Thailand’s new government is handing out cash
But many Thais mostly want a different government
It has been a wild year in Thai politics. After a group of young democrats won more seats than any other political party in an election in May, they were blocked from forming a government by the army establishment that had ruled Thailand for over a decade by rigging the constitution in its favour. Then, the generals teamed up with Pheu Thai, the party of their former rival Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted as prime minister in an army coup in 2006 and later fled the country.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Money for nothing”
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