Pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zapitazo, Federica Mogherini yemwe anali mkulu wa malamulo akunja a EU anali kuyamikiridwa chifukwa chotsogolera dziko lonse kulimbana ndi olamulira omwe adalanda mphamvu kuchoka ku boma losankhidwa ku Thailand miyezi inayi yapitayi. Pambali pa zotamandidwazo panali chenjezo lochititsa mantha: Gulu lankhondo likadzagwira mphamvu, silidzawasiya mosavuta. Mwachindunji, adalangizidwa kuti asitikali alembenso malamulo oyendetsera dzikolo kuti mphamvu zawo zikhazikike mudongosolo mpaka kalekale.
Monga momwe zimayembekezeredwa, malamulo atsopanowa adalengezedwa mu 2017, ndikulimbitsa mphamvu zankhondo. Zisankho zochedwa kwambiri zidachitika mu 2019, pomwe mtsogoleri wa junta adasiya yunifolomu yake kuti avale suti ndikumangirira kuti asinthe kukhala Prime Minister watsopano wa Thailand. Tsoka ilo, m'zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zomwe zachitika, EU ndi mayiko ambiri akumadzulo adasiya zilango ndikusiya mfundo, kubwereranso ku mgwirizano wonse ndi boma lopanda demokalase la Thailand, ndikusankha kutenga nawo gawo pachiwonetsero m'malo moyimira demokalase.
M’mwezi wa May chaka chino, chisankho chachiŵiri chinachitika malinga ndi lamulo latsopano ladziko. Panthawiyi, patapita zaka zisanu ndi zinayi Kupanduka zomwe zidapangitsa asitikali kukhala olamulira, kupambana kwakukulu kwa zipani zolimbikitsa demokalase Move Forward ndi Pheu Thai komanso kusiya zipani zankhondo zovala zoyera. Komabe, ngati Nikkei Asia akutero, patadutsa milungu itatu zisankho zitachitika, Prime Minister yemwe adasankhidwa ndi bungwe la pro-democracy akadali pakamwa pomwe mphamvu zomwe zikufuna dala zimulole kuti atenge udindo wake.
Mosiyana ndi izi, koyambirira kwa chaka chino EU idatengera zina miyeso yoletsa motsutsana ndi atsogoleri a junta omwe adalanda mphamvu ku dziko loyandikana nalo la Thailand kumadzulo, Myanmar, mu February 2021. Munthu angathe kuyembekezera kuti EU sidzagwedezeka ku Myanmar monga momwe idachitira ku Thailand ndikukhalabe otsimikiza kuti athandize anthu a ku Burma. mu chikhumbo chawo cha kusintha kwademokalase yokwanira.
Maso onse tsopano atembenuzire dziko lina kumadzulo, ndi zisankho zazikulu zomwe zidzachitike ku Bangladesh mu Januwale 2024. Kutsatira chisankho chachikulu chotsutsidwa komanso chotsutsana mu 2018, chipani chachikulu chotsutsa ku Bangladesh, Bangladesh National Party (BNP) ndi chipani cha Islamist Jamaat-e. -Islami onse amafuna kuti zisankho zikubwerazi zichitike motsogozedwa ndi boma lokhalitsa, poopseza kuti anyanyala. Prime Minister wakale waku Bangladeshi wazaka 15 Sheikh Hasina adalumbira kuti sadzaperekanso mphamvu ku bungwe lomwe silinasankhidwe ndipo wakana izi.
Boma lomaliza lidalandidwa ndi asitikali, ndikuwonjezera nthawi yake yamasiku 90 ndikuyimitsa zisankho pazaka ziwiri kuyambira 2006-2008. Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, posintha mbali zonse, zinali zotsutsa za Awami League (chipani cholamula lero) kunyanyala zisankho za 2006 zomwe zinayambitsa kulengeza kwa State of Emergency ndi kulowererapo kwa asilikali. Atsogoleri a ndale a zipani zonse m'magulu onse a ndale anamangidwa ndikuyimbidwa milandu yonyenga ndi boma loyang'anira - zomwe zimachitika kawirikawiri ndi akuluakulu a boma omwe cholinga chake chinali kuchotsa atsogoleri otchuka kuti asadzachite nawo zisankho zamtsogolo. M'malo mwake, onse atsogoleli apano a BNP, Khaleda Zia ndi mwana wake wamwamuna Tarique Rahman, ndiwosayenera kupikisana nawo pazisankho zomwe zikubwera chifukwa chazigawenga zomwe zidayamba m'boma la 2006-2008. Sheikh Hasina nayenso adamangidwa panthawiyi - zomwe zingapangitse kuti akane zomwe otsutsa akufuna.
Boma losakhalitsa linali dongosolo lapadera lomwe kulibe kwina kulikonse padziko lapansi, ndipo mu 2011 Khothi Lalikulu ku Bangladesh lidagamula kuti machitidwe oyendetsera kanthawi kochepa anali osagwirizana ndi malamulo. Boma la Awami League lati mu zisankho zam'mbuyomu, pakufunika boma lokhalitsa chifukwa Election Commission (EC) inalibe maziko ovomerezeka ku Bangladesh. Koma mu Januware 2022, dzikolo lidapereka lamulo latsopano lolengeza kukhazikitsidwa kwa EC.
Poyankha kukakamizidwa ndi Secretary of State wa US Anthony Blinken mu June 2023, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina adadzipereka kuti achite zisankho zaulere komanso zachilungamo ndipo alandila owonera padziko lonse lapansi kuti aziwunika zisankho. Zisankho zaposachedwa mu mzinda wa Gazipur mu June 2023 zidachitika mwamtendere komanso popanda vuto lililonse, ngakhale munthu woyimirira pawokha adagonjetsa woyimira chipani cholamula ndi malire ochepa. BNP sinapikisane nawo zisankho izi - zomwe zingayambitse zomwe zikubwera. Popeza kuti mbali zonse ziwiri zili pampanipani komanso akunyanyala zisankho ndi otsutsa, nthawi yoti asitikali achitepo kanthu m'chigawochi ndi pomwe akulowererapo. Asilikali akuwoneka kuti akukankhira pang'ono ndi chiyembekezo. Ngati aletsedwe, mayiko a mayiko ayenera kufotokozera akuluakulu a boma kuti zotsatira zake zidzakhala zachangu, zowawa komanso zaumwini.
