Will the pro-democracy opposition take power in Thailand?
Video duration 27 minutes 10 seconds
Parties challenging the military won a major general election victory and are promising major reforms.
Thailand’s opposition received broad support in the country’s general elections and the leader of the Move Forward Party will be the next prime minister.
Pita Limjaroenrat and his coalition must overcome the army-appointed senate, especially as this bloc also gets a say in who becomes prime minister and who forms a government.
But can the opposition’s promised reforms be realized with the military so powerful?
Presenter: Laura Kyle
guests:
Parit Wacharasinghu – Policy campaign manager for the Move Forward Party and an elected MP in the Thai government
Punchada Sirivunnaboo – Specialist in Thai politics and associate professor at Mahidol University
Sean Boonpracong – Political analyst and former National Security Adviser to then Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra