Episode notes
Barring an unforeseen political shock that dramatically alters the political landscape, it now looks like Thailand will elect a Pheu Thai Party government in next year’s General Election. It is also becoming increasingly probable that that government will be led by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra ousted in the 2006 coup and the niece of Yingluck Shinawatra whose government was ousted in 2014 in another coup led by then army chief and current Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha.
Joseph O' Connor reports from Bangkok.
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3 out 4 say pheu thai take power in 2023door to prayut retaining power closing as main opposition pheu thai party enters into full election mode with a telling nida opinion poll