I generally stay away from articles on the politics of Thailand since I am a firm believer Westerners cannot understand the workings of Thai Government.

 

But I found this article interesting, but have no idea of any of the assumptions are true??

 

http://news.yahoo.com/thailands-reluctant-leader-prolongs-grip-power-044517995.html

The assumption that he remains in power through 2016, I believe is realistic. And what if the voters reject a new draft constitution?.... always a possibility, then he remains in power for a long, long time.

nothing much new there. The most important assumption is not mentioned in that article, and that is that the whole thing, i.e. the coup and the tactics to delay an election are to have the military in power when the inevitable big event happens. Which in fact might just be a good idea.... who knows.