People in Bangkok were disappointed a prime minister hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat was defeated in a parliamentary vote. Pita, from the popular Move Forward Party, fell 51 votes short of the top job after being thwarted by a Senate appointed by the royalist military after a 2014 coup.
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Use Trump's favorite quote: "the election is rigged"
I wonder if somebody tampered with thier vote count too. How does a leading popular leader lose the majority vote. Was the vote by computer and the tally altered by hackers
Deep corruption in Thailand has made its democracy a joke. In fact, Thailand's corruption is the deadly cancer that will only deepen the nation into the pit of backward, unhealthy, and shameful culture. In a few more years, Thailand will just be as good as a giant stinking dumpster of Asia. I have more hope for Vietnam, Thailand's neighbor.