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Puea Thai Party Invite Democrat to Lead
A former member of parliament and senate speaker for the Democrat party, Manoonkrit Roopkhachorn, has been invited to lead the Puea party, made up of supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The announcement was made by Puea MP for Samut Prakarn, Pracha Prasopdee.
Mr Pracha [...]

Thaksin Promises to Fix Everything
The Democrat Party has failed to achieve results around the Thailand’s economic problems because it is not capable and must share decisions among other parties in the current coalition government, according to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s statements during his phone hookup to the seminar of red-shirt supporters late afternoon on [...]

Thaksin and his nominee governments
Thailand’s Monarchy has been around in Thailand for 700 years. It is an institution of great reverence. It is the strength of Thailand, not an obstacle to progress.
The politicians are the liabilities of our democratic system. If the politicians are clean and really work for the progress of the country, there [...]

The 13 Day History of the Red-shirt revolution
Red-shirt revolution
Timeline: How the red-shirt protest developed and ended
BangkokPost.com, AFP
March 26: Thousands of Thaksin supporters in trademark red shirts begin rallying in Bangkok, calling on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his government to resign and allow fresh elections.
They are spurred on by Thaksin Shinawatra, who starts a series [...]

Attn: Red Shirts and Yellow Shirts of Thailand
If we divide into two camps, even into violent and the nonviolent, and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of [...]

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 [...]

Thailand’s Constitutional Court Dissolves PPP party today.
The Thai court has also banned Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from politics for 5 years.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court said the PPP, the country’s ruling party has been dissolved due to voting fraud.
The Constitutional Court banned 109 members of PPP, Chart Thai and Matchimathipataya executives from entering politics for 5 years.
“The [...]

Thaksin Verdict on land case; Guilty, sentenced to 2 year jail term
Thailand’s Supreme Court handed down a guilty verdict today to former prime minister Thaksin, guilty in the Ratchada land case. Thaksin was sentenced to 2 years in jail.
Thaksin in Chiang Mai, 2005, looking at CD-ROM cover

The Thai Supreme Court stated that Thaksin violated Article [...]

Prime Minister Somchai considers resigning
Prime Minister Somchai said his dissolving the Government House or stepping down a Prime Minister could end the ongoing political turmoil in Thailand and has not ruled yet about resigning the post.
Somchai said; “I’m not stuck on being prime minister if my resigning can solve the problems. But I’m not [...]