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...implement democracy, they are endorsing a system of government that has checks and balances among the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches. They surely do not envision the installation of a President who decides judicial matters without the presentation of evidence in a trial or a Prime Minister like Thaksin Shinawatra, who, as you noted, described the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi as "reasonable enough." We in the West have to be clear about what kind of government a country such as Thailand may install. Will it be one that balances the powers of its different branches? Or will...
...would have been more appropriately titled "A Dictator's Demise." Before the coup the stress level of all educated and well-informed Thais was at an all-time high. It seemed inevitable that Thai blood would flow on Bangkok's streets. The army's intervention against Thaksin Shinawatra's autocratic rule came as a great relief to Thais, who had been living on edge for at least the past year. Marshall seems to believe in democracy for democracy's sake. Under Thaksin's five-year rule, we lived with massive corruption and oppression. I know we have to wait...
...would have been more appropriately titled "A Dictator's Demise." Before the coup, the stress level of all educated and well-informed Thais was at an all-time high. It seemed inevitable that Thai blood would flow on Bangkok's streets. The army's intervention against Thaksin Shinawatra's autocratic rule came as a great relief to Thais, who had been living on edge for at least the past year. Marshall seems to believe in democracy for democracy's sake. Under Thaksin's five-year rule, we lived with massive corruption and oppression. I know we have to wait...
After months of protests by Thais against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the military seized power in a bloodless coup. Readers hoped the less-than-democratic act would put Thailand back on track...
...past five years under the democratically elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra were a nightmare [Oct. 2]. He was a tyrant in disguise. He bought votes to pave his way to power. He and his Cabinet members destroyed the system's checks and balances, abused state power, blocked access to information and violently suppressed peaceful protests. Can you still call that democracy? We want democracy in practice as well as in form. Thaksin's manipulation so deeply divided Thailand that the coup can be regarded as a coup de grace, not a coup d'état. The military did not tear...