Thaksin triumphant: the implications of one-party dominance in Thailand
- 2006
The 2005 elections were a watershed in Thailand's democracy. The impact of the election in three areas such as democracy, human rights and the deep south, violence and discontent in the deep south have continued to dominate international headlines since the raid of an army depot in Narathiwat in January 2004. The policies in the deep south have been boorish and misguided exacerbating old animosities jeopardizing relations with Malaysia and the wider Islamic world. The Thai Rak Thai (TRT) achieved a landslide victory.