Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SAOPAULO1019
2006-09-21 10:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: COUP IN THAILAND; SAO PAULO
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 001019
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: COUP IN THAILAND; SAO PAULO
"Coup in Thailand"
Leading national circulation daily liberal Folha de S. Paulo (9/21)
editorialized: "The coup d'tat in Thailand is not a surprise. For
months there were rumors in Bangkok that the military might
overthrow Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.... His 'mistake,' which
seems to have irritated the military command and caused the crisis,
was to try to increase his influence in the Armed Forces by
promoting some young officials who were his friends.... The only
good news about the coup is that there have not been casualties so
far. It is deplorable that after 15 years, a period in which
democracy seemed to be finally established in Thailand, the country
is once again facing the problems of a coup d'tat. If Thaksin was
really unworthy to occupy the post, he should be removed by
elections or by the institutions, not by a general's ambition."
McMullen