Another Take: Will Thailand’s election winners have a chance to lead?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on June 2, 2023. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
On May 15, 2023, there was a clear winner in Thailand’s election – the Move Forward party came through with three times the vote of the leading government party. The people of Thailand, led by the youth, came out in a move against the ruling elite. But to claim power, Move Forward must also win a vote in Thailand’s senate, appointed by the military. Now that Thailand has voted for change, will the country have the opportunity to see it through?
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- Tony Cheng (@TLCBkk), Al Jazeera Bangkok Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Amy Walters. The original production team was Amy Walters and Chloe K. Li, with Khaled Soltan and our host, Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Tim St. Clair mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, it's Amy Walters, senior producer at The Take, back with another take, where we revisit an episode from the past that's back in the news. |
| 0:23.9 | This week, it's Thailand, looking at Move Forward, the country's main opposition party and the winner of last year's election. |
| 0:31.0 | The party is polling higher than ever, but it's also facing a case in constitutional court that could force it to dissolve. |
| 0:40.6 | At the same time, Thailand's sitting prime minister could be dismissed. |
| 0:45.3 | A verdict in both cases is expected by September. |
| 0:49.5 | Just over a year ago, we heard from Al Jazeera's Thailand correspondent, Tony Chang, about |
| 0:55.7 | move forward and how they won the election but failed to gain power. This episode originally |
| 1:02.4 | aired on June 2, 2023. None of the dates or other references have been changed. |
| 1:20.6 | So many things about Thailand are lovely. |
| 1:22.2 | The people are friendly. |
| 1:23.9 | The beaches are stunning. |
| 1:26.5 | The food is among the best in the world. |
| 1:33.2 | But away from the tourism, according to Al Jazeera's correspondent Tony Chang, bureaucracy in Bangkok leaves a lot to be desired. |
| 1:36.5 | Whenever you have to go and file papers with any official body, you have to have paper |
| 1:41.8 | copies in triplicum. |
| 1:43.6 | The office is literally piled up like a sort of |
| 1:46.0 | caricature Hollywood film set with stacks of paper that rise up to the ceiling. And it's that |
| 1:52.5 | bureaucracy and the corruption that often comes with it that Thailand's move forward party wanted to |
| 1:58.2 | change. You know, when you get these permits, there's often a faster way to do it, and that's with a bit of money paid under the table. |
| 2:04.6 | And last month in national elections, move forward one big. |
| 2:10.6 | Thailand's opposition has won the general elections by a landslide. |
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