EDITORIAL Search is on for a leader of honour
The interim premier must possess courageous leadership skills and be held to an exacting set of criteria
OVERDRIVE Sonthi outsmarted Thaksin at the eleventh hour
Had Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM) leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin not moved as fast as he did to stage a coup on Tuesday, Thaksin Shinawatra would have launched his own coup a day later. Don't be fooled by Thaksin's claim that he stands for democracy.
When is the abhorrent practice of staging a coup justifiable?
Tuesday's coup broke a 15-year streak of the military not intervening in Thai politics, a situation that used to be the norm. Although there is widespread support for the bloodless coup led by General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the leader of the Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM), it is deplorable that it happened.
