Three key factors have defined Thai politics over the past year. First, unlike tried and tested post-coup arrangements from the past, the junta that seized power last May, the National Council for Peace and Order, chose to rule directly, with the coup’s leader, General Prayut Chan-ocha, assuming the premiership, rather than appointing a recognized and capable figure to the position.
三项关键因素决定了过去一年泰国政治的主基调。首先，去年5月夺取政权的军政府和平与秩序全国委员会改变了过去久经考验的后政变统治体制，不再任命一名公认的能员担任总理，而改由政变领导人帕拉育将军以总理身份直接执政。