It’s just that when it comes to Thai democracy, the ironically - TopicsExpress



          

It’s just that when it comes to Thai democracy, the ironically named Democrat Party is among the worst practitioners. Tens of thousands of Yellow Shirts are marching across the country, but demanding the establishment of royalist councils is hardly a people’s revolution. If anyone has been exercising people power, it’s the 15 million voters who elected Yingluck and her Pheu Thai party in July 2011. Thaksin-backed political parties have won the previous five elections with significant majorities, and Thaksin’s own populist policies helped bring millions of rural poor out of poverty. He remains the kingdom’s most popular Prime Minister since the abolition of absolute monarchy in 1932. Read more: Thailand’s Democrat Party Is Hilariously Misnamed | TIME world.time/2013/11/28/thailands-democrat-party-is-hilariously-misnamed/#ixzz2lwCXTOZm
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:12:43 +0000

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