ТАИЛАНД: ВЫБОРЫ СОСТОЯЛИСЬ КРИЗИС ПРОДОЛЖАЕТСЯ. ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВО СУРАЮТА ЧУЛАНОНА ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВО САМАКА СУНТХАРАВЕТА 2007 НАЧАЛО 2008 ГГ

Open Access

Abstract

Dr. Elena Fomicheva in her paper makes an attempt to survey and analyze the Thai political scene, covering such events as drafting the new Constitution, the country's first referendum on the draft charter, the December 2008 general parliamentary elections and forming of a new coalition government under Samak Sundaravej, the leader of the People Power Party. The author considers a number of issues facing the Thai society, including the state of democracy in the country, the political role of the military, the fate of the monarchy, wider public political participation, etc. The author comes to the general conclusion that longstanding political crisis in Thailand is still far from being finished and in fact it could get more intense.