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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

Thai party of Thaksin Shinawatra strikes deal with ex-military rivals

Parties linked to Pheu Thai founder Thaksin  Shinawatra had been locked in a power struggle with military royalists for more than two decades.
Parties linked to Pheu Thai founder Thaksin Shinawatra had been locked in a power struggle with military royalists for more than two decades. Photograph: Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images

The party associated with Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has struck a deal with its former military rivals, a move that could coincide with his return after more than 15 years in exile.

The deal announced on Monday has angered many Pheu Thai supporters, as well as those of the reformist Move Forward party that won the most votes and seats in the May general election but whose leader was blocked from taking office.

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