Interim Prime Minister and coupmaker Prayut Chan-o-cha seems to have leaned toward a referendum, despite his initial, extreme reluctance.
A year after seizing power, his path has not always been smooth, but what he has gone through could almost certainly feel like rosy when the referendum process gets into high swing.
Having tasted glimpses of democracy, all its good and bad will come down on him at once in the near future.