Thailand's opposition Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties trounced conservative parties backed by the country's military in an election on Sunday, with the focus expected to shift quickly towards efforts to form a government.
Srettha Thavisin, a local property tycoon and Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidate and Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Pheu Thai's prime...BANGKOK, May 14 - Thailand's opposition Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties trounced conservative parties backed by the country's military in anFollowing is reaction from political analysts and business groups."The top two parties will be Pheu Thai and Move Forward.
"Pheu Thai fought the wrong war, the populism war that it already won. Move Forward takes the game to the next level with institutional reform. That's the new battleground in Thai politics."Since 2001, Pheu Thai has won the largest number of seats at every election comfortably. After two decades, this certainty of Thai politics has been overturned. The era of Pheu Thai dominance of electoral politics is over.""Move Forward cannot take anything for granted.
"I see no path forward for a 376 seat pro-democracy coalition that is needed to overcome the Senate's vote for the prime minister.""This is a moment of great opportunity for the military-backed parties and PM Prayuth to graciously accept that Thai voters desire a change in the status quo.""Thai politics has changed. Political houses and dynasties mean less in many districts.
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