From clam to crab governments
From the Thanin Kraivichien government following the massacre of Oct 6, 1976, the premiership of Gen Prem Tinsulanonda in the 80s, the post-economic crisis time of Chuan Leekpai up to the politically turbulent times of Thaksin Shinawatra, Abhisit Vejjajiva and Yingluck Shinawatra — few have witnessed the history of Thai contemporary politics as closely as Somlak Songsamphant.