"[[Anand Panyarachun]], one of Thailand's most respected intellectuals, head of drafting committee of the [[Constitution of Thailand|1997 constitution]], and former coup-installed [[Prime Ministers of Thailand|prime minister]], noted his criticism of the coup in an interview with the "[[Far Eastern Economic Review]]".However, Anand later qualified his disapproval, by noting that "A coup d'état has a different meaning in the Thai context," and blaming the coup on Thaksin, "Over the past five years Thaksin and his party have become too powerful.