Re: Thai Army 1 – Thai PM 0
A fellow moderator on GoldenTalk, peterg, lives on the Island of Phuket (it is pronounced Pooket and not the more obvious pronunciation) in Thailand and he reports that all is calm and normal. The troops, although armed to the teeth, are quiet and friendly and people are flocking to them to get their photographs taken with the troops. They allow people to sit on the tanks for the photo opportunity and are generally good humoured if somewhat bemused by it all.
The king seems to be happy with the turn of events and there will be a new PM installed within two weeks with elections to follow within 12 months.
Obviously time will tell how things actually turn out but I see no reason why the change over should not go smoothly.
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