Thailand, the shining light of "democracy" in Asia is in chaos although the incumbent Prime Minister is unlikely to admit it of course. Whilst the opposition is attempting to bring about change for the better, as they see it, I am not convinced that their methods do any good for the reputation of Thailand.. and that is a huge step backwards in my opinion.

Malaysia, a close neighbor, is also undergoing big changes in the local political scene. Clearly the new Prime Minister Najib Razak cannot be pleased at the results of the three recent by elections in which both the northern states of Kedah and Perak were won by the opposition led by Anwar Ibrahim. As a prominent leader of the opposition Democratic Action Party, Lim Kit Siang said the polls revealed a "deepening of the national and international crisis of credibility, integrity and legitimacy faced by Najib".

Indonesia .. well the results of the Legislative elections last week speak for themselves. SBY’s Democrat Party scored 20% of the votes but the real disappointment was that more than 30% of Indonesia’s registered voters decided that a long weekend holiday was more important than going to the polls. Details of the official vote count are noted on this web site. As usual there are winners and losers but now the race is on for the Presidential elections to be held in July this year.

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