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Thailand’s Political Impasse: Mint Cocoa Sparks Betrayal Claims as Pheu Thai Courts Conservatives
”For Pheu Thai, don’t betray the people.” Angry Thais gathered at the Pheu Thai headquarters building in Bangkok to protest against the party’s contact with the party that supported the coup leader Prayut Chan-o-cha. The protesters’ props included a drink called Peppermint Cocoa. As one of the prime ministerial candidates of the Pheu Thai Party and the youngest daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in exile, Beton Dan, mint cocoa has become a “hot item” in the general election year and a symbol of the Pheu Thai Party. As the winner of the general election in May, Pita, the prime minister candidate nominated by the reformist far-reaching party, failed…
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Thailand’s Political Landscape Shifts: Challenges and Prospects for Progress
On May 14, 2023, a general election was conducted in Thailand, attracting 52 million eligible voters. The turnout rate achieved an unparalleled high since 1946. The outcome of the general election was unforeseen. The Far Progress Party, an obscure political party, clinched victory with 152 votes out of 500 seats in the House of Commons, surpassing the Pheu Thai Party, a political party governed by the Thaksin family, which secured only 142 votes, ranking second. The Thai Pride Party, advocating for the legalization of marijuana, gained 70 votes, becoming the third-largest party. The current Prime Minister Prayut’s political party and other military-linked parties attained only 30 to 40 votes. It…
