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Bet u we wont see anyone resigning from their high and lofty posts even if they screw up big time here in Msia.

Thailand screw up BIG time. How can democracy be sulied by street protest when the election results clearly showed that he's still commanding the support of the majority of the population? Oh, disgusting! he's a great leader and an admirable CEO of Thailand.

he joined politics to serve his country when his country is facing their worst of time at the last economic crisis and he make Thailand vibrant again. at least he was successful prior from taking office, unlike in 'some' country, people join politics to earn their first million or billions or to build their 'war chest' and etc.

He did say that all it would take is a whisper from His Majesty to get him to quit. I guess King Rama did just that.

In a nation where dissent even within the party won't kill your career, DeLay took a great risk by becoming the whip with an iron fist. And he failed

The same can't be said about the political dissent here tho

cheers

Contrary to some postings here, Thaksin stepping down is the most honorable thing to do. I would not agree that Thailand is screwed up big time in terms of democracy. As a matter of fact, this time round things were much more well run despite the street protests. Fortunately, we don;t see army tanks rolling into the streets of Bangkok and the declaration of martial law.

I don’t really condone street protests but at least the people grievances are heard and well addressed by holding a snap election. Could we expect such a thing to happen in Malaysia?

Though I admired Thaksin's effort in reviving the Thai economy during the aftermath of the Asian economic crisis, it doesn;t mean he is immune to the charges of nepotism and corruption here. He made the wrong move by building up his conglomerate to a multi billion dollar business with lucrative concessions and licences granted during his rule, only to dispose it off to Temasek Holdings for more than USD2.5b.

It was also during his rule that the wealth he and his family has amassed is simply obscene, hence, making him and other of his family members the richest in Thailand.

It doesn;t take a genius to tell you that the Govt business is not to be in business. There would definitely be conflict of interest whenever rich tycoons like Thaksin come to political power.

Is our press free to condemn the excesses of our Prime ministers? Nothing is said of Pak Lah's son Kamaluddin stake in Scomi worth Rm300m (source : Malaysian business) , hence, making one of Malaysia's top 40 richest people. How about granting of contracts relating to manufacturing of buses to Scomi?

Also, how about the wealth amassed by Tun Mahathir's sons namely, Mokhzani and Mukhriz? The market value for those stakes in Opcom, Lion industries, Reliance Pacific Berhad, etc are to the tune of hundreds of millions.

The problem of us Malaysians is that we don;t make noise about this. We just accept abuse of power and corruption by all this people as a fact of life.

I'm all for him leaving, but mainly for the massacre of muslims in southern of thailand. what amazes me is the thot that it takes a corruption case for him to step down and people to go to the streets. has human lives been degraded to be less valued than money? or is it muslims' lives is not worth a penny? anyways, justice is served halfway.

I kinda agree with Thomas. Putting myself in his (thaksin) shoes, it would be a very difficult decision and really need a good strategy if i'm to resign mainly because, if i resign, it means i'm to admit that i'm guilty but if i do not resign, people will continue to protest and does not look good on the country and also impact on the economy. Well...at least he made the final decision and i can have some peaceful time again living in Bangkok without having to worry where there's a rally, what color should i not wear when i go out (to stay neutral since I'm a Malaysia).

In response to Harin, true, Thaksin's handling of the insurgency in Southern Thailand is incompetent at best. However his biggest failure there is not just the 'Tak Bai' incidents per se, but the failure to recognize what the muslim terrorists there are capable of.

Any independent statstics would show that majority of the casualties are, in fact Buddhist civillians who have been bombed, beheaded, and tortured to death on a daily basis. This in itself is a large dichotomy from any allusions to the Israel-Palestinian conflict whereby Palestinian deaths outnumber the Israelis.

It is sad that Malaysian press has a large pro-muslim bias because as harim pointed out, human lives should not be degraded.

Peace. (Although this is admittedly off topic)