Oh they are there, but currently ineffective versus army control, so far.
But it’s old Dems, Thanksin’s minions,
and Move Forward, which had the best response in last election as Freedom Forward, till they were dissolved for having too big a response.
So they have showed they can be the king-maker or spoiler party and deserve a say, so had to be marginalized by army faction, and same goes for Thaksin’s faction. With them in play he has no chance, limit the youngsters and he sees a shot. Maybe his last shot.
But the Move Forwards dislike old Dems, Pueathai and army faction equally. Seeing their corruptions as the main reasons for the countries problems.
Thaksin doesn’t care if they are young, effective, wronged, and impatient, he just wants back in control of the money machine. And so he spouts blather like this, to try and marginalize the one party that can really stop his machinations.