As all judges of the high courts and the other “independent” organizations are appointed by the monarchy and military, ‘judicial coups’ have twice banned their entire opposition from politics, eventually putting Abhisit into power without an election. Abhisit lost power once elections were held in late 2010, when Peua Thai won by yet another landslide. Power has temporarily shifted back to the elected government, where the ‘unelectables’ continue to use undemocratic means to restore their power.
And here we are today, with no end in sight for the soap opera drama that is Thai politics.