Gen. Surayud Chulanont New Thai Prime Minister

i thought the new PM was supposed to be a civilan???

oh yeah i forgot this is thailand....what a joke!

as someone already said, from outside thailand the international community are very concerned about thailand..

you ethier are democratic or your're not...and at this current time thailand is no longer democratic IMO

As I understand it, he left the military in 2003, so does that not make him a civilian... Or do you believe that once a soldier always a soldier? I wonder how many members of this Forum are former military members.. Do they view themselves as soldiers or civilian?

IMO the choice was a good one..Lets judge the man in a year's time.

If the man is not a soldier, why was he then dressed up like one at the ceremony today ???

From Bangkok Post website:

"Surayud, dressed in a white military uniform prostrated himself in front of a wall-sized portrait of the king as a sign of respect. He stood alongside the six coup leaders at Government House in the Thai capital during the swearing in ceremony. "

It was his Privy Council uniform.