The “five rivers” are the Cabinet, the National Council for Peace and Order, the National Reform Steering Assembly, the National Legislative Assembly, and the Constitutional Drafting Commission.
“What I really meant is that if conflicts are still not resolved, our country will head towards a situation just like before May 22 [when the military staged the coup],” he said. Thus, he drew a comparison – as a failed state would be like the country was shut down.
“Will there be any difference?” he quipped, adding that he did not mean the country would be shut down.