New Thai election rules enshrined in junta's constitution aim to weaken big political parties and allow military's allies to return to power.
In this March 12, 2019, photo, a pedestrian walks past the election campaign posters in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand heads to the polls Sunday, March 24, 2019 to vote in the country’s first general election since the military toppled an elected government in a coup nearly five years ago.
BANGKOK — Thailand heads to the polls Sunday to vote in the country’s first general election since the military toppled an elected government in a coup nearly five years ago. Once the junta was in power, it tore up the constitution and had a new one written that significantly changed the nation’s political structure and electoral rules.
Observers say the new system was a designed to limit the power of big political parties like those that dominated past elections and to increase the need for a coalition government. They say it will also give the military’s allies an inside track on leading the next government.A 250-member Senate has been established and all of the senators will be appointees selected by the junta. The junta has said its selections will be revealed after the general election.
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