Samak forms a government

Yesterday the Supreme Court threw out all the cases against the PPP and the Election Commission which could have blocked the PPP’s attempts to form a government.  Oddly the Supreme Court rejected three of the cases on the grounds that it did not have the power to do so.  Without the detail it is difficult to tell why this might be so.

The People Power Party leader Samak Sundaravej has today held a press conference to officially announce a six-party coalition government.  The government will include the Chart Thai, Puea Pandin, Pracharaj, Ruam Jai Thai Chart Pattana and Matchimathipataya parties and will have 315 out of the 480 members of parliament.