News Forum - Move Forward Party drops coalition partners amid supporter backlash

[Thaiger]

Thailand’s Move Forward Party (MFP) has made a recent change to its proposed coalition. The party has decided to drop the New and Chartpattanakla parties from its proposed coalition line-up, following a backlash from its supporters. MFP secretary-general Chaithawat Tulathon announced yesterday that the party will now focus on lobbying for Senate support for its …

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[HolyCowCm]

Of the people, by the people, for the people. So far so good for MFP. Take that regime lovers!

[kalyan]

it look from discussions , there seems to be a greater immaturity in making and announcing decisions.  There also seems to be a greater insecurity and hungry for position as ministers.

I doubt that this ministry is not going form itself, if formed it is not going to last long.

[HolyCowCm]

9 minutes ago, kalyan said:

it look from discussions , there seems to be a greater immaturity in making and announcing decisions.  There also seems to be a greater insecurity and hungry for position as ministers.

I doubt that this ministry is not going form itself, if formed it is not going to last long.

They will do fine. Just young and learning and they do have experienced people in the coalition to help and so only up is the right way to go. They know what to avoid and not to do from the seeing and being a direct target from the evil old guard wolves. Mistakes are there to learn from and this is a real party for the new gen Thai and ones fed up with the regime.

Mistakes? Lies? Unscrupulous? Inexperience and just don't care? Immnunity as can do no worng? I am sure Thailand has seen their fare share of this since 2014 and then before that.

[Pinga]

9 hours ago, HolyCowCm said:

They will do fine.

Famous last words. So far they are unable to form a coalition with enough votes for PM. Senate unlikely to budge even though they are going directly against the will of the people. Pita will probably get disqualified over the bs charges.

Sadly what will likely happen is they will not be able to gather the majority needed, and someone like Anutin will. Now the question remains what (if anything) will the people do about it afterwards. Mass protests at minimum.

On the upside- weaker baht is always a good thing.

[Metoo]

They would have formed a government already if the junta hadn't formed the 250 senators to protect their corrupt interests.

The Thai population know this.

As far as I know, the 250 member senate gets dissolved in the next year or 2.

They're only delaying the inevitable. 

The Thai population have made their voice heard.

[HolyCowCm]

9 hours ago, Pinga said:

Famous last words. So far they are unable to form a coalition with enough votes for PM. Senate unlikely to budge even though they are going directly against the will of the people. Pita will probably get disqualified over the bs charges.

Sadly what will likely happen is they will not be able to gather the majority needed, and someone like Anutin will. Now the question remains what (if anything) will the people do about it afterwards. Mass protests at minimum.

On the upside- weaker baht is always a good thing.

It is a struggle. I personally think that they should get Anutin onboard and harness muzzle him as he really seems to not be onboard with Prayuth. He is also a Thamasat graduate same as Pita and Thamasat is so not liked by the you know who are looked as trouble makers being Anti. 
Anutin is an egotistical worm but his party seat votes and pro- marijuana mean more to the MFP than his flip flop. Just get him in and onboard and muzzle him if that is possible. He needs to man up and be the Thamasat graduate and alumni he should be. Otherwise you are correct, MFP is in difficult water to tread. The regime made sure of that with the 250 picked senators. 

 

[Pinga]

On 5/22/2023 at 4:54 AM, HolyCowCm said:

I personally think that they should get Anutin onboard and harness muzzle him as he really seems to not be onboard with Prayuth.

Not onboard would be an understatement - more accurate is that they were at war, politically speaking, prior to the election. Funny enough both (actually three) sides lost a lot more than they gained by separating and rivaling each other. But yes- the only logical play would be for Anutin to join MFP and form a coalition that can overcome the senate. The question is whether Anutin will agree to that, and what he'll want in return. On the upside- there's enough bad blood and burned bridges between Anutin-Prayuth-Prawit that it's unlikely they'll unite, taking that option off the table.