Thai court dissolved the ruling government and banned the present Prime Minister from politics for 5 years. Thai constitutional court ruled that the ruling Party should be banned since the House Speaker and former deputy leader of the People Power Party were involved in electoral fraud. The ruling was the only signal that the protesters (anti government) were waiting before they allow international flights to resume operation.
Flight cancellations resulted to loss in profit for the Thai tourism industry. The instability of the fragile Kingdom is expected because People Power Party has a mass base in the rural area of the country.
Anti Thaksin believed that the mass could not be trusted to elect national leaders since their votes can be bought and manipulated. They are suggesting that MPs must be appointed by the King instead.
Thailand is in serious trouble because people are divided by their loyalty to their King and to Thaksin and his party. The insurgency in the southern part of Thailand composed mostly of the Muslim population is exhausting the resources of the kingdom. Thailand is a country that mainly depends on the tourism industry. The recent surge in instability of the country is not a welcome development. It also undermined the democratic selection of leaders since the suggestion of anti-Thaksin faction of appointing MPs could mean no elections.
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