Sentence examples for And junta from inspiring English sources

And junta has torn up Thailand's constitution, a document which its predecessor had written after the most recent coup.

"As both prime minister and junta leader, Gen. Prayuth can wield broad power without accountability," Adams said.

The proposed constitution includes many changes, from lowering the voting age to 18 from 21 to granting immunity from prosecution to the coup and junta leaders.

In court dressed in a bullet-proof waistcoat beneath his civilian suit, Admiral Massera denied any knowledge of the kidnappings.His arrest follows that of Jorge Rafael Videla, a former army general and junta leader, on similar charges last June.

Fishily, in mid-week, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the army chief and junta leader, started mentioning that retired military officers were also civilians.This prompted speculation that one of his predecessors, Surayud Chulanont, was in line for the job.

Mr Pridiyathorn's less graceful departure follows splits between General Surayud and the army chief and junta leader, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, over the handling of the insurgency in the Muslim-majority south.

Technology is making it harder for dictators and juntas to draw a curtain of secrecy.

Governments and juntas rise and fall, 15 in the last 18 years, doing nothing to stop Haiti from sliding into the sea.

In most cases, it was the economic rather than the moral argument that convinced tyrants and juntas to liberalize.

After all, if those wielding power really objected to the rule of law, they could abolish it, the way dictators and juntas have often done the world over.

This impasse was resolved through negotiations between the juntas and the Council of Castile, which led to the creation of a "Supreme Central and Governmental Junta of Spain and the Indies" on September 25 , 1808