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Pheu Thai Party Targeted By "Serial Petitioners" Amid Allegations Of Thaksin's Influence

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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her Pheu Thai Party (PTP) have been targeted by a growing number of petitions to the Election Commission (EC) calling for punitive measures for the alleged excessive involvement of ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the running of the ruling party.

  • The Bangkok Post reported that royalist Thai Pakdee Party leader Warong Dechgitvigrom filed another petition with the EC on Wednesday, asking for a formal investigation, joining a cluster of conservative politicians and "serial petitioners." The news portal reminds that "the Organic Act on Political Parties prohibits any political party from allowing a non-member to influence it."
  • Thaksin is known as the PTP's political patron and the party is now led by his daughter following the recent ouster of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. The PTP's coalition agreement with conservative parties was widely rumoured to have involved security guarantees for Thaksin and the permission for him to return to the country from exile.
  • It is unclear at this stage whether the petitions will gain any further traction, but historically time and again "lawfare" was successfully deployed by the country's conservative establishment to influence political outcomes. As a reminder, Paetongtarn will deliver her inaugural policy speech in parliament on Thursday, with the first meeting of her government slated for next Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her Pheu Thai Party (PTP) have been targeted by a growing number of petitions to the Election Commission (EC) calling for punitive measures for the alleged excessive involvement of ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the running of the ruling party.

  • The Bangkok Post reported that royalist Thai Pakdee Party leader Warong Dechgitvigrom filed another petition with the EC on Wednesday, asking for a formal investigation, joining a cluster of conservative politicians and "serial petitioners." The news portal reminds that "the Organic Act on Political Parties prohibits any political party from allowing a non-member to influence it."
  • Thaksin is known as the PTP's political patron and the party is now led by his daughter following the recent ouster of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. The PTP's coalition agreement with conservative parties was widely rumoured to have involved security guarantees for Thaksin and the permission for him to return to the country from exile.
  • It is unclear at this stage whether the petitions will gain any further traction, but historically time and again "lawfare" was successfully deployed by the country's conservative establishment to influence political outcomes. As a reminder, Paetongtarn will deliver her inaugural policy speech in parliament on Thursday, with the first meeting of her government slated for next Tuesday.