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Thai politics appear to be heating up, with intensified political competition in Thailand, including petitions to dissolve the Pheu Thai Party after Thaksin’s resignation, making it difficult to find a way out of free movement in Thai society and forming a new government.
The disagreement led to the formation of a new government after Pheu Thai rejected the withdrawal of one of the main parties in the government, the Setha Thavisin or Pralang Pacharat party, from the new cabinet, which will be formed in the current turbulent future.
Although lawmakers voted for Padtongthan Shinawatra as prime minister on August 16, following the removal of Mr Setha Taweesin by the Constitutional Court on August 14, the Thai government has been operating for the past two weeks under a caretaker administration led by Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.
He led the Thai delegation to the United Nations in 2006, as controversy in Thai politics grew following public outcry over the ouster of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a September 2006 coup.
A few days after Thaksin’s daughter was elected as a member of parliament, Thaksin’s new government made several announcements on the launch of economic development policies, including distributing 10,000 baht per month to the Thai people in order to boost the spending power of the Thai economy.
His detailed statements on government policy actions created loopholes for opposition political groups led by Thaksin, who has been in exile for more than 15 years and returned to the country on August 22, 2023; after serving a year in prison for insulting the Thai king.
Opposition to Pheu Thai erupted after Thaksin re-emerged on the political streets of Thailand affected by military coups that toppled his government in 2006 and again in 2014, that of his sister Yingluck Shinawatra.
On August 19, the first petition to dissolve Pheu Thai was submitted to the Election Commission (EC), which allowed outsider Thaksin Shinawatra to take charge of the party.
The petition to dissolve Pheu Thai also referred to the Constitutional Court’s Aug. 14 ruling that Prime Minister Setia Thawisin erred in bad faith in appointing Phichit Chuenban, a lawyer for Thaksin’s family, to the Council of Ministers because of his prison history.
The latest controversy in Thai politics is that the Rangoon party rejected the Pheu Thai-led People’s Power Party from joining the coalition government, and the Rangoon party leaders did not vote for the Pheu Thai party to serve as prime minister. This led to the Pheu Thai party turning to the Democrat Party, which has 25 members, to join the coalition government.
Following the rejection, Palang Pracharath MP Ruengkrai Leekitwattana submitted a petition to the Election Commission on Wednesday blaming Ms Phe Thang Than, who holds shares in a private company and only recently resigned from the company on Aug 19, three days before lawmakers voted her in as prime minister.
The People’s Power Party is led by former interior minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, a supporter of General Prayuth, who toppled the Yingluck Shinawatra government in 2014. Samart Jaenchaijiwanich, an aide to Prawit Wongsuwan, expressed displeasure at the party’s withdrawal from the coalition, saying 39 of the party’s lawmakers voted for Phe Thang Than in parliament, but that the party would take action against Pheu Thai except for party chairman who holds other responsibilities.
After floods in northern Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra and Thaksin Shinawatra’s rallies in the region were only in the name of the Pheu Thai Party, not in the name of leading the Thai government.
Pheu Thai could also face dissolution by Thailand’s Constitutional Court, which ousted Prayut Chan-o-cha’s victorious Movement Forward (MFP) party before the election. Many other high-profile politicians have had their political activities suspended.
Lan Rey
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