• Thai coup leader: Elections in a year
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[t]http://imgkk.com/i/c289.jpg[/t] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27642971[/url] [quote]The leader of Thailand's military coup has rules out elections for more than a year, to allow time for political reconciliation and reform. In a televised address, Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha called on all sides to co-operate and stop protesting to make the plan succeed. The military seized power in Thailand on 22 May, saying it wanted to return stability after months of unrest. The coup leaders received royal endorsement on Monday. Gen Prayuth said time was needed to reconcile, draft a new constitution and mend Thailand's democratic system. "The (ruling military regime) have a timeframe of one year and three months to move towards elections," he said. "Enough time has been wasted on conflict."[/quote]
I'm OK with this as long as they try to be reasonable and not fuck shit up.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;44951456]I'm OK with this as long as they try to be reasonable and not fuck shit up.[/QUOTE] Yeah sure, but how often has a military coup happened and they actually did what they said they were going to do?
The general could just pull an Egypt and announce that he's running and all the other viable candidates have been arrested.
[QUOTE=StrawberryClock;44951641]Yeah sure, but how often has a military coup happened and they actually did what they said they were going to do?[/QUOTE] Ironically the last time the Thai military launched a coup they did just that for the most part. It took them slightly more than a year to hold elections, but they did happen. Of course there were other massive problems with the 2006 coup and protests immediately following it. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Thai_coup_d'état[/URL] Also, something to think about; Thailand has had 12 coup's in the past 80 years and 7 attempted coups in that same period. A little background info on that: [URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27483816[/URL]
[QUOTE=Frost 31;44955092]Ironically the last time the Thai military launched a coup they did just that for the most part. It took them slightly more than a year to hold elections, but they did happen. Of course there were other massive problems with the 2006 coup and protests immediately following it. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Thai_coup_d'état[/URL] Also, something to think about; Thailand has had 12 coup's in the past 80 years and 7 attempted coups in that same period. A little background info on that: [URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27483816[/URL][/QUOTE] Geez, I can't imagine living in a country where there's an attempted coup d'état every frigging elections. That's just sets a bad precedent.
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