Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s return from a 15-year exile strikingly coincides with a key parliamentary vote for Thailand’s new leader, says CNA's Pichayada Promchertchoo.
after his plane touched down at Bangkok’s private jet terminal on Tuesday , marking a historic moment for the country’s politics since he was ousted in a 2006 coup and accused of corruption and abuse of power.
"Thaksin’s homecoming this time reflects significant confidence," Dr Yuthaporn Isarachai, a political scientist from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, told local news outlet Thai PBS on Tuesday. Sitthi Sutivong, deputy director-general of the Department of Corrections, said in a press conference that Thaksin has medical conditions that require continued treatment by specialists.
In 2008, he returned to Thailand briefly before fleeing overseas in the same year, after failing to appear in court for a corruption case., which is a reincarnation of his old party Thai Rak Thai. Its prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin is touted to become Thailand’s 30th prime minister, given support from Pheu Thai’s coalition partners which observers believe can command the military-controlled Senate.
The return of Thaksin is largely perceived as a compromise with Thailand’s old establishment, which comprises the monarchy, the military, the bureaucracy and the judiciary.
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