The rift between Thaksin and the establishment finally appears to have been resolved. This compromise not only fails to address any of Thailand’s past mistakes, but it actually repeats them.
Thailand’s political floor grows increasingly unpredictable as new alliances and unexpected power plays threaten more democratic backsliding, writes Napon Jatusripitak (ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute).
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It is widely believed that Thaksin returned out of hope that a new government friendly to him would reduce his sentence, and that he may have made a deal with authorities.