You may recall a post I made about two weeks ago, which summarized polling for popular support for the military coup as follows:
In a Suan Dusit Poll published on Sept 20, one day after the coup that deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, 83.9 % of the people surveyed supported the coup.
In an Abac Poll taken the first week of December, that support had fallen to 65% of those who said they were satisfied with the work of the CNS, a drop of almost 20 points in less than 3 months.
In a poll just completed by Rangsit University, however, as reported this morning in the Nation, support for the coup d'etat is now measured as a bare majority of Thais ( 51.9 %) who now say they are "satisfied with the coup that ousted the Thaksin government." That's a drop of 32 points in 100 days.
In addition, according to the Nation's analysis of the poll results, "a significant number of Thais believe the Council for National Security (CNS) will hold on to power via proxies after ceding its official role late next year. In the survey, conducted between December 13 and 20, 34.88 per cent of respondents believed so, while 25.99 per cent also believed that the new charter would serve the interests of the CNS. . .
Based on the poll results, Rangsit University suggested that the CNS speed up its investigation into alleged corruption during the Thaksin years."
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/24...cs_30022371.php
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Coup support still eroding
Started by Expattaya, Dec 24 2006 10:14 AM
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Posted 24 December 2006 - 05:40 PM
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That's a drop of 32 points in 100 days.
My guess is that it will continue to drop the more it looks like that no big wigs are going to be charge with anything. If you read that book that can't be bought here in Thailand, this looks like just another episode in an old game. The bad guys always get away because the new guys don't want that to happen to them later.
