Pro-military parties have a built-in advantage under new electoral rules written by the junta.
A picture of Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is seen next to a candidate of Palang Pracharat party on an election campaign poster in Bangkok, Thailand, March 9, 2019.
“This kind of dictatorship, the kind that benefits the people, do you all want him? Do you want him to stay in power?” Suriya asked.After two coups and years of military rule, it might seem counterintuitive that a significant segment of Thai voters would want to enshrine military rule with a democratic stamp of approval, a sort of hybrid, martial democracy.
The upcoming election marks the first time that anti-Thaksin parties have so directly campaigned for an army-linked government. Palang Pracharat, which was formed last year, has been using nationalism, which is centred on the three pillars of nation, Buddhism and the monarchy, as a device to promote Prayuth as well as to tarnish their opponents.
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