This perversity is not without reason. The elected leaders in both countries, Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand and Mohamed Morsi in Egypt, were good examples of illiberal democrats: they tended to view their electoral success as a mandate to manipulate constitutional norms and behave like autocrats.
这种反常也并非毫无道理。两国的当选领袖（泰国的他信·西那瓦和埃及的穆罕默德·穆尔西）都符合非自由民主的特征：他们似乎认为选举成功就有权操纵宪法并实行独裁。