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Pro-Thaksin Thai party says to head next government

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Monday, 24 December 2007 01:28

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - The party backing ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Sunday it aimed to form a coalition government after falling just short of an outright majority in the first election since a 2006 coup.

"Usually, the people who get the most seats form a government," People Power Party (PPP) leader Samak Sundaravej told a news conference. "We invite all parties to join us to form a government."

Samak, whose PPP won around 230 of the 480 seats in parliament, just short of the 241 needed to govern alone, said he would "certainly be prime minister".

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written by raven1958, December 24, 2007 02:38:18

So the coup was wrong....Thaksin probably had and has now the support of the people.....but he will no come back.....he will only rule by proxy....the Thais should get their act together and focus on making money......unlike Malaysia

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written by Dogboy, December 24, 2007 10:41:52

The thing with Thailand that it is similar to what we have in Malaysia.

Thaksin gets his support at the grass root level, so called kampong folks where he has helped them develop their farms and given them better infrastructure like roads to th villages, financial support like interest free loans for approved purposes and free or cheap health care. On top of that he bribes the villages for their votes - JUST LIKE MALAYSIA

The coup was initiated by the middle and upper class people in Bangkok.

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