WITH A series of demonstrations against the military-installed regime planned in the lead-up to the coup’s fourth anniversary in May, observers expect protesters to shake the junta to some degree but say it is unlikely they will topple it completely.

ACTIVISTS and critics said that former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s sudden disappearance amid the overheated political temperature would not rock the democracy movement, although the way ahead would be unclear at least until an election is held.