Thailand’s populist Pheu Thai party announced Monday that it will form a coalition with a party from the outgoing military-backed administration to try to end nearly three months of political deadlock after the progressive party that won national elections was excluded from the formation of a new government.
Thailand has struggled to break the impasse and select a new leader after the progressive Move Forward Party became the surprise winner of the May elections but was blocked by the conservative elite from taking power.
Pheu Thai, the second biggest party in the eight-party coalition, took over the lead role in forming a government after Move Forward’s two failed attempts. It said last Wednesday that Move Forward had been excluded from the coalition because its platform to reform the royal defamation law made it impossible to rally enough support from other parties and the Senate.
Anutin’s most prominent legacy as health minister is removing marijuana from the country’s narcotics list, leading to an explosion of shops selling cannabis around the country. “We need support from all sides because the problems that the country and the people are facing right now are severe. The longer the delay is, the more damage it will cause,” Chonlanan read from a joint statement by the two parties.
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