Thaksin Shinawatra is no mug..Even though the nomination of the...

Thaksin Shinawatra is no mug..Even though the nomination of the Princess was rejected by Thai Electoral
Commission (probably under threat from the military rulers) it already served it's purpose..to put-an-end to the notion that his party is anti-Royal Family..The people of Thailand (as below Al Jazeera news/article link explains) now know, there is support amongst the Royal Family for the Shinawatra Family :

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...omination-shook-thailand-190212032416071.html

Given that Thaksin has won every Thai election held since 2001 (either remote-control from exile through his sister, or hands-on in person) the above move..substantiated by Al Jazeera report link posted..the military have an uphill struggle over this next month..even though they previously stacked the odds (their way) with the revised 2016 Constiution Referendum that political-opponents were forbidden to campaign against..many were jailed..Again fully substantiated with Wikipedia link below:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Thai_constitutional_referendum