Thaksin's corruption and human rights abuse records are terrible. But even if Thaksin had never been born, corruption and human rights abuse would still be plaguing Thailand at all levels today.
To get rid of the Thaksin regime is just to clip dirty toenails _ with a rusty clipper, no less. Beware of infection. The clipper is rusty, because heading the PDRC is a group of people representing the old way, the ongoing corruption of centuries past.