Time flies. This week marks the fourth year of the military regime under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha taking power after it ousted the civilian government in a coup in 2014. It's hard to imagine the military could ever have made a comeback to politics after the 1992 uprising when the men in green were forced to go back to the barracks, never mind managing to stay this long.
Let me be frank: There are advantages and disadvantages for the country under the military regime. The most important thing is how the country can move forward, and how our politics can stabilise, so we will not go back to the turbulence of recent years which crippled the country's competitiveness.
With military rule, we have lost the right to choose who runs the country through elections, and we do not have a House of Representatives to serve as a checks and balance mechanism on the executive, or take care of constituents.
