The unofficial electioneering is in full swing in Thailand.
After Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of exiled former-PM Thaksin Shinawatra, predicted the Pheu Thai Party would win the upcoming election by a landslide, Suthep Thaugsuban has declared that he will oppose them and “Thaksinocracy.”
Suthep was a former leader of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee, a protest movement against the Pheu Thai government, which was overthrown in an Army coup in 2014. He played a key role in the protest nearly 10 years ago.
He believes that the influence of Thaksin, and the Shinawatra family, has damaged Thailand, and people who side with Thaksin and the Pheu Thai Party are responsible for acts of violence against anti-Thaksin demonstrators. “Thaksinocracy” describes Thaksin’s strong political influence.
Suthep was a member of the Democrat Party, until he stepped…
