Political Watch: new eThailand after the TNT exodus

Day 412, 23:45 Published in Thailand Thailand by Wisdom
January 5, 2009, 23:31,
Reported by The Thai Gazette



- Bangkok and Manaus- The sudden exodus of TNT and Nobelis members to the North Region of eBrazil have left behind a different political and economical landscape for eThailand.

The mass immigration started yesterday with former TNT leader Antonio Salgado, who was widely expected to win the January presidential race, surprisingly dropping himself out just hours before the election and moved to the North Region of eBrazil.

Within a single day, he was followed by many members of the TNT and the affiliated Nobelis party, five of whom were in the current eThai congress, namely Gfame, Pholand, Lorenzo Lopes Riviera, Dimitri.ss, and Daniel Zanardi.

Most of them share a couple of characteristics in common, they use Portuguese as a common language and belong to the self-proclaimed "máfia tailandesa" political bloc in the eThai politics, they moved to the same region in eBrazil and joined the same party and company there, even promptly working on the same day, and they use a profile picture of a character from Japanese anime Fullmetal Alchemist.

Antonio, who, along with Lorenzo, is the very vocal members of this largely silent group, explained that the Fullmetal images are simply “coat of arms” that shows their connection with eThailand.

“We take with us thailand coat of arms in a way to keep thailand with us. there is no problem in that, our IPs are totally diferents, so I think that there is no problem with that,” said Antonio, addressing the issue that their organized movement may be seen as a foul play, and said the major reasons of the exodus were the boredom and language barrier the group members suffered in eThailand when compared to the eBrazilian North Region which is a war zone.

“Most of us got tired of eThailand, then we moved back to eBrazil to help some of our friends as they helped us in eThai, and I moved with them,” said Lorenzo, who chose to relinquish his opportunity to helm the post-Antonio TNT, and subsequently, the bid for the eThai presidency.

“I probably had a good chance leading TNT and our people, but looks like they are more interested in having the power in their hand than helping the country out.”

Lorenzo’s comment may shed some light into the future landscape of eThailand as the group members have held enormous political and economical forces in the country, from the congress to all major industries, with their typical party bloc voting style and the “economy within economy” system.

The congress, for example, has been shifted from the dominance of the TNT and Nobelis majority to the fellowship of TRP and Sabai Unity Party who now hold 52% of the votes. Such condition will most likely generate a stable, if not uneventful, politics, while the election may no longer see fierce head-to-head vote rallying as the TNT strongman is now gone.

The economy, too, may shrink a little bit as the group and its 40 members, as estimated by Antonio, may end their investments in several influential companies in different industries.

“It will become more difficult and will affect politics (more boring), economy (less production) and maybe the monetary market too (they sell their TH😎,” predicted congressman Simplicissimus of the future of the country after the exodus.






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