zzaa09

More insightful observers should've seen this coming some time ago. Same as it ever was.

The military have always been indirectly in charge - regardless of veritable governments.

Another non-substance distraction regarding the bigger picture. Shouldn't surprise.

Add to the list: 1957, 1959, 1963, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1980 and 1990 - where heavily manipulated/irregular elections or outright coups occurred and the masses took to the streets in protests against the usual circles. Some end results were nastier and more tragic than others. Some observers might suggest that such back-n-forth and unstable activities are a way of life here. They will not surrender their places of elitist dominion, as history will show......and as is currently presenting itself.

Shocking, as this has never happened before....... ????????

Indeed. One would be hard pressed to find any real evidence of legitimate criminal charges against the old boy - yet, many still attempt to.

The end is near for our kind. Comfortably numb.

Part and parcel to the club, as they all are.

In the end...... Nothing but a distraction regarding the bigger picture. To be expected.

To be real and honest, the majority of the population are more than likely indifferent - by their very nature.

Yes....your reference to nonsense is quite diplomatic in terms. Too many, among them are participants in the forum, portray this almost fanciful ideological display regarding contemporary Thai historical content and present affairs as well - dismissing any truer understanding of how things work here and how they've always worked here.

Yet, it's a very thin veil of surface and rhetorical democracy. A Thai oligarchical form of spoken democracy. Historically, coup tainted [illegal and illegitimate] operational governments is what they've been doing forever......and how indubitably it's accepted - cycle after cycle. The current and contradictory example was this last general election - a standing illegal [the latest one for a few years already] government that consciously, with firm arrogance, participated handedly - without notice/mention from any camp. This is the mess that we have today and the messes that we've always had, historically. And so it goes..... The slumber continues.

Indeed. When all concerned are loyal cult members, surely it might be almost impossible to suss out a fair, impartial and independent inquiry regarding such matters. The fix is in.....and we should've suspected that they [The Junta Cult and associated] will dig up anything of such trivial and non-criminal matters and twist it out of proportion - and make it stick. They have all the cards. Wondering if the good Thai people will put up with it or understand that the curtain, and those behind it, needs to be exposed and dismissed for good.

The nature of politicians. It's what they do. Most certainly reflects the nature of oligarchical types.

Or others allow it.