speech worthy of Dr Strangelove. In a 90-minute lecture-turned-rant at the army headquarters on October 11th, Apirat Kongsompong, the head of Thailand’s armed forces, accused academics and other leftists of implanting “communist chips” in the minds of brainwashed youths.
Mr Thanathorn, a wealthy, telegenic 40-year-old, is fast replacing Thaksin Shinawatra as state enemy number one. Mr Thanathorn’s message resonates, especially among the young: trim the army’s power, rewrite the constitution and foster an open politics that serves all Thais, not just the elites around the royal court. He has already been barred, on a technicality, from taking up his seat in parliament. Worse awaits. His party is likely to be disbanded.
Perhaps General Apirat hopes that his stern lectures will make future coups unnecessary, by helping to keep all Thais in their place in King Vajiralongkorn’s cosmic hierarchy. Yet even among the elites, not everyone is happy. Mid-level army officers are grumbling that the king’s demands—he has sent top units he distrusts out of the capital—are messing with their careers. Ordinary Thais, meanwhile, gripe about the traffic jams caused when the streets are cleared to make way for royal motorcades.
As for this army chief: - He is being racism against Thanathorn as Thanathorn is part-chinese. - He accused Thanathorn for being commie. - He support mainland China against Hong Kong. Now I am confused.
タイは華僑政治家が王室を足蹴にしている 日本は帰化人の参政権・被参政権を無くすべきだ
It's always been their approval, invisibly well-known. The next time will be just more obvious, and nothing we can do as it's been.
Then what is the point of the monarch continuing to exist
Would have enjoyed reading this entire article..without the subscription. But. Ty anyways.. That is interesting. Everyone has to make a living I guess. 😊
panuw Wow! That's certainly a novel development! Who would ever think a Thai leader would accuse his opponents of wanting to 'topple the king'? Let's get hysterical and worry that things just get worse by the day! Or not.
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