The Mass Party was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

of Thailand's

People's Alliance for Democracy The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD; ; commonly known as "Yellow Shirts") was a Thai reactionary, monarchist political movement and pressure group. It was originally a coalition of protesters against Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime M ...

(PAD). Its main goal was campaigning against

Thaksinomics Thaksinomics (a portmanteau of " Thaksin" and "economics") is a term used to refer to the economic set of policies of Thaksin Shinawatra, the 23rd prime minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. There has been considerable controversy over the ro ...

Origins

In May 2006, PAD leaders established the Mass Party. Somkiat Pongpaiboon, party co-founder, claimed that "Our objective is to campaign against Thaksinomics." The mass party arose historically in opposition to the established élite or caucus-party system of the 18th to 19th centuries, representing the antithesis of the caucus party. The party unconventionally planned not to field MP candidates for the first five years, with Somkiat claiming that "If we field MP candidates, we will be trapped in vicious circles of money politics." Other party co-founders included the former

Palang Dharma Party The Palang Dharma Party (, ; translated as "power of Dharma", or "moral force", PDP for short) was a Buddhism, Buddhist-inspired List of political parties in Thailand, political party in Thailand founded by Chamlong Srimuang in 1988, associated wi ...

leader, Chaiwat Sinsuwong, and the Campaign for Popular Democracy's, Pipob Thongchai.''The Nation'',
New parties sprouting already
", 17 May 2006 In 2009 PAD formed a new party called New Politics Party.

References

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