However, the party lacked cohesion and as one former Therd Thai member admitted: "We from the Therd Thai camp are simply using the Chat Thai ticket to run in the upcoming election." More worrying was the Party's "satanic" label. In an attempt to erase this stigma, in instructions to its candi dates, the Party claimed that "the military leaders had exerted pressure to compel the [five] parties to nominate Suchinda." It thereby absolved itself of all blame.