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Future Forward's Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit demands "justice" over allegations from Nearly a week after a landmark vote it is still not clear which party will form a government.
Both anti- and pro-military parties seek to form a new government after the first post-coup poll. The country is split between pro-military forces and their opponents in the first vote since a coup. The military says the vote will restore democracy, but it is expected to remain influential. It's the first election since the coup of and seven million young people are voting for the first time.
By Jonathan Head. BBC News, Bangkok. The private sector calls on the government to speed up allowing the entry of vaccinated migrant workers under a memorandum of understanding to be signed with neighbouring countries.
Other Services. Special Features. He appears, however, to have political ambitions in national politics, and contesting the Bangkok election may be just a debut intended to draw public attention.
Members of parliament, including senators, as well as cabinet members are prohibited from offering any form of assistance to candidates in local elections. Parties must carefully record and then report every baht spent on campaigning for their candidates. Any misstep can lead to lawsuits and party dissolution. Nevertheless, Captain Thammanat Prompow, who is the de facto manager of the PPP, is keen to tackle the challenge of competing in the Bangkok election.
The PPP won 12 of the 30 House seats in the Thai capital in the March general election, and its machine and grassroots bases in Bangkok have been growing ever since, chiefly because of its leading role in the ruling coalition. That was an especially remarkable achievement, given that the province was long a political stronghold of the Democrat Party. Thammanat personally proposed — and party leader General Prawit agreed — that the PPP should hold its leadership meeting in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen.
The province sends ten members to the House of Representatives. Such an impressive achievement will reinforce his position as the new secretary-general of the party. But Thammanat will need both to avoid being seen to violate the law that prohibits his involvement in sub-national elections such as this one and to consider carefully the pros and cons of candidates whom the PPP might field or endorse. See the Table II. Bhumjaithai, the second largest party in the ruling coalition, will most likely just stay out of the Bangkok race.
It has neither MPs nor a grassroots base in the Thai capital. Whether or not Minister Saksiam was to be blamed for contributing to this wave is one question. Another is whether Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul, a deputy prime minister and the Minister of Public Health, has failed to work collaboratively enough with Prime Minister General Prayut in tackling the pandemic.
Under such adverse circumstances, the Bhumjaithai Party has practically no chance of winning the coming Bangkok election. Further complicating the situation, Phuea Thai and other opposition parties have been egging on the Bhumjaithai leadership to quit the ruling coalition.
Believing that the party has potential to lead an alternative coalition government, they hope to force General Prayut to resign or to dissolve the House and call an early general election. The Democrat Party, the third largest government party, has been hoping against hope to make a come-back, particularly in Bangkok.
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