Tough as they were, the jobs of Prayut Chan-o-cha, Yingluck Shinawatra, Abhisit Vejjajiva appeared straightforward. And it would have been the same for Pita Limjaroenrat if he had been named the 30th prime minister of Thailand. Srettha Thavisin, on the other hand, is having the most intricate work full of booby traps, outright dangers and potential traitors.
To start with, in politics, even a less cut-throat one, it’s never the more the merrier. The Srettha coalition contains too many parties having clashing ideologies, public policies, personal rivals and vested interests. The first big test will come very soon in the form of fighting for administrative positions. To be able to pacify all is highly unlikely, and to be able to pacify all and have an efficient Cabinet with top-notch ethics at the same time is simply impossible.
Economically speaking, there will be the likes of the…
