Thai elections will be an exercise in foreign-interference, not self-determination...

- Thailand’s general elections are slated for May 2023. However, rather than an exercise in self-determination, the elections are once again going to be an exercise in foreign interference;

- The US has invested heavily in not only opposition parties but also a massive network composed of legal, media, and political organizations funded by the US government through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED);

- US government-funded iLaw has been openly involved in supporting US-backed opposition groups and is now playing a growing role in the elections themselves;

- The goal is to not only install a client regime into power to reverse close and growing Thai-Chinese relations, but also to overwrite Thailand’s sovereign institutions with US-government funded proxies;

References:

The New Atlas - US Meddling in Thai Elections: Seek to Create a Hostile Anti-China Proxy (VIDEO, March 2023):
https://youtu.be/lFsyyWJ-G70
Land Destroyer Report - The Complete Guide: US Government Role in Thailand's "Student Protests" (August 2020):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-complete-guide-us-government-role.html
iLaw - About Us (Thai/English):
https://ilaw.or.th/about
The Nation Thailand - iLaw launches petition for charter rewrite (August 2020):
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30392491
Bangkok Business - Election Commission Joins Hands with iLaw to Make Video on Reporting Election Violations (April 24, 2023):
https://today.line.me/th/v2/article/0MO2B2G?utm_source=copyshare
NYT - In Thailand, Power Comes With Help From Skype (January 2013):
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/world/asia/thaksin-shinawatra-of-thailand-wields-influence-from-afar.html
Bloomberg - Thailand Needs Hyperloop, Not China-Built High-Speed Rail, Junta Critic Says (October 2018):
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-01/junta-critic-says-thailand-needs-hyperloop-not-china-built-rail?leadSource=uverify+wall
ThaiPBS - Thanathorn vows to bring people onto streets after rally in downtown Bangkok (December 2019):
https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thanathorn-vows-to-bring-people-onto-streets-after-rally-in-downtown-bangkok/
Oslo Freedom Forum - Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit:
https://oslofreedomforum.com/speakers/thanathorn-juangroongruangkit/
The Nation Thailand - Foreign Ministry tells off diplomatic corps for ‘supporting Thanathorn’ (April 2019):
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30367614
US Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) - Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit 2019 disclosure:
https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6582-Supplemental-Statement-20190930-2.pdf

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