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| Pheu Thai’s top party-list candidate Yingluck Shinawatra before voting at a polling station in the compound of Khlong Lamjiad School in Bung Kum district, Bangkok on July 3. |
Kamol Hengkietisak
Bangkok Post
Let the infighting begin
Even though Pheu Thai won a landslide victory on July 3, garnering 265 MPs out of the total 500 MPs in the House of Representatives, the honeymoon period may be short as there are impending problems within and outside the party waiting for Yingluck Shinawatra's coalition government, notes Post Today.
Though Pheu Thai can form a single-party government, Ms Yingluck is opting to form a coalition government with five other small parties to reach a total of 300 MPs for political stability.
However, the political situation is still very divisive as Pheu Thai has won the hearts of the poor people in the North and Northeast but has failed to convince the middle classes that the party is good for them.
Countrywide the Pheu Thai Party won 265 seats but lost 10-23 to the Democrats in Bangkok.
This is a bad omen that if Ms Yingluck administers the country and fails to solve economic problems as promised, the frugal acceptance of Bangkok's middle classes of the election result could turn hostile quickly.
