Apparently, the anti-gov protests have turned violent in recent days, with several dead.
Tweet from 15 May:
May 15
Today Prayuth came out to warns RS to stop killing or else he will put on martial law, which is not coup. Got that Journalists
Just to be clear, are you saying the army definitely did this in defense of the yellow shirt protesters? I assume your reference to RS means Red Shirts (pro-Thaksin forces defending the caretaker government).
Having lived in Bangkok and traveling back there often I think we all assumed the military would declare martial law and probably stage a coup at some point, but I am not clear at this moment whether they've officially thrown in with one side or the other. I guess it is still possible they will take over, restore order since the Yellows/protesters don't trust the police, and work with the election committee to determine a new election date. I am not so clear yet that the military has sided with Suthep and will insist on reforms before the next ballot (which I hope is the case since I detest Thaksin and all the incarnations of his TRT party).