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By Pravit Rojanaphruk |
<div>Junta Cheif General Prayuth Chan-ocha mentioned at least twice during his hour-long speech to launch the national reform process on Saturday that what the country needs is "Thai-style democracy".</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This leads to two questions: What is Thai-style democracy - and what is so Thai and democratic about it?</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>While Prayuth did not elaborate on the differences between Thai-style democracy and the so-called Western democracies, the fact that he used the words "Thai-style democracy", and even added at one point that Asean needed its own form of dem </div>