Many posters dont seem to recognise the difficult politics of this region, and while the Prayut "co-allition" government was fraught with problems, most of it derived from the individual ministers, Mr Watch, Mr Pot, etc who luckily did not do well in the last election but are still in there pulling strings. You want to blame people, get your aim right. The army instituted the coup to bring stability to Thailand. Look back at who caused the problems. Prayut stepped down from the army, formed a civilian government (not much to work with) and ran an election that was peaceful and allowed a popular movement to succeed (hopefully). Now compare that with Thailand's neighbours. Cambodia !! Myanma!!!!!!. Laos!!!! As an individual, Khun Prayut seems to me to be a genuine person who can be proud that he has allowed Thailand to take small steps forward in it's politics.
It remains to be seen whether the darker forces will allow it to proceed.