September 24, 2024: The latest executive structure of the biggest political camp is making many frown, due to several unknown or controversial names as well as the absence of relatively more-qualified candidates.
To be fair, the People’s Party did not have too many choices, after the dissolutions of the Future Forward Party and Move Forward Party sent senior or quality executives into oblivion. The restructured board, according to a mainstream media analysis, “does not meet expectations when the popular word of the hour _ ethics _ is taken into account.”
Also to be fair, executives of other parties, though older, are not necessarily better.
Yet the other parties are more equipped and have greater experiences when it comes to elections. The People’s Party should do just fine with its current popularity. In Thai politics, popular parties can field any candidate, do little to support them and still win. When popularity is gone, however, poor structures or inefficient management can immensely affect election outcomes.
The latest structure of the People’s Party has come out of a convention a few days ago. Basically, everyone involved in the party’s work attended the convention which sought to delegate electoral responsibilities to more members.
The same analysis, meanwhile, said there might be a temporary pause in the fighting between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and the opposition People’s Party to push for constitutional amendment that the conservatives do not like.
Pheu Thai and the People’s Party have one thing in common. They want to decrease the powers of “independent agencies” like the National Anti-Corruption Commission and the Constitutional Court which have played a big role in politics over the years.
One change that Pheu Thai wants, claimed the analysis, is one that could allow Thaksin Shinawatra to officially “rejoin” the party although he would still be unable to run in elections. This change would allegedly ease fears that the party could be dissolved for letting an “outsider” influence its decisions.
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