Thailand’s Elected Junta: The Pluralistic Poverty of Phalang Pracharat

Prime Minister and Defense Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha waving to military leaders at the Royal Thai Police Headquarters, Bangkok.

Thailand’s Phalang Pracharat Party is a “junta party” established as a proxy for the 2014-2019 junta and the military, and specifically designed to sustain the power of the generals Prawit Wongsuwan, Prayut Chan-ocha and Anupong Paochinda. (Photo by Royal Thai Government)