BANGKOK, Aug 22 ― Thailand's Pheu Thai Party will seek to form a new government with some of its biggest rivals in a parliamentary vote today, coinciding with the promise...
BANGKOK, Aug 22 ― Thailand's Pheu Thai Party will seek to form a new government with some of its biggest rivals in a parliamentary vote today, coinciding with the promise of a historic return from 17 years of exile by its fugitive figurehead Thaksin Shinawatra.
The lower house and military-appointed Senate must decide today whether to endorse the prime ministerial nomination of Srettha Thavisin, a real estate tycoon who was thrust into politics just a few months ago. He fled abroad in 2008 to avoid a jail sentence for abuse of power, two years after the military toppled him alleging corruption and disloyalty to the monarchy.
Thaksin maintains all charges and allegations against him were trumped up to keep him from power and has over the years repeatedly promised to make his return.
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