Recently, core members of the Pheu Thai have regularly appeared as defendants in a number of lawsuits. Among them is Jatuporn Prompan, former Pheu Thai MP and president of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship. These and other pending political cases will nurture people's distaste for the political class, even though the cases relate to a small number of politicians. Despite heaping blame on politicians, the military rarely allows them, especially those from the Pheu Thai camp, a chance to publicly defend themselves. The Senate will also be allowed to nominate a non-MP as prime minister if MPs fail to pick a candidate from political parties' lists.

Source: Bangkok Post July 27, 2017 21:33 UTC