In 2008, after the self-exiled Thaksin’s proxy force, the People’s Power Party, took power following an election victory, the Thai government signed a joint communiqué agreeing to Cambodia’s listing of Preah Vihear Temple as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The communiqué became a lightning rod for Thaksin’s opponents at home, spearheaded by the People’s Alliance for Democracy.
到了2008年，在他信流亡国外后的代理人人民力量党在选举胜利上台后，泰国政府签署了一份联合公报，同意柬埔寨将柏威夏寺申报为联合国教科文组织世界遗产。但这份公报也旋即成为了他信反对者手中的致命武器，而其中的领导势力则是泰国人民民主联盟（简称民盟）。