With coronavirus playing variable, Thai political war rages on

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Rival Thai politicians and their supporters are gambling on how the country’s COVID-19 situation will pan out in the immediate future. If it gets worse significantly or improves remarkably, nothing else matters. Not even their stances on the Constitution. Not even the “ideologies” they advocate. Not even what happens in Parliament this week.

The prime movers of the ongoing censure against the Prayut government are capitalizing on the fiery increase in infection and death numbers. The embattled administration is hoping that the terrifying figures will get less scary and the skyrocketing graph will come down and flatten out. The government will win the vote, so what is a lot more important is the coronavirus tracking, which is being watched by virtually everyone in Thailand.

Cases spiking have added much weight to the opposition’s criticism against vaccine management and overall state preparations. But the frightening rise in case figures has also prevented full-blown street activities that could have considerably helped the parliamentary opposition overthrow the government. Limited activism has additionally been hindered by a few controversial incidents like sporadic violence and how a certain anti-government character was dressed.

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