Re: Thaksin urges rejection of Thai constitution

ex-premier Taksin = 100% pure Chinese using a Thai name .



On Jul 30, 9:31 pm, "¨ÑÇÒ¹" <deck...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Thaksin urges rejection of Thai constitution
30 Jul 2007, 0919 hrs IST,REUTERS

SINGAPORE: Thailand's ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
criticised a military-sponsored draft constitution and urged Thai voters to
reject it in next month's referendum, the Financial Times reported on
Monday.

In an interview from his London exile, Thaksin described the new charter as
"fruit of the poisonous tree" and a "step back" for democracy.

He said it was less democratic than the "people's constitution" adopted in
1997, and then abolished in last September's military coup against his
government.

The military-backed government is campaigning hard for voters to endorse the
draft constitution in an Aug. 19 referendum. That would be followed by
elections and a handover of power to a new government by the end of the
year.

Thaksin told the Financial Times voters would prefer to have the 1997
constitution restored. It was drafted to clear up Thailand's notorious
money-driven politics, but was later blamed for allowing Thaksin excessive
power.

The military has indicated the charter could be re-adopted, with amendments,
should voters decline to support the new constitution.

"If voters reject the 2007 constitution, and the (military) is forced to use
the constitution that they already tore up, that is going to be something,"
the Financial Times quoted Thaksin as saying. "Democracy will come back to
Thailand."

Thaksin described the new charter as an act of "political revenge".

"If they really need to ensure that I am not going back to politics, they
can add one more clause - 'disband Thaksin'," he said. "And they can put
some of my DNA code in there to be sure that I do not change my name."

Thaksin said he was relieved to be free of the burden of running the country
and now spends his days "kicking around the London streets" and preparing to
improve the performance of Manchester City, his recently acquired Premier
League soccer team.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Thaksin_urges_...

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Hmmmmmm,

This seems to be a complete different story as the one Pluto posted in
another thread.

Unless there are 2 Thakin's, which is fairly well possible .......


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