Coup should not be called a coup
“The army had to take over the government to restore national security and establish a sustainable democracy. Don't call it a coup. The army action this time is completely different from the previous successful coups since the army took power in 1932.'
NCPO spokesman Werachon Sukondhapatipak said this Wednesday evening at the packed Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand. "Normally a civilian government is formed by a civilian government, but now the army is going to restore peace and order, reconciliation, elections and other systems to strengthen democracy."
According to Wecharon, the army has spoken with the previous government and the anti-government movement and tried to take the sting out of the conflict, but all pleas have been ignored.
“The government was paralyzed and there was no body with any authority to approve the budget and legislate. […] We believe that we can wait until Thailand has a mature democracy, a sustainable democracy. We know the consequences. We have weighed imperfect democracy against the well-being and security of the people. We opted for the latter.'
I'll leave it at this. If you want to read more of this PR bullshit, you can find the text on the website of Bangkok Post (click here).
One more interesting piece of advice from Werachon. The people who have been detained have not been 'detained', but 'we have asked them to stay for a few days for an interview. Some for seven days and some were allowed to go home after a day, such as Prime Minister Yingluck, whom we invited for an interview and lunch.'
(Source: Website Bangkok Post, June 12, 2014)
http://www.nu.nl/buitenland/3801745/thailand-heft-avondklok-in-hele-land.html
If I didn't think so
a little check on the internet tells me that General Pryuth Chan-ocha bans the movie 1984 after the famous book by George Orwell. Why ? That question answers itself.
Thailand has suppressed the film of Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell's classic novel of dictatorship and surveillance, in the latest effort to quash dissent after last month's military coup.
Members of a film club in the northern city of Chiang Mai canceled a screening of the film in an art gallery after police intimidated organizers with suggestions that it violated the law. Nineteen Eighty-Four has become a symbol of peaceful opposition to General Prayuth Chan-ocha, who seized power from Thailand's elected government last month after months of violent street demonstrations.
The relation is spokesperson Werachon Sukondhapatipak whom I suspected of being NEWSPEAK with
'this coup is not a coup'
This is not just PR Chitchat, but giving the news a new look, in other words NEWSPEAK.
Moderator: Please mention the source of the English text.
The source is The Times http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article4115053.ece