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Rayong has 5 seats. All 5 were won by MFP according to this .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Thai_general_election

MFP will increase their majority in this electorate at the cost of PTP.

I'm very rich and had a good time. Guess that would be the same for any country one chose to travel to. Those countries trying to push a particular thing, in this case elite visas, I'm sure would be happy to show you a good time. Chinese Hi-So welcomed by Thai Hi-So. This article is an advert rather than actual reporting. I agree with @Pib sponsored.

Maybe. Maybe Thaksin has a plan B. They will still get into be with the enemy. This is how people will see it.

The 1st person I talked to today about this called PT traitors and they're finished. Fairly sure this feeling is very widespread.

There's a thing called crossing the floor where oppostion members can vote with the government or government members can vote with the opposition. If PT cross the floor and vote with the opposition this I think would make a majority vote. The constitution could be ammended this way before next year. Opposition puts the bill before parliament, PT cross the floor and vote with the opposition and the bill would get passed by a majority. It's just a scenario?

True. This was in my thoughts as I was posting. Pity is this will be to the benefit of the military aka coup.

Alas although the changes were minimal and meant to stop 112 being used as a political tool to be used against dissent and maintain the status quo it seems it has without being implemented been used as a political tool to guard against dissent, reform, progress and disregard the people's will at the ballot to maintain the status quo. I would like to talk about mountains in Europe but alas.

PT will be the majority party in the coalition by a long way. If they cross the floor and vote with the opposition, MFP, parliament becomes unworkable.

Nice statement. Could have been "Prayut's generals planted in the senate have denied your vote for progress and disregarded your and the people's vote." "Democracy does not exist in Thailand" As for 112 it needs to be reformed. It's a political weapon used to silence any discent against the status quo and the military/elite who benefits from said status quo.

We all make typographical errors. Political. Happy now?

I am fully aware of this. You need to re-read my posts.

What a silly comment. We a witnessing a momentous period for Thailand and it's future.

I believe this is the end goal.

Don't be fooled. See my previous posts. This might actually be some magnificiant political maneuver to oust the military once and for all. Absolutelty intriguing politics this is on a grand scale. A movie should or will be made about this. Very, very fascinating and I say this as a person educated in polical science.

I agree. There's more to this than meets the eye.

I posted this on another thread before this one popped up and I have slightly edited it. PTP have dumped MFP and will form a coalition and I would expect government. They also said (reported elsewhere and cannot be sourced i.e. BP) they would reform and ammend the constitution and this seems to be in relation to the appointed senators and call a new general election. Interesting politics indeed. Let's see what happens. PTP must show their support base they have not betrayed them. MFP will be opposion but if PTP and MFP vote as a block in the house of reps along with the other coalition partners they will have the numbers to change the constitution and bring about a new election. All PTP parlimentarians would have to cross the floor to vote with the opposition MFP. Talk about political machernations. It's insane and all because of 250 appointed generals by the coup leadership to entrench their power and override any democratic election result that threatens it. The more I think about this the more intersting it becomes. PTP could actually be like 5th columnists in plain sight and cross the floor and vote against the government i.e. itself and it's military/conservative/royalist coalition or abstain on basically every vote. Is this actually possible?

I've just read that PTP have dumped MFP and will form a coalition and I would expect government. They also said they would reform and ammend the constitution and this seems to be in relation to the appointed senators and call a new general election. Interesting politics indeed. Let's see what happens. PTP must show their support base they have not betrayed them. MFP will be opposion but if PTP and MFP vote as a block in the house of reps along with the other coalition partners they will have the numbers to change the constitution and bring about a new election. All PTP parlimentarians would have to cross the floor to vote with the opposition MFP. Talk about political machernations. It's insane and all because of 250 appointed generals by the coup leadership to entrench their power and override any democratic election result that threatens it.

Prayut has disappeared people too. Now the military and PTP might get into bed together. This can't be a good thing for Thailand.

Pity the tousands of people killed extrajudicially under his direction won't get to see it.

It shouldn't affect anyone at all. It shouldn't exist. Every Thai I talk with about this says it's stupid. Mind you I tend not to associate with religious conservative types. ps stocks in fridge running low so I just went and bought a bit more.

How many of those 95% drink alcohol and how many stocked up for these two days? The reality is Thais drink alcohol no matter what day it is. Alcohol is available for purchase on Buddhist alcohol sales ban days throughout Thailand just not in 711, Big C, restaraunts, bars etc due to this anachrostic religious dictate. This is the reality. Nothing to do with me not respecting the culture.

Rainfall.

They can have their religious celebrations but it shouldn't impact a total country with the rediculous alcohol sales ban. If Buddhists don't want to consume alcohol on these days then that should be their right. To take the right of purchasing alcohol away from the majority who do want to purches alcohol is simply absurd. It also impacts business so this is just religion dictating what can and cannot be done.

This article is based on "partisan" anonymous sources. Make of it what you will.