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Published on December 11, 2007

Analysts believe the EC will most likely caution the military to maintain strict neutrality and drop any further proceedings into the matter. The EC is expected to hand down its decision in the afternoon after a morning session to hear testimony by junta secretary General Winai Phattiyakul, who will submit original copies of the documents for examination.

EC member Somchai Juengprasert said yesterday the key issue was the junta's neutrality or lack of neutrality, not the authenticity of the documents.

The PPP has petitioned for a probe into the junta's political neutrality, hence authenticity of copies of the documents was a secondary issue. But the EC would check original copies in order to clear lingering doubts, Somchai said.

EC officials said photocopies supplied by the PPP and the junta were almost identical. Copies supplied by PPP singled out the Thai Rak Thai Party as the target of a counter propaganda scheme to raise awareness on how and why the coup happened and on measures to end social divisions.

The junta-supplied copies did not mention any party.

The Nation