[Bangkok Post] Is Abhisit Ignoring the Deep South?
[Six months ago, there were at least muted hopes than freshman Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva would turn his attention to the South.
The region poses the greatest existing security threat to the lives of the people in the four southernmost provinces.
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Instead, Mr Abhisit has effectively ignored the deep South. His Democrat Party, once the hope for peace in the South, has been conspicuously silent on the problem.]
BP: This is unfair. Thaksin was criticized for ignoring the South so was Samak. This is often said to be back of a lack of visits. If Abhisit is too visit, the attacks will increase. If he says or does anything, the attacks will increase. It is a lose-lose situation politically. It is about getting the policies right as opposed to speaking about it publicly. You can't he has ignored the South either since the editorial refers to a new economic policy. Now, on whether the policies are right. BP thinks you can criticize him for the 63 billion baht economic package given the military seem to be controlling it, but on other areas we are still short on specifics.
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