Thaksin Shinawatra’s party seals ‘Faustian’ pact with Thai military

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Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra with his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra after landing at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport this week. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty In Thailand’s May general election, Bangkok office worker Anat Wongmadthong was excited to vote for Move Forward, a progressive party promising a radical break from almost a decade of military rule. But while Move Forward stormed to an unexpected election victory, its erstwhile ally, the Pheu Thai party, founded by billionaire and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, this week sealed a deal with the generals that would keep military influence at the heart of Thai...