Thousands of red shirts will celebrate Songkran with former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Laos and Cambodia, Pheu Thai MP Jatuporn Promphan said yesterday. “Thaksin is not coming back to Thailand at this time but will stay close in order to allay the feelings of those who miss him,” he said. Read more: The Nation
Fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra visited Cambodia on Thursday to meet Prime Minister Hun Sen on a personal matter and left the country the next day, a Cambodian news agency said on Friday. Thaksin visited the kingdom to ask about the health of Hun Sen’s 90-year-old father who is sick. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, 12 March 2012 (NNT) – Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra has said her plan to amend the Constitution is not for the benefit of someone in particular, adding that she would welcome opinions from all sides. The Prime Minister said, following the protest by the group of the yellow shirt or People Alliance’s […]
An anti-Thaksin Shinawatra alliance has kicked off a campaign against rewriting the charter, vowing to step up their protests if an amendment is touted that would allow his return. Around 1,000 supporters of the Siam Samakkhi group, led by appointed senator Somjet Boonthanom, packed out Lumpini Hall in Lumpini Park yesterday to protest against the […]
The prime minister’s secretary general Bantoon Supakvanit has submitted his resignation following dissatisfaction from PM Yingluck Shinawatra, a source from the ruling Pheu Thai Party said yesterday. The premier’s brother Thaksin Shinawatra and his ex-wife Khunying Pojaman were also said to be dissatisfied with Bantoon’s performance, the source said. Read more: The Nation
Thailand’s fugitive former Prime Minister said the government’s work will become more obvious from March onwards. The fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra last night spoke from abroad via a video link, in which he addressed the red-shirt supporters who were gathered at Bonanza Khao Yai resort in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, saying that various projects would […]
Red-shirt supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra began to gather at Bonanza Square in Khao Yai National Park yesterday, in the heat of the day, for a “Stop the Coup, Change the Charter” concert – their first rally in months. The red shirts occupied space in front of the stage and set up tents for […]
The government of Thailand will not push for an amnesty but will instead enact a national reconciliation law which will cover fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung said on Tuesday. The reconciliation law will be issued as an act and six articles have already been drafted, he said. Read more: […]
