A cloud of dread hangs over the elections on February 2 to chose a new parliament for Thailand. The old one was dissolved earlier in December by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, a move that was calculated to defuse violent demonstrations demanding her ouster.

The prime minister grossly underestimated the protesters’ rage. They have long harbored suspicions that she is the puppet of her brother, Thaksin, the prime minister until he was overthrown by the military seven years ago.

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