Thaksin: Dictatorship still in politics | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Dictatorship is so deeply rooted in Thai politics it is not easy for the country to free itself from it, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra said in an interview posted on the Thai Rath website.

That is why there it was not suprising that dictatorship remained  so much a part of democracy in Thailand in the four years since the military coup that ousted him from office, he said in a telephone interview. The story was posted on Friday.Thaksin said  there is a chance that dictatorship will disappear from the country, but it will take time."Politicians have sold their souls to dictatorship in the hope that it will extend their time in power," Thaksin said. "This is frightening."He said Thai politics had not changed for the better since the Sept 19, 2006 military coup."No, it has not improved. Not at all," he said. "Some politicians sell their souls to power, benefits and survival."He said it was up to the people to decide if they still wanted to fight for "true democracy".He...