The NLA are clearly scared that they will be cowed into submission by the firebrand rhetorical skills of such a noted orator .This is the reason the former PM won't be taking the stand, they've got too much to lose.

The display of such aggressive defiance that Yingluck was neglegent in this scheme suggests one thing..... Thaksin is aiming to keep Yingluck in Thai politics.

If there was any intention for her to move away from politics, then an impeachment would be of little consequence to her, Thaksin and PTP. Why would they care about a 5 year ban if she has declared herself free from politics?

This is the thing the NLA and the Junta need to recognise as a threat to future political stability, because time is a great healer, and in say 18 months when the country goes back to the polls and Yingluck pops up to stand with PTP...... Then there is a real possibility all the negativity of the past government will be forgotten and the brain dead masses will once again vote themselves into oblivion.

The country then will be cast backwards instead of forwards..... So Yingluck MUST be banned, becase she WAS neglegent.

Incredible arrogance, lying and manipulating.

Maybe she'll use her closing statement to reiterate that those three guiding principles were crucial to describe her entire tenure as Prime Minister.