The March 24 election was widely seen as a choice between military-government-backed rule and parties aligned with exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister Yingluck, whose administration was toppled in 2014. But an unexpected third force has emerged with billionaire auto parts scion Thanathorn, whose Future Forward Party won ...
The March 24 election was widely seen as a choice between military-government-backed rule and parties aligned with exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister Yingluck, whose administration was toppled in 2014.
But an unexpected third force has emerged with billionaire auto parts scion Thanathorn, whose Future Forward Party won more than six million votes and 81 seats to become Thailand's third-largest political force, behind Phalang Pracharat, the military-backed party created to support Prayuth, and Pheu Thai, which is supported by Thaksin and won the most seats in the polls.
Thanathorn, 40, is in a coalition with Pheu Thai and five other parties. In a sudden late move, they agreed on Tuesday to put him forward as the sole candidate in the vote for prime minister.
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