2019/7, 22 January 2019
Since the partial lifting of the ban on political gatherings in mid-December 2018, and despite uncertainty over whether polls will actually take place this year, Thailand’s Northeast has begun readying itself for long-awaited elections to choose a new government. Most of my interviews with voters about the upcoming elections in recent weeks have ended up with respondents asking me whether they would really take place. People do not seem at all convinced that the ruling National Council for Peace and Order junta will finally release its tight grip on political power.
“Delayed Elections and Growing Frustrations in Northeastern Thailand” by Saowanee T. Alexander