As Pheu Thai Party struggles to cobble together a governing coalition, one of its former allies, Thai Sang Thai Party, has chosen to stand aside for as long as that coalition includes the two political parties associated with the ruling power clique and the most recent coup.
Thai Sang Thai’s leader, Khun Ying Sudarat Keyuraphan, a former chief strategist of Pheu Thai, established her party in 2021. After the general election in May, Thai Sang Thai signed Move Forward’s Memorandum of Understanding, linking 8 parties including Pheu Thai. Sudarat decided to step away from supporting Pheu Thai, however, because Pheu Thai has built its own coalition with pro-establishment parties.
In an interview with Thai PBS World, spokesperson for Thai Sang Thai, Tidarat Yingcharoen, stated that her party would only support a democratic coalition, which would not include military-supported…
