #8, but that's not much like him....
Where the heck is Banharn? Surely he cannot be missing? Sanoh?

#4 agree Somkid,
#5 is definately Chuwit given the distinct look and mimic pose of his previous electoral posters,
#7 could be Suvit??
#8 does look like a somewhat forlorn Abhisit,
#10 agree Sudarat,
#16 could be Banharn as has that dour look but Banharn's face is less expressive and shorter hair,
#17 could be Apirak,
#23 Samak,
#25 could be Apichart (EC)

Where is Prem? And Sondhi?

And who or what is the non-descript face between 9, 16, 17 and 24???

http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/07/ny-cartoon3num.jpg
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/07/ny-cartoon3.jpg

[ncr]

Where is Prem?I could imagine it is not regarded as appropriate to draw caricatures of him (quasi-lèse-majesté).... :rolleyes:

[GWR]

Thai Democracy Needs Voter Input: Academic

BANGKOK - It’s important for voters to be consulted in a democratic system of government, said Prapan Opsarakarn, a political science professor at Ramkamhaeng University.

An election is a good way for the voice to be heard, although not always the best way, he added.

“Democracies should consult voters when appropriate, but we must not fall into the ‘election trap’ in which we care too much about the poll results,” he told the Thai Studies Conference.

“If, for instance, everyone voted for the country to drown in the sea, does that make it right?” he said. “Votes should be counted and acknowledged, but election winners should only be respected if we like them.”


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