Thailand parliament dissolved ahead of May election

[snoop1130]

Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha's main opponent will be his predecessor Thaksin Shinawatra's daughter Paetongtarn

 

Thailand's king has dissolved parliament, paving the way for a general election in early May.

 

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's new conservative, royalist party faces a strong challenge from the Pheu Thai party, led by exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra's daughter Paetongtarn.

 

Mr Prayuth, who led a 2014 coup against the last pro-Thaksin government, has trailed in opinion polls for months.

 

Full Story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65010818

 

-- © Copyright BBC 2023-03-20

 

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[ThailandRyan]

So is the Senate dissolved as well? my pet rhinoceros enquired.

[daveAustin]

This bunch should be permanently dissolved, sort of like Alka Seltzer.

[zzaa09]

This is not a people's driven democracy or democratic system.

We should stop pretending as if it is.....

[hotandsticky]

1 minute ago, zzaa09 said:

This is not a people's driven democracy or democratic system.

We should stop pretending as if it is.....

 

 

Better than nowt!

 

 

.....and the Thais think that vote has some value.

 

 

(usually around 500 Baht)

[ikke1959]

At last....

[Dogmatix]

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So is the Senate dissolved as well? my pet rhinoceros enquired.

No. It’s term is 5 years designed to allow it to vote in two PMs.

[ThailandRyan]

3 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

No. It’s term is 5 years designed to allow it to vote in two PMs.

Insanity lives on...

[zzaa09]

So...what happens now? 

 

[mikebell]

2 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

So...what happens now? 

 

Nothing; same as before.  No one will notice there is no parliament as the MPs did nothing before.

[William C F Pierce]

On 3/20/2023 at 7:51 PM, Dogmatix said:

No. It’s term is 5 years designed to allow it to vote in two PMs.

That's better than the UK who have had 5 and counting.

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, William C F Pierce said:

That's better than the UK who have had 5 and counting.

Few of them counted!