Phak Matubhum
The Phak Matubhum ( Thai : พรรค มาตุภูมิ , RTGS : Phak Matuphum , pronunciation: [ pʰák maːtùpʰuːm ], in German literally: "Motherland Party" or, in essence , "Fatherland Party"; English: Motherland Party ) was a small party in Thailand that started in 2008 existed until 2018. It was led by Sonthi Boonyaratglin . Although it ran as a nationwide party, it was primarily a party of the Muslim minority of southern Thailand .
Wahdah Group
The party emerged from the former by Wan Mohamad Noor Matha (Wan Noor), a Muslim deputies from the province of Yala , founded Wahdah group (of Arab wahda for "unity, unity", as Wadah group referred to). This group was originally an intergroup lobby of Muslim MPs from several parties that supported various governments to achieve reforms and improvements for their home provinces in the south. Wan Noor had initially joined Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's New Aspiration Party , which later became part of Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT). Until 2005, Thaksin's government had the support of 15 Muslim parliamentarians and five Muslim senators.
However, Thaksin and the Wahdah group, which is now part of the TRT party, quarreled over Thaksin's brutal approach to combating the Muslim uprising in the southern provinces of Pattani , Narathiwat and Yala. The Wahdah faction initially lost its constituencies in southern Thailand in 2005. After Thaksin was overthrown by the Muslim (but not of Malay) army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin and the TRT and the TRT successor party Phak Palang Prachachon (PPP), most of the Muslim MPs initially joined the Matchima party (Neutral Democratic Party) and after their ban the Puea Paendin party (party for the motherland), some of the Rassadorn party (people's party) and the PPP successor party Pheu Thai party (PTP).
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After the Thaksin-affiliated coalition was again overthrown in 2008, most of the Wahdah MPs switched from Puea Paendin to Rassadorn, now renamed Matubhum . He invited both Chavalit and Sonthi to collaborate. Chavalit initially refused to work with Sonthi in September 2009 and instead joined the PTP, of which he became chairman in October 2009. Sonthi, on the other hand, was elected party leader of the Matubhum in November 2009 and hoped that more ex-military officers would join him.
The Matubhum party had only three direct seats before the 2011 elections, including former members of the Wahdah faction in other parties, but between 10 and 20 members in both chambers of the Thai parliament (e.g. Areepen Uttarasin and Natmudin Yuma for Narathiwat province , Muk Sulaiman for Pattani and Farida Sulaiman for Surin). Sonthi was confident that most of the former Wahdah group would not migrate to Chavalits PTP. With his party, Sonthi wants to contribute to neutrality (between the “ red shirts ” of the Thaksin camp and the “ yellow shirts ” loyal to the king ) and reconciliation (between Thais and Malays or Buddhists and Muslims as well as the government and rebels). He believed that he could unite the country and has offered a later coalition to his former political opponents of Chavalits PTP and the gradually disintegrating Puea Paendin.
After the elections in 2011 and the union of the Puea Paendin with the Chart Pattana Party , which has formed a coalition with the PTP, Matubhum was only able to win two seats in parliament and went into the opposition - Sonthi helped secure first place on the list Return, Anumat Zusaro won a direct mandate for Pattani. After the coup in May 2014, the Phak Matubhum, like all parties, had to cease its activities. When the military junta allowed political parties in October 2018, the Matubhum party decided to disband. The electoral commission of Thailand deleted her party from the party register in December 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Nation of June 25, 2009: Here comes Matubhum Party ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Siam Report of August 17, 2009: Man & Matubhum ( Memento of February 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Siam Report of August 16, 2009: Sonthi's back: No Coup This Time
- ↑ Bangkok Post of September 18, 2009: Chavalit won't work with coup leader
- ↑ Bangkok Post of November 19, 2009: Sonthi takes reins of small political party
- ↑ Bangkok Post of November 19, 2009: Coup leader says he can reunite country
- ↑ กก ต. สั่ง 'พรรค มาตุภูมิ' สิ้น สภาพ ความ เป็น พรรคการเมือง [Ko.Ko.To. Sang 'Phak Matuphum' Sin Saphap Khwam-Pen Phak Kan Mueang; Electoral Commission orders the end of Phak Matubhum's party status]. In: Thai Post , December 27, 2018.
