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All Thais want is for the economic crisis to be solved, and if she and her government do well at that, she and her party will be able to compete with the People's Party in the next election,
I really hope that I can make people feel confident. I hope to improve the quality of lives and empower all Thais,
She will be her father's puppet and won't likely be able to do much,
said Punchada Sirivunnabood, an associate professor at Mahidol University in Thailand She connects with the electorate, the base. She also has, I think, some talent that may have been inherited from her father in terms of going out on stump speeches, connecting with voters, speaking in front of large crowds, and running a campaign, while being pregnant,
said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a professor of political science at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University Previously, Thaksin let people outside his family run the party and nothing seemed to get better,
Kovit said, referring to the time Thaksin was in exile I feel safer to be an adviser than a politician. I want to make my project successful. For other things, I am not ready yet.”
Asked then if she would become a politician or a candidate for prime minister, she told reporters The next four years will be the years that our country will bounce back and regain our dignity and pride,
Paetongtarn said at a campaign rally All we have to do is to work together to change the country’s leadership,
The first meal after listening to the vote."
Her first public comment on the win was posting on Instagram a picture of her lunch - chicken rice - with the caption This is a big bet for Thaksin. There is a possibility for her to fail and that is a big risk for the entire Shinawatra dynasty,
said Titipol Phakdeewanich, a political scientist at Ubon Ratchathani University The Shinawatras' gambit here is risky,
said Nattabhorn Buamahakul, Managing Partner at government affairs consultancy, Vero Advocacy I was so scared. I was still in my uniform,
Paetongtarn previously told the Thai media At times, I would see pictures of my father pinned to the wall, crossed out and drawn on,
she said in her March speech She will be under scrutiny. She will be under a lot of pressure,
said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University When I was eight years old, my father entered politics. Since that day, my life has also been intertwined with politics,
she said in a speech in March Paetongtarn will be given clear jurisdictions on where she can exercise her own agency and where it is a matter between her father and the coalition members,
In the span of one week, the court has disfranchised more than 14 million voters by dissolving their party of choice, and unseated a democratically elected prime minister,
said Napon Jatusripitak, visiting fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore, who added the verdict amounted to a judicial coup But Thaksin’s freedom of navigation is being increasingly limited,
I have confidence in Pheu Thai. I have confidence in all government coalition parties to bring our country out of the economic crisis,
It’s not the shadow of my dad. I am my dad’s daughter, always and forever, but I have my own decisions,