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BJT govt, PM Anutin losing momentum
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The Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) is facing a crisis of public confidence. Controversies such as alleged Senate election rigging, in which party members are among those on the suspect list, and cheating in local government recruitment examinations have brought the positive momentum of the Anutin II administration to an abrupt halt.
Key facts
- The Bhumjaithai Party (BJT) is facing a crisis of public confidence
- The stream of negative news is exhausting public trust and corroding the image of BJT, which came first in the February election and secured a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives
- In the end, 5,924 candidates were disqualified.
- Meanwhile, Interior Ministry measures, including the disqualification of 5,924 candidates and the drawing up of a fresh roster, have been criticised as a band-aid solution that addresses the symptoms rather than the disease.
Summary
The stream of negative news is exhausting public trust and corroding the image of BJT, which came first in the February election and secured a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives. People are growing tired of corruption scandals. Many observers joke that four months of Bhumjaithai rule have felt like four years.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's haste in declaring the exam-rigging investigation "closed" has not helped turn the situation around. From a tactical standpoint, the government appears to have calculated that cutting the investigation short was the safer bet, preferable to allowing the probe to run far enough to lead to the arrest of low- and middle-ranking officials as well as a senior figure who was a former director of the Department of Local Administration (DLA).