Why Thai election shouldn’t derail investment climate

Thailand is set to go to the polls on Sunday, July 3, and the result could have a bearing on the country's investment climate. Since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932 there have been 18 actual or attempted coups, and only one government has lasted its full four-year term. The last election was on Dec 23, 2007, and the Peoples Power Party (formerly ‘Thai Rak Thai’) won the most seats, but failed to win a majority. It went on to form a government under prime minister Samak th…