Thaksin rallies Pheu Thai MPs via phone in

Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday called during the Pheu Thai party meeting to boost the moral of the MPs after Sunday’s disappointing by-election outcome, party officials said.

Thaksin told the MPs that he was confident Pheu Thai would win more than half the House seats at the next general election. He said he anticipated a snap election to take place early next year and challenged the coalition government to not be a sore loser.

He also urged his supporters to focus on mapping out a campaign strategy instead of blaming each other for the disappointing outcome.

The Nation