Prayut retains all the cards as Thailand may be pivoting back to a one-ballot election process

[webfact]

 

by Joseph O' Connor

 

Political naiveté on the part of the leading Pheu Thai Party in believing that the coalition government, through the electoral reform process, was going to gift it the means to achieve an outright majority. This has been evident since April this year and yet the party continued with the charade.

 

Now with an impressive victory in the censure debate in July and changes underway to see a return to the one ballot voting process, not only is the government looking like it will survive until a snap election is called but there is now an increased likelihood of a return of a coalition government if not led by General Prayut Chan ocha then by his ‘brother in arms’ General Prawit Wongsuwan.

 

July was a significant month in Thai politics. First of all, it saw the government survive what looked like the most dangerous censure motion since 2019 despite potentially damaging revelations about monthly payments to smaller parties revealed by Setthakij Thai Party (Thai Economic Party) leader Thamanat Prompow. This weekend saw political scientists accept that Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha and his unwieldy coalition government appear on course to finish their term although a snap election is predicted to be called at the end of the year.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/08/01/prayut-has-the-cards-with-one-ballot-pivot/

 

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[Thaiwrath]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

there is now an increased likelihood of a return of a coalition government if not led by General Prayut Chan ocha then by his ‘brother in arms’ General Prawit Wongsuwan.

The final nail in the Thailand coffin, sadly.

[ikke1959]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

the most dangerous censure motion since 2019

There was never a threat to the Pm or his Government. His friends and the envelopes kept him and will keep him in place..Even the Constitutional Court is at his side... if w ewill see soon.  And the country??/ more corruption, further backwarths more poverty and more ricch for the the rich.... In Sri Lanka they want to stop it. Irak people are sick of the corrupt elite and it will come to Thailand too. They can stop it now with section 112 but be sure if PM Prayuth keeps in being in power in in or anoher way thi gs will be worse... Change is needed and alot of change, with free democratic army free elections to start with

[steven100]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Now with an impressive victory in the censure debate in July

good that Khun Prayut Chan O Cha will likely continue as PM and serve the country. 

[mania]

The Thai citizens themselves will need to remove this POS the same way the people of Columbia

got rid of the drug lords that kept control of the politicians

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

good that Khun Prayut Chan O Cha will likely continue as PM and serve the country. 

The only country he serves is Prayutland.

[huangnon]

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

good that Khun Prayut Chan O Cha will likely continue as PM and serve the country. 

"Serve the country" ????

 

Thanks for the laugh this morning.

[Excel]

3 hours ago, steven100 said:

good that Khun Prayut Chan O Cha will likely continue as PM and serve the country. 

Serve the country indeed, wish he would rather than serving just one person.

[engamann]

It will be a day when junta leader Prayuth will see the inside of a jailcell or have to join his good buddy 5555 Taksin in a foreigner country and when the day come i will popp my best bottel of Champain.

[harada]

A complete farce, the winner will be decided from high up and far away. ⛷

[zzaa09]

11 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

The final nail in the Thailand coffin, sadly.

Not by a long shot. Still a number of revolutionary scenarios to come.......

Keep in mind, the Ammat circles are becoming quite aged and weary. 

[zzaa09]

5 hours ago, harada said:

A complete farce, the winner will be decided from high up and far away. ⛷

Yep.....as it's always been. It's not terribly complicated to figure out - the historic reality. 

Yet, some will go on [believing they're knowledgeable] ignoring the reality and spur on the usual surface whimsy and non sequiturs.