BANGKOK: Thailand votes on Sunday (May 14) in an election expected to deliver a rejection of former coup leader Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, with the opposition led by exiled
Polls suggest voters will hand in a damning verdict on nearly a decade of military-backed rule that has brought economic stagnation and what rights groups say is a worrying crackdown on basic freedoms.
Former army chief Prayut seized power in a 2014 coup, ousting Paetongtarn's aunt Yingluck, before becoming prime minister at the head of a complex multi-party coalition following a controversial 2019 election. Voters braved blistering heat on Sunday to cast early ballots a week ahead of the main voting day, with the Election Commission putting turnout at 90 per cent.
More than 200 people have faced royal defamation charges in the wake of the 2020 street protests, which included calls for changes to the previously untouchable monarchy. Paetongtarn has urged voters to deliver a landslide win to prevent the military-appointed Senate from blocking the party's route to the top job., Pheu Thai's closest rival in the opinion polls, which has hoovered up support from young people disaffected with the old parties and who took to the streets in 2020.
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