The person who would have been the Gen that entered as PM after a coup was just fired and put in the dungeon.
His partner (second wife) is a close friend of my wife.
There will be no coup for the foreseeable future, at the the same time you will see legislation introduced to remove the power of the military.
The reason coups occurred over and over again was because the military had too much power and could go against the state (saviour of the state) in the future if such occurs it will be considered civil war as the Gov are removing the privileges / rights and legal statutes that allow the Military to step in and take control under the guise of 'saviour of the state'.
The two powers in Thailand will be forced to be subservient to the political power structure, a deviation from that will be considered treason, it wasn't previously/currently if popular demand is behind it (hence yellow/red shirts 2014, military steps into keep the peace whilst being empowered by the yellow shirts).
Prior system each ideology pushing for power, when that fails leaning on the military for stability, peace.
Note the Military is seperate.
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New System - note the Military are in the coalition, also note the military have been removed as a separate entity subservient to above, to subservient to the PM.
The system the military left the Government with is one that basically compares to EU in the context it forces them together and sure they argue, but it brings stability, at the same time the Military now are no longer forced to intervene, that doesn't stop the Military trying to force themselves in to power but they can only do that with upstairs approval, the upstairs approval is not there as that means the upstairs can't live life in
Germany.
Hence the coup idea gets slammed in the dungeon very early on, and those in the military that retired and moved into the politics (senate) don't want to see their wealth lost or have issues so are pro working with the PM, and the HRH to root out pre-coups.
Basically this system might actually work... appears to be doing so, as its curtailing pre-coups, its also forcing compromises politically.
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