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Fri, 05/13/2011 - 13:16
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Ruling Democrat Party welcomes Thailand's first female PM candidate
BANGKOK, May 13 (TNA) - Thailand's ruling Democrat Party announced Friday that it is welcoming Yingluck Shinawatra, younger sister of exiled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, to politics and the national polls as the country's first female prime minister candidate. She is running for the Thaksin-backed Puea Thai Party.
Democrat Party Spokesman Dr. Buranat Samutarak congratulated Ms. Yingluck, on behalf of all Thai Democrats, on her successful election as the top Puea Thai party-list candidate although she has not yet been the party's leader.
However, the Democrat spokesman called for the Puea Thai Party to stop organising or supporting mass red-shirt rallies and to review its policy to bring back home Thaksin without the obligation of a judicial case in order to avoid triggering any repeated political unrest and strife in the country.
The spokesman's comments came in response to recent confirmation from the red-shirts that they will stage a mass political gathering on May 19 to mark the first anniversary of the Democrat Party-led government's bloody crackdowns on red-shirt protesters last year.
Meanwhile, Democrat Party Deputy Spokesman Dr. Warong Dejkitwikrom said that Thailand's forthcoming general election appears to be a premiership-style competition between the now caretaker prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Ms. Yingluck. (TNA)
Democrat Party Spokesman Dr. Buranat Samutarak congratulated Ms. Yingluck, on behalf of all Thai Democrats, on her successful election as the top Puea Thai party-list candidate although she has not yet been the party's leader.
However, the Democrat spokesman called for the Puea Thai Party to stop organising or supporting mass red-shirt rallies and to review its policy to bring back home Thaksin without the obligation of a judicial case in order to avoid triggering any repeated political unrest and strife in the country.
The spokesman's comments came in response to recent confirmation from the red-shirts that they will stage a mass political gathering on May 19 to mark the first anniversary of the Democrat Party-led government's bloody crackdowns on red-shirt protesters last year.
Meanwhile, Democrat Party Deputy Spokesman Dr. Warong Dejkitwikrom said that Thailand's forthcoming general election appears to be a premiership-style competition between the now caretaker prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Ms. Yingluck. (TNA)
