Opinion
Pheu Thai puts populist face on Thailand’s discredited establishment
The governing Thai party is risking a lot with its alliance of convenience with the remnants of the junta government. It could all just end in yet more political instability.
Liam GammonContributorThailand’s Pheu Thai, the populist party linked to former deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is back in power for the first time since being removed from office in a military coup in 2014.
Paradoxically, this time it is in coalition with the same proxy parties of the military junta that propped up the premiership of Prayut Chan-ocha, having abandoned initial support for May general election winners Move Forward and its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat.
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