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

 

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

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

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

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

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)

At last....

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.

3 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

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

Insanity lives on...

So...what happens now? 

 

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.

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.

13 hours ago, William C F Pierce said:

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

Few of them counted!