Polls: Thaksin allies win in Thailand

Filed under Politics, Thaksin Shinawatra
December 23, 2007 10:01 am

The People Power Party (PPP), a vehicle for supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, won the most seats in Sunday’s Thai election, two exit polls said.

However, they differed greatly on the size of the PPP victory, which was nevertheless likely to cause consternation in the ranks of the generals who booted out telecoms billionaire Thaksin in a September 2006 military coup.  Bangkok’s Suan Dusit College said the PPP had won 256 out of the 480 parliamentary seats, giving it a clear majority.

However, Assumption University’s ABAC poll said the PPP won only 202 seats — in line with most pre-election polls — meaning it would have to tie up with at least one other minor party to form a coalition.  About 45 million Thais were eligible to vote before polls closed at 3 p.m. (3:00 a.m. EST) in an election meant to restore democracy but which looked set to prolong the deep political divisions of the past two years.

read the rest published by Reuters here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSP26803320071223

1 Comment »

  1. Aftab Ahamad said,

    December 25, 2007 @ 4:13 pm

    Thaksin is extremely popular. Corruption is a myth created by the West to string pull nationalist and populist leaders everywhere. In the past it was bloody military coups that did the job for the US and the West to establish control over oil and gas, minerals and diamonds. Now it’s the myth of corruption propagated by TI on behalf of so called donors and their appointed NGOs in the poor countries.

    Military rule is being imposed on many Asian countries but it will be, if required, be violently overthrown.Asians no longer will tolerate US imposed military juntas in democracy loving nations of South and southeast Asia. Asians have become conscious of US double standard and duplicity in its foreign policy.

    Because of the military and billions of dollars fed into the secret arm of the dreaded ISI of Pakistan Army by the CIA Pakistan is now on the brink of collapse and civil war. It was a failed state under Musharraf. Musharraf was brought in and bailed out by Bush. Now with Bush’s time to go Musharraf too has been shown the red card by the US.

    Thaksin should be allowed to come back and take over as Thailand’s legitimately elected PM. Whenever a populist leader wins the Western vested-interest groups use dirty tricks to keep them at bay. In South Africa the same clique is now framing corruption charges against Zuma. The tactics employed are similar all over the globe.

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