How the ‘Deal to Sell Out the Country’ Paved the Way for Thaksin’s Return as Thailand’s Biggest Red Herring

How the ‘Deal to Sell Out the Country’ Paved the Way for Thaksin’s Return as Thailand’s Biggest Red Herring

The 37-hour censure debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra last week served as a powerful reminder that, despite Move Forward’s 2023 election triumph on a reformist platform, Thailand remains trapped in Thaksin’s political legacy. The paradox lies in the fact that the more the debate rekindled the pro- and anti-Thaksin divide that had polarised Thai politics for nearly two decades, the more it obscured Thailand’s deeper structural …