Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has full respect for Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh’s decision to resign his membership of the Puea Thai Party, Thaksin’s legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Tuesday. Thaksin and Gen Chavalit would likely have a discussion soon, Mr Noppadon said. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, 16 April 2011 (NNT)-Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s legal adviser Noppadol Pattama has revealed yesterday that Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, Mr. Thaksin’s younger sister, will be visiting her brother in Russia today. He denied knowing whether they will be looking for a candidate for the Prime Minister position. Meanwhile, Mr. Noppadol said following the request […]
Fugitive former PM Thaksin Shinawatra would return to Thailand only if he were exempted from serving time in jail, his cousin retired General Chaiyasit Shinawatra said yesterday. Chaiyasit added that the opposition Pheu Thai Party would seek royal amnesty for Thaksin if it won the upcoming general elections. “He will only return home if he […]
The opposition Pheu Thai Party branded them the “Demon Babies” – and the list of 73 newly chosen senators announced by the Election Commission yesterday did include many with strong links to the 2006 coup-makers’ Council for National Security and defectors from Thaksin Shinawatra’s group. But the group was not deterred. Registering at Parliament, General […]
Yingluck Shinawatra is expected to be named the Puea Thai Party’s No.1 party-list candidate, giving her an opportunity to become the country’s first female prime minister. A Puea Thai source yesterday said the party’s key figures had travelled to meet former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the party’s main supporter and de facto leader, in Dubai […]
BANGKOK, 9 April 2011 (NNT)-The Pheu Thai Party has called on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to specify the date for the House Dissolution and tackle rising product prices while the Opposition is prepared to expose product hoarders. Deputy Spokesperson of the opposition Pheu Thai Party, Jirayu Huangsap said it was important that the day to […]
Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has emerged from months of silence in his self-imposed exile to say he intends to play a key role in running from afar Thailand’s economic policies if the opposition Puea Thai Party wins the coming elections. His move comes while Puea Thai is mired in an internal conflict to seek […]
The Election Commission should open an inquiry into the involvement of fugitive Montenegrin Thaksin Shinawatra with the Pheu Thai Party, Democrat MP Boonyod Suktinthai said on Friday. “Thaksin’s involvement might have violated Article 21 of the Political Parties Act banning an alien from intefering with Thai politics,” he said. Read more: The Nation
