New Aspiration Party
The party of the New Hope ( Thai พรรค ความ หวัง ใหม่, RTGS: Phak Khwamwang May, pronunciation. [ P ʰ ák k ʰ wa ː mwǎŋ MAJ ], English New Aspiration Party, NAP, also known as " New Hope Party " translated) was a Thai Party, which between 1990 and 2001 existed.
Foundation
General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh came in 1990 from his post as General Commander of the Thai army back, and then founded the Party of the new hope.
The party of the New Hope was intensively by the influential conglomerate Charoen Pokphand agricultural and (CP ) and its CEO Dhanin Chearavanont supported. The good relations between Chavalit and CP are due to the fact that Chavalit as Army commander in the context of regional development projects Isan Khiew ( "Green Isan ", in the north- east) and New Hope had given lucrative discharges ( in the southern provinces ) of the CP group.
Chavalit's goal was to create a dominant party state modeled after the Golkar of Indonesia's President Suharto. Unlike most Thai parties had new hope from its founding to a tight organizational structure and a large party headquarters with full-time employees. She gave out a monthly magazine and glossy brochures. The NAP courted the support of village leaders and regional officials in the Northeast region. This Chavalit used his contacts and databases from the time the director of the Internal Security Operations Command of the armed forces and head of the project "Green Isan ". Among the politicians of the party were many former civil servants and military personnel. She appealed to the need for national security and was available to more traditional concepts of economic development. With his populist occurrence Chavalit said, but also parts of organized labor.
The party had a heterogeneous composition. On the one hand it was locally influential people with partial criminal connections ( so-called " godfather " or Chao Pho ) as Udomsak Thangthong ( " Sia Oh," the godfather of Prachuap Khiri Khan) and Charoen Phattanadamronchit ( " Sia Leng ," the godfather of Khon Kaen ) support. On the other hand, you were a number of left-wing intellectuals of the generation of the student movement of the 1970s ( " octobrists " ) at, including Chaturon Chaisang, who became the party general secretary in 1997.
Development
During the pro-democracy mass protests against the aided by the military government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon in May 1992, the party of the New Hope took the side of the democracy movement. From the Thai press, it was then called one of the "Angel Parties". Following the resignation Suchinda the "Angel parties " won the election in September 1992., The party of the New Hope was fourth largest with 51 seats power and joined the coalition government of Chuan Leekpai. After their breakup, the party grew slightly in the early general election in 1995 and was part of the coalition government of Banharn Silpa - archa, served as Deputy Prime Minister in Chavalit.
In the elections in 1996 the party received the most votes and formed a coalition with Chavalit as prime minister. Previously, it had managed to move intra-party groups from other parties, particularly in the heavily losing popularity chart Thai Party of outgoing Prime Minister Banharn to overflowing. The best known among them was the " Wang Nam Yen - group " of Sanoh Thienthong, which is known to regularly change sides. After the election Chalerm Yubamrung solved his " mass party " and joined the party of the new hope about where he was Vice Chairman immediately. After the onset of the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the confidence of the electorate disappeared and Chavalit had to resign. The CP group withdrew Chavalit and his party their support and Thaksin Shinawatra and his newly founded Thai Rak Thai Party turned (TRT ) to. 2001 was the party of the New Hope then formed an alliance with the TRT and Chavalit was after the successful election of Thaksin its Vice - Premier.
Shortly after the party merged with the New Hope Thai Rak Thai.