Thai Nation Party

The Chart Thai Party ( Thai พรรค ชาติ ไทย, Phak Chat Thai, translated "Thai National Party") was a conservative political party in Thailand. It was founded in 1974. From a right-wing and military-related party developed into a relatively non-ideological representative of rich businessmen from the provinces. Between 1975 and 1988, she was repeatedly involved as a junior partner in the government. From 1988 to 1991 she led under Chatichai Choonhavan from 1995 to 1996 Banharn Silpa - archa the government. From 1997 to 2005 and from 2007 to 2008, she was back as a small coalition partner in the government. In 2008, the Constitutional Court of Thailand banned the Chart Thai Party because of irregularities in the previous elections.

History

The Chart Thai Party sprang from a family network, which settled transactions for the military and was founded by the strong man of the fifties, Field Marshal Phin Choonhavan ( " Soi - Rajakru clan "). The party was founded in 1974 by Field Marshal Phin son Chatichai Choonhavan and his in-laws Pramarn Adireksarn and Siri Siriyothin. Pramarn was her first party leader. The party took in the 1970s, the right and aggressively anti- Communist wing of Thai politics. In the extremely ideologically heated election campaign in 1976 she performed with the slogan " law kills left" on. However, you entideologisierte during the 1980s. She was a " ruling party" that was committed under all circumstances, to belong to the government and was consequently 1975-1988 part of a series of coalition governments. During this time, she was the second strongest force in all statewide elections. Only from 1983 to 1986 she was leading opposition force. According to its Secretary General Banharn Silpa - archa was opposition to a politician, " as if you were starving to death. "

In 1988, the Chart Thai party won the most votes in the elections, therefore, she was elected prime minister since 1986 acting party leader Chatichai Choonhavan. Chatichais government became known as " buffet cabinet", because its members openly fought for the distribution of government funds. The Chart Thai Party advocated a strengthening of Parliament, where many had become rich and increasingly politically ambitious businessmen were represented from the province, against the traditionally powerful but not legitimized by elections administration. It was overthrown in 1991 by a military coup. The rebels accused the prime minister and other cabinet members, " unusual wealth" to have amassed.

After the election in March 1992 Chart Thai was a coalition with the Party of the coup of 1991 under General Suchinda Kraprayoon. During the street protests and bloody clashes in May 1992, it was therefore counted by the Thai press to the " Devil's parties." A wing of the party refused to accept the alliance and founded the Party for National Development ( Phak Chart Pattana ). Also, the former party leader Chatichai came over to this party. Following the resignation Suchinda the Chart Thai Party won in the elections in September three seats less than in the election in March. It was not included in the government coalition, which was formed from the previously oppositional "Angel Parties". By May 1994, the Air Force General Sombun Rahong was temporary party leader. His successor was the billionaire contractors and "godfather of Suphanburi " Banharn Silpa - archa, who led the party to victory in the elections in July 1995 and was able to win 92 seats in the 391 -seat parliament extended. Banharns government collapsed after a little over a year due to persistent dispute between the coalition partners and protests against their apparent economic incompetence. After the elections in 1996 the Chart Thai Party fell to 39 seats and went into opposition.

2001, the party won 41 of 500 seats and entered a coalition with the largest party, the Thai Rak Thai under Thaksin Shinawatra, at. In 2005, she lost more votes, because of or in spite of the support of the red-light king of Bangkok Chuwit Kamolvisit. Only 27 seats they could win. The Chart Thai Party subsequently went into opposition against Thaksin and his Thai Rak Thai party and boycotted the 2006 elections in the hope that Thai Rak Thai no legal government would be able to form.

After the coup of 2006 and the election of 2007, the Chart Thai Party was a coalition with the Party of People's Power, which was a replacement organization for the now banned Thai Rak Thai Party of Thaksin Shinawatra, a. In December 2008, the Thai Constitutional Court dissolved all parties in the ruling coalition, including Chart Thai, on of electoral fraud. Your leading members were occupied with a five-year ban policy. The politicians of the party who had previously held no office and therefore not affected by the judgment, then founded the Chartthaipattana party. It was led by Banharns younger brother Chumpol Silpa - archa.

Swell

  • Michael Leifer: Dictionary of the modern politics of South - East Asia. London: Routledge: 1996, ISBN 0-415-13821-3. Tag: " Chart Thai Party".
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