Democrat Party Dismisses Failed Coalition as Unworthy of Memory
A Democrat Party deputy leader dismissed the party's failed one-year-old coalition agreement with Bhumjaithai as unworthy of remembrance, calling it an expensive lesson in political trust.
On September 4, 2025, at the New Future Building, Sirikanya Tansakul, Democrat party list MP and deputy party leader, commented on the one-year anniversary of the memorandum of agreement between the Democrat Party and Bhumjaithai Party from September 3. When asked what lessons had been learned, Sirikanya said immediately: "To be honest, I haven't even realized it's been a year because it's an event we don't consider worthy of remembering. We won't mark it or celebrate it when the anniversary arrives." She continued by saying that she views it as an expensive lesson for the Democrat Party in building trust between political parties and determining how much they can rely on one another. She explained that such agreements cannot be made into legally binding written contracts because all MOUs and MOAs are matters of good faith, requiring both sides to use their credibility to make the agreement work. "We can now see that the other side has destroyed its own credibility, forcing us to learn this expensive lesson about how to prevent this from happening again in the future," she said. When asked if she no longer trusts anyone, Sirikanya replied that trust must be extended with caution and reserves in case unexpected events occur in the future. She added that the party must help supporters understand these risks and involve party members and voters in major decisions as much as possible.