Repeat coup possible: Prasong
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A repeat of the 2006 coup is a possiblity if the government is bent on flexing its power to rescuing just one fugitive, Thaksin Shinawatra instead of serving the public, former charter writer Prasong Soonsiri said on Tuesday.
“I want to remind those determined to serving one man instead of the country that history might repeat itself and the coup will happen once again,” he said.
Prasong said the legal scholars, known as the Nitirat Group, attacked the power seizure with an ulterior motive to help Thaksin elude his conviction and punishment.
The Yingluck Shinawatra government and certain academics were working in concerted efforts to achieve the same goal – to free Thaksin from his legal wrangling, he said.
“The coup happened for a reason and the academics should examined what Thaksin had done to trigger the power seizure,” he said.
He said the government would face a massive opposition by the people if it insisted on granting pardon for Thaksin.
“I see no possibility for Thaksin to return,” he said.
