Marianne Björklund: Dissolved the party threatened the thai military's power

The formal reason is that the party had nominated the princess Ubolratana to become the prime minister. It was hostile to monarchy, says the constitutional court.

– another probable explanation, as many thais suspect, is that the military, which has ruled the country since 2014, want to do away with an opponent that threatens their continued power.

" the Military set up with a private party in the elections with the junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha as premiärministerkandidat.

– Thai Raksa was one of the parties supported by Thaksin Shinawatra and seen as a huvudspelare and a threat to the military. While living the ex-prime minister Shinawatra now in exile. But he is still popular and plays a big role behind the scenes in thai politics. Parties supported by him have won every election in Thailand since the beginning of 2000-century.

– the Decision will probably annoy the thais who looked forward to finally getting to choose who shall govern the country. Now they have a lot less to vote on. A possible effect can be that more people now close up behind those parties that are critical of the military. Among other things, support for Pheu Thai, which is also supported by Thaksin Shinawatra, the increase after Thursday's decision.

– at the same time bursting Shinawatras strategy to seize power by setting up with several small parties. Since the military took over, the constitution has been altered in a way that favors the smaller parties. The plan was to get around it with multiple parties that stand for similar things.

" the Choice is between parties that are for or against the military. But whatever the outcome, will the military's influence over Thailand to be continued. The new constitution gives the military the right to select candidates for the house of lords, which consists of 250 seats. It makes enough for Prayut Cha-o-chas party to win the 126 out of a total 500 seats in the elections to the house of commons in order to get an overall majority. A further batch that is on the rise, Framtidspartiet, is also under investigation. Would you decide to dissolve it also teaches the anger to be large and protests may occur.