By Ken Lohatepanont

 

As the dust settled on the Bangkok gubernatorial elections, Captain Thammanat Promphao wrote a curiously phrased post on his Facebook page. “Congratulations to everyone in our family who won council seats in several districts” he wrote. An innocuous statement at first glance — until one remembers that his party, the Thai Economics Party, did not field any candidates in this race. So who is his political “family”? 

 

Perhaps he was referring to his allies who were officially running with the Rak Khrung Thep group. Or he was congratulating the Pheu Thai Party, to which he once belonged, for winning the most seats. Thammanat later clarified that it was directed at his allies with Rak Khrung Thep, Palang Pracharath, and “various other parties.” It was a reminder that his powerful figure, whom the prime minister had sidelined after he led a failed parliamentary coup last year, retains his influence.

 

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Just as importantly, Thammanat retains his marked opposition to the prime minister. The former deputy agricultural minister once again mentioned his “family” in a press conference, where he noted that although his Thai Economics Party only had 16 MPs, he in reality is able to control upwards of 40 MPs in his “family.”

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/40565/political-minefield-awaits-prayut-government/

 

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Time for another coup or just find some dirt on his apponents  if not invent some

If Prayuth would even have the brains of an ostrich, he stepped down now... Safe  his face or whatis left over of it and new elections to bring the country out of the misery

A little mine field is nothing, after having to deal with an atom bomb for a lot of years.

Prayut is slowly but surely losing favour with people around him.

The initial years have been good for his followers as the money flowed at the expense to the country.

Now the country is tired of him and his empty promises.

The money flow must change direction or trouble will brew again.

 

Political minefield awaits Prayut government

 

Sure think most of the populace would prefer the headline  :

Minefield awaits Prayut 

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

If Prayuth would even have the brains of an ostrich, he stepped down now... Safe  his face or whatis left over of it and new elections to bring the country out of the misery

I think you said it in a nutshell?  "If Prayuth would even have the brains of an ostrich"

The system is that, when you've made enough, you get out to let the next lot in the queue/line take their turn. If you're too greedy, and hang about for too long, you'll get trouble.

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