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Anders Engvall (Research Fellow at the Stockholm School of Economics) har skrivit en bra artikel om kuppen, NCPO och General Prayuth Chan-ocha i New Mandala.
Han förutspår att Juntan kommer driva en ekonomisk politik som påminner om Thaksins, Juntan kommer förmodligen bara att byta namn på många av Thaksins populistiska program och fortsätta med dessa t.ex risstödet.
Det som oroar mest är väl att Engvall precis som jag själv räknar med att korruptionen kommer att öka kraftigt med militären vid makten.
Thaksin Thinks, Prayuth Acts

The coup by the National Council for Peace and Order under General Prayuth Chan-ocha will lead to an acceleration of Thaksinomics, rather than its demise.
The junta has already embraced key elements of the Thaksin’s dual track development policy, combining international economic liberalism with domestic populist schemes, by reviving the 2-billion baht infrastructure program and rapidly making payments to farmers under the rice-pledging program. As hypocrisy knows few boundaries, Democrat and former Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij has quickly hailed the junta’s payments to farmers under the rice scheme, after years of criticizing the same program when implemented by Yingluck.
The suspension of all checks and balances under direct military rule opens up opportunities for gross corruption. A country with a long history of military power grabs, Thai generals inevitably amass huge fortunes while in power. Resumption of the 2 billion-baht infrastructure program, appointment of generals to the boards of state-owned enterprises and the inevitable increase of the military budget will ensure that the junta leaders not only grab political power, but also a fair share of the Thailand’s riches.
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