Bleak prospects on 7th coup anniversary

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Bleak prospects on 7th coup anniversary

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seems like only yesterday>
yet>

how time flies

Another six years of Prayut likely if all goes according to plan

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Commanders of the armed forces, led by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha (centre), address the nation following the military coup on May 22, 2014.

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Activists hold a candlelit vigil at Pathum Wan Intersection on the seventh anniversary of the May 22, 2014, coup that brought Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha to power

At 4.30pm on May 22 seven years ago, Thailand saw its 13th successful military coup.

The putsch, silent and bloodless, was staged not with tanks on streets, but in a meeting room full of ministers, to the relief of exhausted protesters who had long urged then army chief Prayut Chan-o-cha to “take up the torch”.

It followed several months of protracted street protests aimed at ousting then prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Unless the constitution is changed to prevent senators from voting on a PM before the next election, Gen Prayut will likely be the prime minister for another six years, for a total of 13 years, beating Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the longest-serving PM to date with 9½ years in office.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... xsRXruUyZ4
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Re: Bleak prospects on 7th coup anniversary

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Seems that promised happiness never came.
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