Thitinan Pongsudhirak is a professor with Chulalongkorn University's political science faculty and a senior fellow at its Institute of Security and International Studies.
Machinations to preserve prerogatives of old order will only bring more decay

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on the campaign trail in Bangkok on April 20: His United Thai Nation Party is trailing in the polls. (Photo by Kenya Akama)
Thitinan Pongsudhirak is a professor with Chulalongkorn University's political science faculty and a senior fellow at its Institute of Security and International Studies.