Thaksin returned to Thailand, who is under the King of Thailand?

August 22, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (center) arrived in Bangkok,His daughter Petuntan Shinawatra (right) meets him at the airport

On August 22, the Thai National Assembly held the third round of voting for the prime minister. At the same time, former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra flew from Singapore to Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok by private jet. Thaksin's daughter Bei Dongdan and hundreds of Thaksin's supporters met him at the airport. In 2006, Thaksin's government was overthrown in a military coup. Despite his long-term exile abroad, Thaksin is still widely regarded as the de facto leader of Pheu Thai. According to the BBC report, Thaksin was arrested by the police immediately after arriving at Don Mueang Airport and transferred to the Supreme Court for judicial proceedings. The court ruled that Thaksin was guilty of three counts of corruption and malfeasance and sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra

At the same time, the upper and lower houses of the Thai National Assembly held a joint meeting to hold a new round of voting for the prime minister. The Pheu Thai Party won the support of several political parties with military backgrounds, and 10 other parties including the People's Power Party and the Thai Unity Party. The political party announced the formation of a coalition on the 21st, nominating Thaksin's confidant and real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin as the candidate for prime minister. The Pheu Thai Party stated that it will fulfill the promise of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to increase the minimum wage and provide digital currency relief. The return of Thaksin Shinawatra after 15 years of exile overseas is obviously adding weight to the Pheu Thai political alliance in the general election.

According to the "Bangkok Post" report, Thanaporn Sriyakul, director of the Institute of Politics and Policy Analysis (Institute of Politics and Policy Analysis), said that Thaksin chose to return at this time because he was confident in successfully forming a government for the Pheu Thai Party. Thanaporn said Thaksin would have to go to jail and become a "political hostage" to secure the support of pro-military parties to govern for Pheu Thai.

Some experts also believe that Thaksin's return to China to plead guilty to the law saved the face of the military and allowed Thaksin to return to Thailand's political arena in a reasonable and legal manner. After the new prime minister with the Pheu Thai Party background came to power, he was pardoned, and both parties were happy.

However, a poll in Thailand on August 20 showed that the majority of Thais are not interested in a coalition in which the military participates in supporting political parties. They believe that this so-called "coalition" is a "threshold" set by the military for the opposition to form a government. . This makes it difficult for an electoralally winning party without the support of conservative parties to form a government.

Pita Limcharoenrat, leader of the Far Forward Party that has roiled Thai politics

On May 25 this year, the Thailand Election Commission announced the official results of the election for the House of Commons. The official results of the general election show that the Thai Far Progress Party won 151 seats in the House of Commons, ranking first; followed by the Pheu Thai Party, which won 141 seats in the House of Commons. Since then, the Far Progressive Party and the Pheu Thai Party have formed an alliance of 7 political parties to jointly elect the leader of the Far Progressive Party, Pita, as the candidate for prime minister. However, in the two prime minister elections on July 13 and 19, the loose alliance between the Far Progress Party and the Pheu Thai Party was strongly blocked by conservatives. In the two elections, Peeta received more than half of the negative votes, thus losing his qualifications for the nomination of prime minister, and completely missed the position of prime minister. At the same time, Pita was suspended as a member of Congress for "holding media shares."

According to the analysis of Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao", Pita and the Far Progress Party led by him repeatedly insisted on amending the "Offensive Monarch Act", which was the main reason for his defeat. The Pheu Thai Party stated that it will continue to promote constitutional reform to make it more "democratic", but will avoid amending laws related to Thailand's monarchy.

The Far Progressive Party refused to support Pheu Thai's multi-party coalition, saying it distorted the election results and went against the will of the public. It is worth noting that the previous policies and agenda of the Far Progressive Party received the support of a large number of Thai youth and urban population, and won the most votes in the general election.

Jatuporn Prompan, the former chairman of the United Front for Democracy against the Red Shirts, said that Thaksin has lost credibility, Thaksin's words are not credible, and Srettha Thavisin will not be the next prime minister.

Srettha Thavisin has been elected as Thailand's new prime minister

At present, the voting results of the new round of prime minister elections in Thailand have been announced, and Thavisin was elected as the new prime minister of Thailand. As a result of political compromise, Thavisin 's election could neither resolve the dispute between conservatives and reformers in Thailand, nor satisfy the radical claims of the young urban groups for the monarchy. There are still variables in Thailand's political situation. It is foreseeable that the struggle between reformists, royalists, and status quo factions, and the alliance between the Far Advance Party, the Pheu Thai Party, and the military will continue.