The Shinawatra dynasty is back in power in Thailand — or that, at least, is how it appears after Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, took over as prime minister this week. But while his daughter’s accession means that Thaksin — who was deposed by a military coup in 2006 and lived in exile until last year — has his hand on the tiller once again, the real lesson of this sorry saga is the ungovernability of Thailand under its current constitutional settlement, which is preventing urgently needed action to boost the economy.
泰國的欽那瓦(Shinawatra)家族重新掌權了——至少看起來是這樣，因為前領導人他信?欽那瓦(Thaksin Shinawatra)最小的女兒佩通坦?欽那瓦(Paetongtarn Shinawatra)本周接任了總理一職。雖然女兒的繼位意味著他信（在2006年的軍事政變中倒臺，在外流亡直至去年才回國）再次掌舵，然而，這一連串不幸事件的真正教訓是泰國在現行憲法安排下的無法治理性，這阻礙了泰國迫切需要的經濟提振行動。