Thailand's Pita defeated in parliament in bid for PM
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Waiting for Thai users to give the context here
Thailand is a military dictatorship and they strong armed the progressive who opposed them. Not complicated.
So basically the military gets to decide who is PM
The 5 wealthiest families are pulling the strings of the army.
Hmmm... that sounds familiar