Like Dick Cheney who was charged by George W. Bush to find a vice presidential running decided he was the best person for the job and choose himself. Patting his back for making such a wonderful choice.
Who says these types of lessons can't be learned by others?
There is one small wrinkle in all of this. Will he depose his own self in the next coup or will he just re appoint himself as the coup leader. It's like Groundhog Day.
Who says these types of lessons can't be learned by others?
Prayuth Chan-ocha voted into power by army-run legislature three months after he overthrew government.
Thailand's coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha has been appointed prime minister by a legislature he hand-picked, giving the army chief a veneer of legitimacy even while the military presses on with efforts to silence its critics.
Although Prayuth's appointment on Thursday paves the way for an interim government to be set up in the coming weeks, power will remain firmly in the junta's hands.
Prayuth has effectively served as de facto premier since the May 22 coup.
The general has said he plans to press ahead with a year of political reforms before a new election that he said will take place by late 2015.
Al Jazeera's Veronica Pedrosa, reporting from Pattani in Thailand, said people were worried about the spread of militarisation from the country's south.
There is one small wrinkle in all of this. Will he depose his own self in the next coup or will he just re appoint himself as the coup leader. It's like Groundhog Day.
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