Thavisin, ending months of political uncertainty after the May 14 election failed to produce a leadership • Srettha begins his tenure in a somewhat awkward candidate acceptable to the country’s entrenched political position. [...] A major reason for the MFP’s But two uncertainties loom over his early tenure: high level of support was its commitment to curtail whether such initiatives will be enough to revive a the military’s role in Thai politics and reform the sluggish economy, and whether they will pacify citizens controversial lèse-majesté, or “royal insult,” law. [...] For example, the conservative government democratic and respectful of citizen participation and voted out in May originally took power in a military the rule of law. [...] But Pheu Thai never embraced reforms coup in 2014, ousting the popularly elected Pheu of lèse-majesté and has distanced itself from the issue Thai government of former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. [...] But the senate, escalates, it could coalesce into protests like the ones whose members are appointed by the military (and that swept the country in 2020.
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