Saturday, January 8, 2011

Yingluck [Shinawatra] agonises over taking top [opposition] job [in Thailand]

Yingluck: Undecided
Mingkwan: Chief rival
Virabongsa: Has potential
Puea Thai leadership hangs in the balance

6/01/2011
Bangkok Post

Many Puea Thai Party MPs are backing Yingluck Shinawatra, the younger sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, for the job of party leader.

Ms Yingluck is said not to have decided yet whether she wants the job, but her chief rival, Mingkwan Saengsuwan, is busy sounding out MPs about his chances.

As uncertainties over the Puea Thai leadership drag on, Ms Yingluck's name has been mentioned together with that of Mr Mingkwan and former finance minister Virabongsa Ramangkura as possible party heads.

The present leader, former career bureaucrat Yongyuth Wichaidit, may not be a strong enough name to help the party pull votes at the next election.
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