Thaksin distancing himself from reds and recent violence?
Depending on how key players responsible for the political polarisation can tone down their egocentricity for the sake of the greater good next year, when there will be a general election and celebrations for His Majesty’s auspicious 84th birthday, a fresh start could usher in for the country.
Since the end of the red-shirt rally in May, fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra has been putting out feelers to signal he is a changed man.
Thaksin is keeping a low-profile. Gone is his tough rhetoric promoting the red-shirts’ struggle. He has cut down on his “tweets”. And his central message has turned passive in a bid to distance him from violence in lieu of the aggressive remarks against his opponents.
