What will he face when Anutin succeeds in becoming the new prime minister of Thailand?
Recently, Thailand's political arena has been in chaos, and some people are happy and some people are sad. When former Thai Prime Minister Petongtan was dismissed from office and his father Thaksin Shinawatra was imprisoned, Anutin, leader of Thailand's Pride Party, "betrayed" Thaksin's family and took refuge in the People's Party, and finally became the new Prime Minister of Thailand because of the support of the People's Party. But Anutin came to power in this complicated political environment, and his four months as prime minister were unlikely to be a bad day.No, the Anutin officials have not yet settled, and the border between Thailand and Cambodia is suddenly fighting again, what happened?
From the perspective of what Anutin did during the election, he wanted to be a prime minister who might soon go crazy, otherwise would not fully promise all the conditions of the People's Party, and would be the prime minister for these four months. Therefore, Anutin, who had just been elected the new prime minister of Thailand on 5th of this month, could not wait to celebrate the beginning of the formation of a minority cabinet on 6th, and then wait for the king's "approval", his government group can formally take office right away.However, the prime minister's throne has not yet been covered, and it is important.
On the border between Thailand and Cambodia, a new conflict broke out yesterday, where 28 Cambodians were wounded and five other Thai soldiers were wounded in a village on the border between Thailand and Cambodia. For this purpose, the two sides had had a long confrontation before, but each other remained restrained.
However, the Thai Army No. 17 said that from the 16th, the Cambodians began to damage the Thai settings used as the line of the border, the Thai military soldiers quickly dispersed the Cambodians who crossed the line, during which they threw stones and threw sticks and bullets to attack the soldiers, resulting in five soldiers injured, while the Cambodian side criticized the Thai attempt to illegally set up the line of the iron, and accused the Thai army of using anti-torpedo cars, firing rubber bullets, resulting in 28 Cambodian citizens injured or fainted. Of course, regardless of who is who is not, fortunately, no serious casualties occurred in this conflict on either side.
Although the border situation is still tense after the ceasefire between the two countries, the two armies have basically adhered to the agreement. Even though the Thai army and the Cambodian border residents have had frictions in the border area, the two sides seem to have been avoiding new conflicts and ensuring peace in the border area. However, at the sensitive moment when the new Prime Minister of Thailand just took office, the two sides suddenly broke out in conflict. Although the intensity of the conflict was very low, the resulting impact may bring some unfavorable factors to Thailand's political situation.Because at this time, the 73-year-old Thai King made an important decision, what was the decision?
According to foreign media reports, the King of Thailand has approved the new cabinet candidate of Prime Minister Anutin a few days ago. This approval officially enables Anutin's cabinet to take an oath in front of the King before submitting a policy statement to Parliament, which is the last step before ministers take office. This means that Anutin's government is only one step away from taking office, but this does not mean that he will be able to spend the next four months smoothly. After all, the Pride Party is a minority party in Thailand's ruling and opposition parties, and its allies are all minority parties smaller than them. Therefore, in the process of forming a cabinet, Anutin had to assign the three important positions of finance minister, foreign minister and energy minister to non-party people.
Therefore, although Anutin's government is supported by the People's Party, it is a coalition government composed of several minority parties after all. If there is a little trouble in Thai politics, it will most likely be overthrown. Especially the People's Party behind the coalition government, if Anutin is "out of control" at the front desk and angers the "behind-the-scenes boss", then his throne as prime minister may not be kept. Moreover, the latest poll in Thailand shows that 36% of respondents believe that the Anutin government is unstable and needs to continue negotiations with the People's Party, and the future administration will be difficult.
Obviously, if Anutin wanted to maintain a political foundation for the four-month term, or to participate in the next prime minister election after the end of that term, he would have to do something to get voters to acknowledge and accumulate more political funding for himself. Therefore, before the coalition took office, Anutin met with several candidate ministers on 13 November, focusing on national policies to ensure that the government could quickly implement its policy plan within the four-month term. And Anutin put forward three major priorities at the meeting, one of which was placed in the first place, is "solving the border problem of Tajikistan."
Obviously, for Anutin, to promote the economic development of Thailand and maintain social stability, the first condition is to maintain border stability and avoid war. Therefore, what happened at the Cambodian border at this time was very unfavorable to him.So the question arises, whether the conflict that broke out on the Cambodian border had any connection to Thai politics? if there was a connection, then who would be provoking the conflict?
To know that the Pride Party was originally a conservative party that supported the military and the royal family, and that Anutin, as the current Prime Minister of Thailand, relied on the People's Party as a progressive party, was an unforgivable "treachery" for the military and the royal family. Suppose that if this was done by the royal family and the military, then their intention should not be just to punish Anutin as simple, the People's Party behind the Pride Party may be their key target. After all, if the Cambodian border happens again, the Thai political world must have a big turmoil, which will undoubtedly create an opportunity for the military to rise to power, or through a military coup. Therefore, in August, the Thai military wrapped the grid in the border area, provoking a tense confrontation with the Cambodian border residents, failed to be the "greeting" they prepared for Anutin after taking office.