Sunday, November 8, 2009

Thaksin on new offensive

Analysts say Thaksin's latest move could be the launchpad for a political comeback. --(PHOTO: Chor Sokunhtea, Reuters)
Nov 7, 2009
AP

BANGKOK - THAILAND'S fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's appointment earlier this week by Cambodia's mercurial Prime Minister Hun Sen has jangled nerves in the Thai capital and entangled both countries in a diplomatic brawl that prompted Thailand first and then Cambodia to recall their ambassadors on Thursday.
Analysts say Thaksin's latest move could be the launchpad for a political comeback.
'Thaksin is on a new offensive. This is a calculated campaign to undermine this government and to change governments,' said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political science professor at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University. 'He wants to retake what he sees as his legitimate right, which is to have another election that he believes he will win.'
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