29/12/2009
Bangkok Post
Conflicts within the coalition and its member parties, intensified red shirt protests, economic hardship and the increased need to deal with corruption are all shaping up as major issues to be confronted by the government in its second year in office.
This year presented myriad challenges for the Abhisit Vejjajiva government. But rather than sit back and enjoy the rewards of its efforts, the government could well be in for an even more testing 12 months next year.
The government came to power in December 2008 with a pledge to reunite the divided Thai society and prop up the sagging economy.
But it faced intense resistance from the pro-Thaksin United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, including the storming in April of the Asean summit in Pattaya, which forced the embarrassing evacuation of regional leaders, street riots in Bangkok and attacks on vehicles carrying the prime minister.
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