Thai election: Opposition Pheu Thai Party wins most seats

[muriel_volestrangler]

The opposition Pheu Thai Party has won the most seats in Thailand's first election since a military coup in 2014, the country's Election Commission says.

Backed by ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, the party took 136 seats, while the ruling pro-military Palang Pracha Rath Party (PPRP) took 115.

However the 250-seat Senate is expected to back PPRP, giving them an advantage in their bid to stay in power.
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The result means that the military government will remain in charge, and its current military leader Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of the PPRP is likely to keep his job.
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Under the election rules, the Senate votes together with the house to pick the next prime minister - and the military picks all 250 seats in the upper house.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48184530

The lower house has 500 seats. So the military was almost bound to stay in charge. Because they have the fucking guns, so they set the fucking rules.

[OregonBlue]

1. Not all together bad given that Thaksin is another Trump.