The reformist party that was the big winner in Thailand’s spring elections to restore civilian democratic control after a decade of military-dominated rule dumped its leader Wednesday, effectively conceding it will not be part of the new governing coalition in Bangkok.
, the former army chief who has dominated the political scene since engineering a coup against the last civilian government in 2014.stunned the military and royalist Thai establishment by taking the most seats in the May 14 election, but has struggled to build on his win in the months since.
Many in the eight-party coalition of civilian political parties feared that move which could expose them to time-consuming and dangerous allegations and lawsuits filed by litigious royalists. Mr.‘s departure from his hurriedly regrouping coalition also likely means his Move Forward Party will be in the opposition after the new government is formed.
His dramatic downfall came after the idealistic, 42-year-old former business executive took 38% of the vote and 151 seats in the popularly elected 500-member House, a vote widely seen as a rejection of the military’s role in previous coups in 2006 and 2014.‘s vow to “amend” the lese majeste statutes — which critics say has been abused to silence critics of the king and the army — proved a political burden in the 250-seat Senate, whose members were all appointed by the current regime.
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