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Thailand Election Preview - Council on Foreign Relations (2064 words) |
 | Thailand could be on the brink of political turmoil as a coalition of opposition groups tries to force Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra out of office. |
| Thailand's 1997 constitution mandates that all 500 seats must be filled for the parliament to be considered legitimate. |
| Or the elections could be held with opposition parties participating, in which case Thaksin could claim his nearly inevitable victory as a mandate from the people. |
| Politics of Thailand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1858 words) |
| An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Thailand. |
| Thailands legal system has been often criticised by othe countries for having penalties of life in prison or even death for crimes such as drug possesion or smuggling, while having lenient penalties for other crimes including acts of terrorism. |
| In those elections, the political parties that had opposed the military in May 1992 won by a narrow majority, and Chuan Leekpai, a leader of the Democrat Party, became prime minister at the head of a five-party coalition. |
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