No coup under my command: new Army chief Chalermchai

[webfact]

NEW ARMY COMMANDER IN CHIEF

No coup under my command: new Army chief Chalermchai

THE NATION 

 

Chalermchai (L)

 

BANGKOK: -- THE NEW HEAD of the Army, General Chalermchai Sittisart, said yesterday that the army would not stage a coup under his leadership.

 

"I am a professional soldier, and I follow orders from my superiors. I can confirm that there will be no coup, so there should be no concern about me," he said.

Any government that rules with integrity is unlikely to be overthrown by the military, as the coup-makers would have no good reason to justify their action, he said. 

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/No-coup-under-my-command-new-Army-chief-Chalermcha-30296811.html

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2016-10-04

[HoboKay]

Does that mean the current rule will stay in place at least until the end of his appointed term? 

 

No reason for him to run a coup on the coup that got him this job eh?

Edited October 3, 2016 by HoboKay

[ukrules]

This is very reassuring. I'm sure I've heard this before but I can't quite place where, when and more importantly who said it; but I've definitely heard it before.

[Alive]

Not everyone can be a leader or a hero in history.

[jerojero]

Sure, we believe you. NOT

[jamesbrock]

Of course the headline misses the critical caveat: "Any government that rules with integrity is unlikely to be overthrown by the military, as the coup-makers would have no good reason to justify their action, he said."

[Thechook]

There was another recent general who expressed the same phrase in 2014.  I wonder what he is doing these days.

[bluebluewater]

Coup?  No Way!   We're all making more money than we EVER thought possible!!  Can't be asked.

[NongKhaiKid]

Never say never, especially here as the facts are against you.

[ukrules]

1 hour ago, HoboKay said:

Does that mean the current rule will stay in place at least until the end of his appointed term? 

 

No reason for him to run a coup on the coup that got him this job eh?

 

Not yet

[ukrules]

21 minutes ago, jamesbrock said:

Of course the headline misses the critical caveat: "Any government that rules with integrity is unlikely to be overthrown by the military, as the coup-makers would have no good reason to justify their action, he said."

 

Again, not yet.

[Aj Mick]

No coup allowed when the military is already in control.

[waldroj]

So, he gives us the assurance that, "...I am a professional soldier, and I follow orders from my superiors. I can confirm that there will be no coup, so there should be no concern about me..."

 

 

But, he added the caveat, "...Any government that rules with integrity is unlikely to be overthrown by the military, as the coup-makers would have no good reason to justify their action..."

 

555

[NongKhaiKid]

6 minutes ago, ukrules said:

 

Not yet

He's left the door open with the line about a govt acting with integrity is unlikely to be overthrown.

[HoboKay]

1 minute ago, NongKhaiKid said:

He's left the door open with the line about a govt acting with integrity is unlikely to be overthrown.

 

Integrity, now that'd be a fresh concept.

[NongKhaiKid]

Just now, HoboKay said:

 

Integrity, now that'd be a fresh concept.

A new addition to the Thai Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist  which already contains words such as responsibility, ethics, morality, transparency etc.

[Thailand]

For him to be saying this there must have been discension in the ranks and the potential for a coup within the coup that gave him his new position as the new yes there will be no coup man.

 

Look for even more consolidation of power before the eagerly awaited " election" next year.

[Eligius]

27 minutes ago, NongKhaiKid said:

He's left the door open with the line about a govt acting with integrity is unlikely to be overthrown.

Absolutely. And 'acting with integrity' in this context means serving the less than 1% who think they have the right to own and control this country and kick the powerless in the teeth - day after day!

[canuckamuck]

They had to ask the general this because they couldn't think of anything else the leader of the military does in Thailand. 

[yellowboat]

Like it is actually his decision.

[JAG]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

"Any government that rules with integrity is unlikely to be overthrown by the military, as the coup-makers would have no good reason to justify their action"

 

Illuminating is it not? The Head of the Army sees a coup as part of his duties, should the government not rule "with integrity".

 

Who defines this "integrity"?

 

Surely not the head of the army?

[trainman34014]

Move along...same old, same old !

[gk10002000]

I believe it was the American General Omar Bradley who said: "If I was ever given an order that was so odious that I could not perform it, I would resign."  

[gk10002000]

31 minutes ago, JAG said:

 

Illuminating is it not? The Head of the Army sees a coup as part of his duties, should the government not rule "with integrity".

 

Who defines this "integrity"?

 

Surely not the head of the army?

Unfortunately, since the constitutions or charters and all those things are constantly thrown out.  So the frame of reference is far far from fixed.

[bobmac10]

His statement should have had the caveat attached: "unless circumstances change"

[waldroj]

Nothing I can say that hasn't already been said!  

 

Except, maybe, to suggest the following to General Chalermchai:

 

 

 

Unfortunately, it doesn't smell like freedom! 

Edited October 4, 2016 by metisdead
Profane image removed.

[aussieinthailand]

Great Scot,  What's that Marty?,,,,, Something's wrong with the DeLorean,,,   We only went back to 2014,,, and the head of the military said

"There will be no coup"  and   "Stop asking me because I won't answer".....

[maoro2013]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Any government that rules with integrity is unlikely to be overthrown by the military

So if it is thought that a government is not ruling with integrity then it would be OK for it to be overthrown I take it.

 

Who is to decide what is integrity and what isn't? Doesn't sound like anything new here.

[KIWIBATCH]

"Trust me"...said the General..." I am thai".......

[mtls2005]

No coup under my command

 

As his "command" lasts 12 months...

 

Seriously, why even say something like this?