Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Thai Election 2011 (part 2)

Today the House of Representatives in Thailand as been disolved, making a General Election a formallity on Sunday July 3rd.

Already the fur is beginning to fly with the PTP (Red Shirts(Thaksins party)) seeking assurances that when they get an overall majority, they will be allowed to form a Government. This is in reference to the last time this party had a majority they were ousted on a technicality and the time before that a military coup got rid of Thaksin.

They will also be naming the person who will be PM should they get, the two front runners are an ex Police General and the younger (quite fit looking) sister of former PM Thaksin.

The Democrats (yellow shirts, Royalists, Military) seem very confident of winning, whether they get a majority or not. In the past few weeks they have been throwing money at everything in a bid to win hearts and minds.

Reliable polls put the two parties neck and neck, I shall be in Thailand during the campaign so will see first hand how things go.

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