The Democrat Party had long opposed various parties linked to former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
BANGKOK – Thailand’s oldest political party will join the ruling coalition led by former rival Pheu Thai Party, as new Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra finalises her Cabinet line-up.
Twenty-five Democrat lawmakers in the House of Representatives will help Pheu Thai cushion the loss of the support of 40 members of the pro-military Palang Pracharath Party that was excluded earlier this week from the ruling bloc. An alliance between the Shinawatra clan, which controls Pheu Thai, and the Democrat Party brings an end to a bitter political rivalry dating back at least two decades.
Each side has seen their supporters engage in street protests and sometimes deadly clashes with the authorities during different periods of turmoil in Thailand that ended in two military coups.
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