Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been squandering popularity with political and economic policies, especially the secret submarine purchase at a time the economy remains in the doldrums. What is more hurtful is that the folly behind the policy decisions is the callousness of the regime that made them. The decision to buy three submarines from China at a cost of 36 billion baht, however, has struck the regime much harder. Will the secretive deal sink the regime under the unbearable weight of public disapproval? The junta may want to go back and check how the mighty Thaksin regime capsized after the Temasek deal.

Source: Bangkok Post May 01, 2017 21:29 UTC