bRight & Early » Thaksin-Shinawatra http://www.brightandearlyblog.com Up before dawn to bring you thoughts from the right. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Coup in Thailand http://www.brightandearlyblog.com/2006/09/coup-in-thailand/ http://www.brightandearlyblog.com/2006/09/coup-in-thailand/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:00:47 +0000 Jim Lynch http://www.brightandearlyblog.com/2006/09/coup-in-thailand/ Continue reading →]]>

The Thai military has launched a coup aimed at removing PM Thaksin Shinawatra.

An announcement on Thai television declared that a “Council of Administrative Reform” with King Bhumibol Adulyadej as head of state had seized power in Bangkok and nearby provinces without any resistance.

Done while Thaksin is in New York at the United Nations.

I have not paid attention to Thai politics (although I do like their cuisine) but one thing in this article stood out:

Thaksin’s critics want to jettison his policies promoting privatization, free trade agreements and CEO-style administration.

Thaksin could be as dirty has a Crawford peace protester for all I know, but privatization and free trade sound like good things.

I’ll have to look into this a bit more.

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