POLI 369 Lecture 7: Poli 369 Lecture 7
15 Dec 2015
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10/01/2015: prem tinsulandonda, chatichai choonhavan, suchinda kraprayoon, anand panyarachun, thaksin shinawatra, king bhumipol adulyadej, yellow shirts, red shirts, contingent democrats . Thailand"s process of a return to democracy is much more gradual than that in the philippines. King bhumipol adulyadej promoted an extremely right-wing anti- communist supreme court justice as prime minister, sought to jail more students and communists. Many of the students fled bangkok to seek shelter w/ the communist party in the northeast. 1976-78 seen by the military as excessively right-wing. Military performs another coup, takes out the prime minister. Key generals see that there needs to be some reconciliation b/w the right and the communists/students. Students are invited to return to bangkok. However, prime minister prem is un-elected, chosen from military (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) ranks prime minister: political parties are afraid to nominate their own members as. By 1988, there is growing push for a civilian prime minister (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2)
