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Trump supporters used to chant "Four more years!" In Thailand, the state's PR arms are chanting "Seven more years!" or something similar for Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha. Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha has been hopeless on the economy, has botched recent virus policy, and has pandered to palace and royalists, while promoting criminals like Thammanat Prompao. He's been…
In a report in the Bangkok Post, Nithi Mahanonda, the secretary-general of the so-called Chulabhorn Royal Academy, is reported as confirming that the latest royal intervention is to save the collective crown's ass. He reportedly stated that "the CRA would procure 'alternative vaccines' until those produced in Thailand were sufficient to protect against the pandemic."…
26 05 2021
The Bangkok Post reports on a recent media event where the red-yellow anti-government group, Samakkhi Prachachon, came together again to demand that Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha “resign for poor governance over the past seven years.”
The group, led by Adul Khiewboriboon and Jatuporn Prompan handed over a letter that “accused Gen Prayut of failing to fulfil his promises, adding he failed to achieve reforms and reconciliation, while political conflicts have worsened and corruption has increased.” Of course, from the day of the 2014 military coup, these were false promises.
Observing that “Gen Prayut had claimed he remained in power to protect the royal institution,” they claimed his use of Article 112 was “to destroy his political opponents.” Of course, the link between military and monarchy has become almost unbreakable and defines political power and action.
The 2014 military coup was not unexpected. After all, the military brass had been planning it and the People's Democratic Reform Committee had been demonstrating for months in support of a military intervention. Here we recall some of our posts at the time of the coup, with some editing. The story of how it happened,…