September 6, 2024: Gen Prawit Wongsuwan still “sits” in the leader seat of the Palang Pracharath Party, every media outlet has reported. Where he “sits” in Parliament is something not as clear, literally and figuratively.
What should his party be called? An opposition party? A government party in disguise? A “centrist” party that can never work with the main opposition camp? In what manner should Palang Pracharath and People’s Party members greet one another on the national assembly floor?
The twist and turn of Thai politics can’t get any better, or are more jaw-dropping surprises in store still?
Two decades ago, the Democrat Party in a Pheu Thai government would have been celebrated as a major step toward reconciliation. Today, it signals the opposite. The roller-coaster path of Prawit’s party just underlines the growing incredulity.
When future historians document what is happening now in Thai politics, they will go “My Goodness! How did they manage to do it?”
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