Balance of power in Bangkok shifts to liberals as national poll looms

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Vote tallies from the recent Bangkok Council elections show that support for the liberal camp is growing at the expense of the conservatives in the capital.

 

If the Election Commission endorses all winners of the May 22 poll, Pheu Thai will be the biggest party in the Bangkok Metropolitan Council (BMC), occupying 20 of its 50 councilor seats.

 

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The progressive Move Forward Party will hold 14 seats, while Thai Sang Thai will have two. Put simply, the BMC will be dominated by the so-called pro-democracy camp. The BMC and Bangkok governor are to the city what Parliament and the prime minister are to the country.

 

Contesting the council elections for the conservative camp were the Democrat Party, who won nine seats, Raks Krungthep Group (3) and the Palang Pracharath Party (2).

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/balance-of-power-in-bangkok-shifts-to-liberals-as-national-poll-looms/

 

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[ozz1]

Give them time they will find something on all of them and suspend them all for something they make up

[nikmar]

34 minutes ago, ozz1 said:

Give them time they will find something on all of them and suspend them all for something they make up

I really dont think they will - the repurcussions would be immense and they know it!!

[Phoenix Rising]

Wow. This can't sit well with certain Thaksin hating coup supporting farang Bangkok dwellers who view the rest of the country with sneering contempt!

 

"If the Election Commission endorses all winners of the May 22 poll, Pheu Thai will be the biggest party in the Bangkok Metropolitan Council (BMC), occupying 20 of its 50 councilor seats."

 

Pheu Thai, the biggest party.........in Bangkok!!

[OneMoreFarang]

I wander how many people here really vote about political opinion. Like this is liberal politics that that is conservative.

For me it looks like that family name does this person have? How is his/her father? How corrupt do I think is this or that person?

For me personally the first question would be: How competent and honest is this candidate? If then more than one candidate is left then I can start thinking about possible difference in what they promise they will do.

[Phoenix Rising]

27 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I wander how many people here really vote about political opinion. Like this is liberal politics that that is conservative.

For me it looks like that family name does this person have? How is his/her father? How corrupt do I think is this or that person?

For me personally the first question would be: How competent and honest is this candidate? If then more than one candidate is left then I can start thinking about possible difference in what they promise they will do.

But that's not how Thais vote, is it, even in Bangkok, that island of civilization surrounded by great unwashed masses of uneducated peasants.

Now THAT must have been hard for you to swallow! 

 

Mr. Thaksin; please pack your bags, your triumphant return is nigh.

Cou Gen Mr. Prayut; please pack your bags, your humiliating departure is nigh.

[zzaa09]

37 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I wander how many people here really vote about political opinion. Like this is liberal politics that that is conservative.

For me it looks like that family name does this person have? How is his/her father? How corrupt do I think is this or that person?

For me personally the first question would be: How competent and honest is this candidate? If then more than one candidate is left then I can start thinking about possible difference in what they promise they will do.

The Liberal [whatever that is] faction of the same old traditional political machine. 

No such beast.

[StayinThailand2much]

So, if you're 'pro-democracy', you're automatically counted as being 'liberal'? -  Amazing Thailand!

Edited June 2, 2022 by StayinThailand2much

[hotchilli]

[zzaa09]

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

Perfectly summed up.

[BangkokReady]

6 hours ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Mr. Thaksin; please pack your bags, your triumphant return is nigh.

Why would you need Thaksin to come back?  If the theme is progressive left-wing politics improving Thailand, surely stepping away from the old guard of corruption, cronyism and lack of freedom of speech would be the way to go?

[Phoenix Rising]

47 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Why would you need Thaksin to come back?  If the theme is progressive left-wing politics improving Thailand, surely stepping away from the old guard of corruption, cronyism and lack of freedom of speech would be the way to go?

"Why would you need Thaksin to come back?"

 

You misunderstand, I don't need him to come back. In fact, when he was in power I wanted him gone, replaced in an election with someone better.

Someone like Tanathorn. Alas, the old elite will make sure that won't happen until there's been a seismic shift in the way Thailand is run.

 

"If the theme is progressive left-wing politics improving Thailand, surely stepping away from the old guard of corruption, cronyism and lack of freedom of speech would be the way to go?"

 

I don't think that's the theme of this thread although I very much agree that the only way forward for Thailand is getting rid of the old guard as a first step.

But I do find it LOL funny that Pheu Thai (and the Move Forward Party) absolutely crushed it in Bangkok, which is generally considered a bastion against Pheu Thai and it's brown-skinned unwashed uneducated and unrefined sea of supporters.

I bet there were a few Bangkok based Thaksin-hating farangs who choked on their croissants this morning when these results were published!????