🏛 Thai State, Stagnation And Elitism
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Bangkok Post · 1 min read · · Updated
What actually happened
This month marks 20 years since the Sept 19, 2006, coup that toppled the Thaksin Shinawatra government, with a sequel putsch eight years later. Neither delivered the clean reset that the coup-makers had promised. Instead, they have led to repeated constitutional rewriting, party dissolutions, judicial interventions, removals of elected leaders, and prolonged political instability. As Thai politics went wrong for so long, it was only a matter of time before the economy began to languish. Unless there is political change to unlock economic forces and unleash talent, economic stagnation will set
Key points
- This month marks 20 years since the Sept 19, 2006, coup that toppled the Thaksin Shinawatra government, with a sequel putsch eight years later.
- Neither delivered the clean reset that the coup-makers had promised.
- Instead, they have led to repeated constitutional rewriting, party dissolutions, judicial interventions, removals of elected leaders, and prolonged political instability.
- As Thai politics went wrong for so long, it was only a matter of time before the economy began to languish.
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