Prayuth Named Heir Apparent In Army Succession

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MILITARY RESHUFFLE

Prayuth named heir apparent in Army succession

By The Nation

General Prayuth Chan-ocha has emerged as the heir apparent to succeed Army chief General Anupong Paochinda

following the release of the royal command for military reshuffle involving 568 generals on Thursday.

The military line-up will take effect on October 1.

Prayuth, presently the Army chief-of-staff, is promoted to the position of deputy Army commander-in-chief.

He is seen as being groomed to carry on the Army's torch when Anupong reaches retirement next September.

Anupong reportedly amended the military reshuffle list in order to dispell any doubts on the succession issue. In the initial line-up, Prayuth was not slated for promotion before Anupong's retirement.

But this led to wild speculation about Army infighting which prompted the revision of the reshuffle list.

A large number of generals from Pre-Cadet Class 11, classmates of Anupong and ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, are due for retirement this month. The remainders do not receive key assignments.

-- The Nation 2009/09/10

[TAWP]

Read carefully and notice the amount of generals. And realize that these are but a limited selection of them all.

[LaoPo]

Read carefully and notice the amount of generals. And realize that these are but a limited selection of them all.

The junta coup players* are still in control...

Anti-protest units

"In 27 December 2006, it was revealed that the Cabinet had approved over half a billion baht worth of funding for a 14,000-man secret anti-protest special operations force, of which General Saprang was Commander. The so-called CNS Special Operations Center, funded with 556 million baht diverted from the Defense Ministry, Police Office, and government emergency reserve fund, had been secretly established by the CNS on 1 December 2006 in order to crack down on anti-junta protestors.[50][54]"

"In May 2007, it was revealed that the First Army Commander Prayuth Chan-ocha had been placed in charge of a secret army unit with a 319.1 million baht budget for mobilizing mass support for the junta. Lt. Gen. Prayuth claimed that he had acted in line with army policy, and that his activities were to serve communities, and not to seek political gain.[55]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_for_National_Security

That's not even 3 years ago...

* "we have to take care of our wallets, wives, kids, income and Mia Nois guys...." This sentence has been invented by myself

LaoPo

[baht&sold]

* "we have to take care of our wallets, wives, kids, income and Mia Nois guys...." This sentence has been invented by myself

LaoPo

Indeed!

But if 'Songkran II' occurs in the next 2 weeks (which looks likely), then perhaps former supreme commander General Chaiyasit Shinawatra might enjoy a return to supremacy... (?)

Or, perhaps current Puea Thai chief advisor/former Thaksin Army Chief Gen Chettha could get a leg up (currently said to be disgruntled over allegations regarding a certain assassination attempt with a few of his Lopburi soldiers implicated, allegedly)

Either way, a very, very, dangerous 'game' is underway and it appears there's a square-faced plot to win (before it's too late) at any and all cost to a nation- preferably not personal costs though, frozen or otherwise

Regardless how one may wish to 'colour' the winner, Thailand stands to lose if any further incited violence ensues.

[stumonster]

But if 'Songkran II' occurs in the next 2 weeks (which looks likely),

.

you should be able to work out beforehand if something has been organised as the baglady and kids will have skipped town

[givenall]

But if 'Songkran II' occurs in the next 2 weeks (which looks likely),

.

you should be able to work out beforehand if something has been organised as the baglady and kids will have skipped town

Is this all just in time before the Sep 19 and have a message to all Thaksin's followers? Looks like he also should see the future which tell me no way there is a place for Thaksin in ruling party

spelling correction

Edited September 10, 2009 by givenall

[animatic]

Regardless of who was junta favored or not,

this was a major step in dismantling Thakisn's attempt to

totally co-opt the military for HIS power mad ambitions.

A totally logical thing to to, weed out the ones most likely

to cause violence if given commands.

And yes WAY to many Generals in this little country.

[petercallen]

Surely there cannot be that many generals , there would not be more than a dozen in Australia.

[LaoPo]

Surely there cannot be that many generals , there would not be more than a dozen in Australia.

...think so ?

Australia has 21 million people; Thailand 65 million.....and with all those coups they need double, triple the amount of generals.

After all, when a new government is installed, by a junta or not, the rest of the hi-so military is replaced, transferred or sent with a bag of money to Thailand's shores.

It's busy in generals-land

LaoPo