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Thailand’s recently removed prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resigned Wednesday as leader of the party founded by her father, ex-premier Thaksin, signalling the potential end of the family’s decades-long political dynasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paetongtarn, 39, served less than a year as prime minister before being sacked by a court in August over an ethics breach related to her handling of a border dispute with Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Shinawatra clan has for two decades been the key foe of Thailand’s pro-military, pro-royalty elite who view their populist brand of politics as a threat to the traditional social order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the Shinawatra dynasty has faced a series of legal and political setbacks, including the jailing of 76-year-old Thaksin this year for corruption during his time in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pheu Thai party announced Paetongtarn’s resignation in a statement on Wednesday, quoting her as saying the move would allow the party to “undergo a complete overhaul”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My resignation will allow the party to upgrade so eventually we can win the election,” she said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paetongtarn added that she would remain a party member and “continue to work hard for our Thailand”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thaksin, who founded the first iteration of Pheu Thai in the late 1990s, was ousted in a 2006 coup and then went into exile for more than a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paetongtarn was the third Shinawatra to become prime minister, following her father and aunt Yingluck Shinawatra. She is also the last family member still active in politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Analysts say her departure as party leader could mark the end of the family’s dominance in Thai politics, though some believe the Shinawatras still hold sway over Pheu Thai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It doesn’t matter who leads Pheu Thai, it will always be run by the family in the backroom,” Yuttaporn Issarachai, a politics expert at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that her resignation was mainly to safeguard against legal challenges to the party, after she was removed from office by the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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