Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s youngest prime minister
GuardianAUG 2024
This new development is nothing but pure nepotism, and Pheu Thai is nothing but a mouthpiece for Thaksin. The royalist courts have dissolved the country's popular progressive opposition before parliament appointed an inexperienced figurehead to helm the nation in an arrangement that was surely forged in a smoke-filled room. The establishment cannot ignore the voice of Thai voters forever.
In a country hungry for change, Pheu Thai has struck a middle path between the status quo and the radically progressive agenda of groups such as Move Forward. The fact that there was consensus around a member of the Shinawatra family, which has never had a good relationship with the establishment, points to the potential and promise of prudent government and compromise, and will hopefully bring stability to Thailand.