Analysis: Everyone is biding time in tight political race

 

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It is no surprise that New Economics Party leader Mingkwan Sangsuwan was rumored over the weekend to have agreed to join the Palang Pracharat alliance. It is also no surprise that he has immediately come out to deny it, albeit not as flatly as the Pheu Thai camp would have liked. The post-election climate dictates just that.

 

Take away ethical and moral questions, Mingkwan is doing what he has to do — sitting on the fence and keeping everyone guessing so the political bidding war can boil up to the point where the “bidders” become truly blind and make outrageous offers. He is not alone, though. The post-election Thai politics is favoring many like him, who control just a few votes but have become terribly important.

 

Mingkwan unofficially controls five votes. There are 13 parties that control just one vote each.  Two parties have only two MPs each. One party has won three seats. All of them will be wooed to the very end by the big fish, who cannot afford to lose in the extremely tight race to form a coalition government.

 

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The prime minister is secure in his job...I suspect he knew this before the election...????

Military courts seem to be a good way to sway the fence sitters.