Thaksinocracy

Thaksinocracy

Thaksinocracy (Thai: ระบอบทักษิณ "Rabob Thaksin") is the term created by Dr. Teerayut Bunmee from the Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University, one of the critics of Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksinocracy is the portmanteau of the terms Thaksin and Democracy.

Thaksinocracy has the following characteristics:

# Vote buying
# Cronyism and Nepotism
# A double standard and biased judiciary
# Populism
# Conflicts of interests
# Tax evasion and corruption

The term "Thaksinocracy" is used to describe Thaksin's government which, by opponents, was alleged to be full of conflicts of interests, double standards, biases and corruption.

For the people who support Thaksin Shinawatra, the term "Thaksinocracy" is an insult. They believe that the people who are using it are only "jealous" of the successes of Thaksin compared to his predecessors. For example: in the case of Abhisit Vejajiva, the leader of Democratic Party who used this term often, Thaksin supporters always tease him with the word “Rabob Abhisit” or “Abisitocracy”. They believed that Abhisit is far less talented and experienced than Thaksin. In the case of another critic, Sondhi Limthongkul, they also tease him with “Rabob Sonthi” or “Sonthiocracy”.

However, for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the meaning of Rabob Thaksin or Thaksinocracy has a much more complicated meaning and content rather than just an insult word towards Thaksin.

One of the PAD's goals when it was formed was to eliminate Thaksinocracy in Thailand.

Professor Kaewsant Adhipothi mentioned in his book “Stop Thaksinocracy” that there are five goals of Thaksinocracy:

# Amend the Constitution
# Control the insitutions
# Emphasize Nationalism and Materialism
# Allow political corruption
# End peace and justice of Thailand

References

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Further reading

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* (ธีรยุทธ บุญมี (19 กันยายน 2546). "4 ปีระบอบทักษิณ". "มติชนสุดสัปดาห์" ปีที่ 27 ฉบับที่ 1250 น. 9-11.)
* (แก้วสรร อติโพธิ (2548))

See also

* Thaksin Get Out
* Thaksinomics


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