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Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat Refuses to Stand Down
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by Christina 123 | October 17, 2008 at 01:10 pm
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THAI Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, subject of mass protests by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has today refused to stand down. Thailand's army commander suggested the prime minister stand down after two people died in the clashes which were heavily suppresed by the police with up to 400 people injured. Demonstrators claim the prime minister's positon is illicit.
To add to Mr.Wongsawat's woes, old hostilities have flared in the past few days at the Thai-Cambodia border, with several Thai soldiers believed killed, which Thailand denies.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat refused to step down Friday, a day after the army's commander suggested he resign over deadly force employed by police to suppress an anti-government protest last week.
Gen. Anupong Paochinda said a television interview Thursday if he were in the prime minister's place he would step aside to take responsibility for violence on Oct. 7 that left one woman dead and more than 400 other people injured.
While the general discounted the possibility of a military coup, it was unclear whether other senior officers share his views.
Thousands of anti-government protesters marched through Bangkok's business district early Friday, holding up posters with photos of Somchai and the police chief and calling them murders.
In a nationally televised press conference, Somchai brushed aside calls for his ouster.
"The government cannot just abandon its work and responsibility. We have many major projects coming up," Somchai said.
Somchai left open the possibility that he might step down after a special panel to investigate the Oct. 7 violence makes its report, which he said was expected in the next 15 days.
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Christina 123
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at 13:14 on October 17th, 2008
Christina 123, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 15:52 on October 17th, 2008
Christina 123, thanks for the post. There' s more news about Thailand's political crisis in the Thailand channel.
at 23:47 on October 17th, 2008
Good stuff, lets hope the moron goes soon
at 18:24 on October 19th, 2008
of coz
this government has been hired by tyrant thaksin from london.
the ruling cabinet is trying so hard to help its boss...to bring back gigantic sum of corrupted money'
protest against the ugly government, urging it to step down, is not democratically correct?
so u should read the history of filipino's marcos and nowadays...when koreans do the same thing as the people in Thailand do, this is not 'democratic' way?? south korea is not a democratic country??