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Abhisit elected Thailand’s 27th Prime Minister
Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva was voted in as Thailand’s 27th prime minister by a majority of 235-198 votes in Monday’s special session of the House.
Abhisit’s ‘Mark’ Vejjajiva was born August 3rd, 1964 in Newcastle, England. Abhisit has 2 sisters, Abhisit is the youngest of 3 children. His parents were [...]

Thailand’s Democrats take control of House
The Thai Democrat Party and defectors from the government coalition have majority control of the House and will form a government with Abhisit Vejjajiva as prime minister.
On Saturday the Democrat Party revealed the new coalition Thai government with reps of smaller parties and defectors from the disbanded People Power [...]

New POLL in Thailand says that new Prime Minister must be Loyal to King
Thailand’s ABAC Polling asked teenager students about the future PM’s reverence towards the His Majesty The King of Thailand. The poll revealed that almost 100% of students said the next prime minister must be truly loyal to the King.
1,925 Thai students were [...]

Abhisit Vejjajiva’s of Democrat party most likely to be next Prime Minister of Thailand with new national unity government
Thailand’s Army chief General Anupong Paojinda is backing the proposal of a national unity government brought forth by Abhisit Vejjajiva’s Democrat party and said the emergency decree should be dissolved, he said the national unity government is [...]

New Democrat Party forming Coalition Government in Thailand ???
“In other countries, when governments are found to lack ethics, they cannot continue to run their countries,” said Thai Deputy Secretary-General of the Democrat Party Thavorn. Thavorn also said that other coalition partners should consider forming a new government, presumably with the Thai Democrats as a core [...]

Prime Minister Samak on Sunday said he will resign on ‘no-confidence’ vote
Prime Minister Samak on Sunday said he would resign as Thailand’s PM if a no-confidence vote went against him in parliament. Prime Minister Samak also stated he would use same protest methods used by PAD in Bangkok if he was to resign and Democrats [...]

Samak to resign? Dissolving the House? Thai News from Thailand
Army, PAD and Police want Samak to resign
The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) with 20,000 plus PAD protesters surrounded the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, PM Samak is under extreme pressure to resign as Prime Minister. The protesters started gathering at about 10am on Friday. The [...]

Coup Rumors Swirl in Bangkok
Thirayuth Boonmi, a prominent Thai social critic stated yesterday the dash by the People Power party (PPP) to amend the constitution will trigger a political emergency which could lead to another armed military takeover of the government. The remarks by the ex-student leader of the Oct 14, 1973 rebellion were rejected [...]

Thaksin | Thai Political Corruption | How Thai elections are really rigged
By FRANK G. ANDERSON
NAKHONRATCHASIMA, Thailand, With the government of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej in the driver’s seat — albeit on a very bumpy road to date — questions are being raised frequently about the legitimacy of the ruling People Power Party, which won [...]