The Three Poles of Thai Politics and Pheu Thai’s Prospective Grand Coalition

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“They say the momentum of history was ever thus, the empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide.” So states the first line of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. We are used to thinking about Thai politics as divided between two camps. But the momentum of history is pointing to new unions and divisions that are shaping our new political landscape. 

 

Pheu Thai leader Cholanan Srikaew, in an interview, recently explained that the “largest party” in the current parliament is actually the current conservative bloc, composed of 188 votes. Move Forward, on the other hand, has 151 seats, making it the second biggest party, while Pheu Thai has 141, meaning that it is third. He was immediately criticized online for faulty logic — the conservative camp, after all, is composed of several parties. But it perhaps illustrates how Pheu Thai itself views the three-camp nature of Thai politics, and the choice it must make between the other two. 

 

Move Forward and Pheu Thai, after all, was always in an unnatural partnership: an arranged marriage generated by the shared goal of replacing Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, rather than a true synergy of ideology. Aside from the question of whether it can support Prayut, who overthrew the previous Pheu Thai government, the latter party has more in common — both in terms of belief and personnel — with a party like, say, Palang Pracharath, than it does with Move Forward. 

 

by Ken Mathis Lohatepanont

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/50288/the-three-poles-of-thai-politics-and-pheu-thais-prospective-grand-coalition/

 

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[2baht]

The Three Poles of Thai Politics 

 

I would call it a 3 ring circus!

[Brickleberry]

The Thai Enquirer has revealed itself to be a Chinese mouthpiece at last! Why else would they be quoting from a Chinese masterpiece?

[hotchilli]

Watch the real Pheu Thai emerge from this scandal.

Pita is on hold due to a rigged senate vote that should never have been.

With him out of the way PT immediately had Anutin to dinner.

[2baht]

3 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Watch the real Pheu Thai emerge from this scandal.

Pita is on hold due to a rigged senate vote that should never have been.

With him out of the way PT immediately had Anutin to dinner.

There's a lot at stake here, a bottomless pit of money! Thailand Inc. They are like sharks in a feeding frenzy! Greed rules! ????I really don't think are true buddhists at all!

[tmd5855]

19 hours ago, 2baht said:

The Three Poles of Thai Politics 

 

I would call it a 3 ring circus!

The god Janus would have a hard time keeping an eye on these "Charlatans".

Could well be a circus, but, it is trapeze swinging clowns without laughter only scorn and derision. 

Do not get me commenting on their bad sides?