Thailand: Pandora’s Box

... Council, was of no principal importance prior to Thaksin Shinawatra. It only acquired significance after Shinawatra had succeeded in forming a single-party government, seriously weakening the positions of “traditionalists”. wikimedia.org Thailand election map 2011 However, removing Thaksin Shinawatra from the premier’s office in violation of constitutional rules did not help to alleviate political tensions. In 2008, Abhisit Vejjajiva, a member of the oppositional Democratic Party, was appointed Prime Minister after having ...