It was the first election in Thailand in eight years when the hopeful thais went to the polls last Sunday. But what it really means for the continued governance in the country, where the military had the power since 2014, is not yet clear.
Already have the huvudkombattanterna in the elections, the military and the Pheu Thai, linked to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, declared victory. It even though full results are not yet reported and looks to be on Friday, according to the latest data.
the electoral commission has reported so far provide the military’s party Palang Pracharath slightly more votes than Pheu Thai, 7.6 million to 7.2 million. As regards the distribution of seats in the parliament, however, Pheu Thai ahead. Then, however, only 350 of the 500 seats in the house of commons that the election was reported. Of these won the Pheu Thai 138 and Palang Pracharath 96, according to the electoral commission.
Based on the two Pheu Thai as the winner on Monday.
– We intend to try to form a coalition as soon as possible as it is so the people have voted, said Pheu Thais party leader Sudarat Keyuraphan to reporters on Monday, according to news agency Bloomberg and added that the people voted to remove the military.
the Statement comes despite the fact that the military has an advantage by the new constitution which allows them to fill the 250 seats in the house of lords. The house of lords appoints together with the house of commons the next prime minister.
Supporters of the Future Forward Party get an autograph of the leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit. Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP
seems to interpret the situation to their advantage. A spokesperson for the military’s party Palang Pracharat said on Monday that they plan to form a government with the support of other militärvänliga parties. Succeed it would the current junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha to continue to lead the country, to the disappointment of all the thais who had hoped to get away the military junta.
at the same time there are voices who criticize the choice to not have gone right. Among other things, meets the figure of the turnout, 65 per cent, a lot of scepticism. This is significantly lower than what was anticipated, and many note that the queues coiled long outside the polling stations on Sunday. There is also information about buying and outraged voters, accusing the social media choice to be rigged to the military’s advantage.
Thus, it looks as if, once again, blowing up a storm around the old conflict between the military and the parties linked to Thaksin, now living in exile but still play a large role in thai politics, Thailand. Battles between the two factions has dominated thai politics in the last two decades and periodically led to violent street protests.
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