Panitan Wattanayagorn , a military scholar at Chulalongkorn University and a personal adviser to Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont noted in early September 2007 that " if the army is going to take a full step into politics , then it will be Saprang . If only a half @-@ step , then Anupong . And if it intend to beat a full retreat or take one step back , it will be [ Army chief of staff ] Montri [ Sangkhasap ] . "