So on May 2nd, Abhisit Vejjajiva, the leader of the establishment political party, the Democrats, made an offer. He wants for a general election that is scheduled for July 20th to be scrapped; for Ms Yingluck and her cabinet to step down; and for the senate to appoint an unelected prime minister and a “neutral” government who would oversee reforms to be drawn up by the foes of the Shinawatra clan. Some of those planners include people who have been trying to topple the government in six months of street protests. The whole affair could take two years. Economic advisers were not consulted, apparently—they would have pointed out that Thailand’s grinding war of ideologies has already tipped the economy into recession. Mr Abhisit said that if his plan were successful he would not run in the next poll (leaving it to his critics to point out that he is anyway already barred from standing in it). - See more at: http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2014/05/future-thailands-elite#sthash.SPjKAe0k.dpuf