The sharpest political tool in the arsenal

Published: 18/06/2011 at 02:45 AM
Newspaper section: News

On Friday Army C-in-Chief Prayuth Chan-ocha announced that he would not be giving any further media interviews during the final weeks before the election. The reason he gave was that he wanted to avoid arguments and prevent people from using the army as a political tool.

Read my lips: Army Commander-in-Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha has stated more than once that the ‘‘army will not get involved in politics’’.

Obviously this is great news. If ever there was any suspicion that the army had its own political agenda, it is clear now that the suspicion was unwarranted. Gen Prayuth has clearly stated: the army will not get involved in politics.

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joejapan
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Discussion 2 : 18/06/2011 at 12:20 PM2
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The army is interfering though said no interference in politics.
Nobody would feel contradiction in this.
Is it to be thought about the next step?
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Discussion 1 : 18/06/2011 at 06:46 AM1
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Thailand will never be a truly democratic country until the day the Army is accountable to the people and not the other way around. The Military's oppressive stance on freedom of speech, and press is merely a means to make sure the people do not learn too much and hold them accountable for too much or the people would rise up and demand reform.
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