Thailand is the world's strangest democracy
Thailand's democracy could be the "strangest in the world", with the House of Representatives' period of inactivity looking certain to last for almost a year, Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday.
No other country had seen its Lower House stay out of action for so long, he said."Perhaps we should be proud of it," he said sarcastically. Thaksin was referring to the fact that the next general election is tentatively scheduled for mid-October, more than 10 months after the House dissolution. The April snap election was declared void by the Constitution Court. The premier was speaking during an SML business seminar at the Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel in Chon Buri in the morning. He called on all the parties involved to heed the advice of His Majesty the King to stick to their duties for the sake of national unity. At Government House later in the day, Thaksin met senior figures of the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party, including Sudarat Keyuraphan, Pongthep Thepkanchana, Phumtham Wechayachai and Suranand Vejjajiva. Piyanart Srivalo The Nation Chon Buri
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