outcomes thailand: Five years of military rule has not diminished the Thai people's desire to pick their own government, and if the past is any prologue, the populist forces that have been represented by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his sister Yingluck and their Pheu Thai Party will prove formidable; fortunately for the ruling junta, it has rigged the game to ensure that it retains control over political outcomes, according to The Japan Times. Thailand has been ruled by a military junta since May 2014, when a group of officers led by former Army Gen. Approval of the plans by the national Election Commission and the Royal Household Bureau means that campaigning can begin for what will be a tight race. Prayut Chan-ocha overthrew then-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to restore order after six months of protests that had paralyzed the country. Thaksin was a populist who appealed to Thailand's disaffected rural population, which believes that they have been overlooked by the nation's elite centered in Bangkok as the country's economy prospered in the 1980s and 1990s. The revolt against Yingluck was the manifestation of a deep split in Thai politics that emerged since her brother, billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, was elected prime minister in 2001.
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