By Jonathan Head BBC News, Bangkok
Abhisit Vejjajiva has a reputation for ‘clean politics’
He is the youngest prime minister Thailand has had, and perhaps the most articulate and telegenic.
He is untainted by corruption or conflicts of interest, which is almost unheard of in Thai politics, especially for someone who has been in parliament [...]
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Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:16pm IST
By Chalathip Thirasoonthrakul
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva became Thailand’s third prime minister in as many months on Monday, taking control with a slender majority in parliament and an economy teetering on the brink of recession.
In a sign of the trouble in store for the Oxford-educated economist, 200 [...]
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Written by Giles Ji Ungpakorn
Monday, 15 December 2008
The royalist coup installs a Quisling party
The appointment Monday of “Democrat” Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva as the new Thai prime minister is the final stage of the second coup against an elected government.
After the deliberate chaos created by the PAD’s seizure of the airports, the [...]
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