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	Well, Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak is on record as saying that the Army would never allow any amendment to Section 112 of the Criminal Code. Not Parliament, not the government, please note, but the Army.</div>
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	I guess the Thai people will have to decide, one way or another, and in their own good time, whether they really want parliamentary democracy, or some other form of government.</div>
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	Robin Grant</div>
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	Bangkok</div>

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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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