Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and supporters already have been identified as 'opposite us' by army chief and NCPO phuyai Gen Chalermchai Sittisart. (Main photo Apichit Jinakul)The next election, in 2019 or 2020 or so, will not be your grandfather's election. Plans for the next election are more familiar to Cambodia's Hun Sen and survivors of Indonesia's late Suharto than to any Thai voter. In four years of absolute control of all government and justice, the regime has brought in 298 new laws. The junta, including the general prime minister who commands it, has signed and declared 500-plus orders, all with the force of law.

Source: Bangkok Post June 09, 2018 21:56 UTC