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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s party is on course to win Bangkok’s governor election for the first time, dealing a blow to opponents aligned with royalist groups who have held the capital since 2004.
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Thai anti-government protest groups will consider holding a rally at Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s offices, a tactic used during a 2008 campaign that led to the seizure of Bangkok’s airports.
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Thai anti-government forces called off a rally yesterday aimed at toppling Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra because of a poor turnout after clashes left two police officers in critical condition.
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Thailand’s July 3 election may represent the final chance to rid the country of the “venom” of fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said.
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As Thailand nears a showdown over the fate of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the exiled tycoon’s sister is banking on the army’s neutrality to avoid a repeat of 2008 protests that led to the ouster of a government.
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The sister of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra was set for victory in Thailand’s elections, five years since he was deposed in a coup, after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva conceded defeat.
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Yingluck Shinawatra, set to become Thailand’s first female prime minister, announced the formation of a five-party coalition to broaden the mandate she won in elections and head off concerns that violence might erupt over the fate of her exiled brother, ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
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A Thai group began a public campaign to change a law protecting King Bhumibol Adulyadej from criticism amid a rising number of cases, resisting pressure from the military and royalist groups to avoid discussing the topic.
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Thai protesters plan to extend the siege in Bangkok’s commercial center until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announces a date for dissolving parliament after he proposed a Nov. 14 election.
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The death toll in Thailand’s worst floods in five decades rose to 244 and threatened to disrupt operations of automobile and electronics makers that use the Southeast Asian country as a production base.
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