Give Prayut a chance
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The people now in power, trusted by most Thais, are working slowly, step by step, towards an honest and sustainable democracy for the country.
But they’ve got enemies – individuals, organised groups and leading figures in the media who oppose the process.
You should expect Thaksin and his associates are the worst threat, but there are others more dangerous when it comes to derailing and destroying the whole reform process.
They are the people who daily criticise and ask for all democratic principles and proceedings to apply now, even though everybody knows there is no democracy in Thailand at present and the process is at its beginning stumbling stage.
Those impatient people could easily come to function as a fifth column against the whole reform process, even if they aren’t organised or have any agenda of destroying the process.
Prayut has a very difficult challenge ahead to balance his grip on the reform process to get it through. He can’t give his enemies opportunities to derail and destroy it all, but he must make sure the people have some influence.
A Johnsen
