Mr. Nicholson
Modern Asia
Topical Outline
Thesis:
Although Thaksin was a very successful leader in the beginning of his term as prime minister of Thailand, and did some good things that the people from Thailand has benefitted from, he later became a corrupt and a negative influence to Thailand politics and Thailand in general, and made the good he did earlier completely vanish.
First sections I will cover some of the good things that Thaksin did for Thailand and Thai politics. I will first cover how he got power and eventually became the prime minister of the country, mention some of positive that Thaksin did for the country.
- His way to the prime minister
- built a more self-efficient economy
- GDP growth
- "Thaksin's policies have turned him into something of a popular hero, hailed by his fans as the decisive, no-nonsense leader who has lifted Thailand from the doldrums of the Asian financial crisis, restored Thai pride, and lavished cash on the forgotten backcountry,"
Second Section is going to be on how during Thaksin’s later decisions that has been questionable and made some somewhat bad decisions, which will lead to his later overthrown and exile.
- Shares sold to Singapore people.
- Led to huge protest
- His overthrown by the military.
The third section will be on after his overthrown in 2006, after he went to the United Nation meeting. He was sent to exile in the UK, and brought back from exile but soon resent back to England because of the evidence police found corruption of him.
- Evidence of him being corrupted.
- Effect on Thai politics
The last section is going to be on post Thaksin Thailand and his effect on the country. His sister, Yingluck Shinawatra is the current Thai prime minister, and critics...
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... in exile, his effect on the Thai Politics and Thailand itself is immense in a very negative way even until today with the people protesting to either bring him back or the anti-Thaksin who wants him to remain in exile. His sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is the current prime minister of Thailand, and critics of her states that she is just a proxy for her brother. At first, Yingluck was fine, she made very few mistakes, and the government functioned just fine. However, later she started to get hated because of her attempt to erase evidence of Thaksin’s corruption so that he could come back to Thailand and some other mistakes that she made along the way. Nowadays there are constant protests going on in Thailand and there are people dying consistently. Thaksin is the reason why all of this is happening and it is Thaksin’s fault of keeping Thailand away from peace.
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