Comical confrontation

Comical confrontation

The past several weeks have been some of the most eventful and eagerly anticipated in the country’s history with regard to government formation.

Sharp-witted quips have accompanied the repartees of political commentators looking to deliver a more punchy line to satirise the fight that pitted the Move Forward Party (MFP) against Pheu Thai for the two most coveted posts — the House speaker and prime minister — than seasoned politicians in the form of Pheu Thai list MP, Adisorn Piangket and Jatuporn Prompan, former chairman of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD).

On the surface, the MFP and Pheu Thai came across as the nucleus of a close-knit, so-called pro-democracy alliance. They had managed to side-step direct confrontation over the House speaker role early this month, although it was only a…