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Suthep’s long and winding road [Opinion]


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Suthep’s long and winding road

 

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The Thai politics nowadays may be crawling with estranged allies. Sudarat Keyuraphan is said to have upset many in the Thaksin camp. Jatuporn Prompan is not seeing eye to eye with quite a few in the Pheu Thai Party. Abhisit Vejjajiva is torn between his abhorrence for the Shinawatras and fears that military influences in parliamentary affairs will spiral out of control. And if certain voices are really heeded, Chalerm Yoobamrung would not be leading Pheu Thai’s election campaign.

 

Those are old news, however, and current whispers are focused on two men who brought down the Yingluck government together.

 

With his massive and relentless anti-government protests, Suthep Thaugsuban staggered the Yingluck administration with the first blows. Then Prayut Chan-o-cha, army chief at that time, finished the job by staging a coup on May 22, 2014.

 

The coup ended the “Suthep fever” and made Prayut the new darling of anti-Thaksin Thais. And although Suthep spoke openly in support of the military intervention, a few curious things have happened since. The protest leader entered the monkhood. Another key protest figure, a belligerent monk, was arrested and defrocked. Suthep, after becoming a layman again, set up his “own” party instead of joining the pro-Prayut Palang Pracharat Party. New electoral rules prohibit Suthep’s picture from appearing in election posters or billboards. One case on the desk of the National Anti-Corruption Commission concerns alleged irregularities in the construction of police stations, a project related to Suthep while he was in power.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/sutheps-long-and-winding-road/

 
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-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-01-03
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10 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

What is needed now is to end the 'Prayut disease', and find a new darling of the anti-Junta Thais.

This has been tried numerous times in the past without prevail.

The disease that requires cleansing is the system of traditional military/Ammat patronage. 

 

He's just a pawn.....

Viewing the overall picture is of greater value.

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