A warm hometown welcome in Chiang Mai Brings Prime Ministerial Candidate to Tears CHIANG MAI : Pheu Thai will put money back into voters’ pockets and drive out illicit drugs in 12 months, says its drawcard Yingluck Shinawatra. Launching her campaign in her hometown of Chiang Mai yesterday, Ms Yingluck revived many of the well […]
BANGKOK, 19 May 2011 (NNT) – Pheu Thai Party’s prime minister candidate Yingluck Shinawatra will start the election campaign for her party very soon after she has registered herself with the Election Commission as a party-listed MP candidate. The leading candidate stated that she will start her political campaigns by visiting local people after the […]
BANGKOK, May 18 –Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has taken two days leave to apply as a party-list candidate for the Democrat Party, while advising ministers to be cautious in their joining events to avoid any violation of election laws. Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office Satit Wongnongtaey said after Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting that the prime […]
The Pheu Thai Party Monday voted unanimously to nominate Yingluck Shinawatra as its PM candidate. Yingluck, a sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was selected as the No-1 candidate on the party list of candidates for party proportional voting. Learning of the party’s decision, Yingluck thanked the Pheu Thai members for giving her a […]
Pheu Thai set to confirm her as its PM candidate today; to appear in public on Wednesday Elusive Yingluck Shinawatra faces a week in the public spotlight. She is scheduled to introduce herself to Pheu Thai members as their prime ministerial hope today and then meet a greater audience yet on Wednesday to speak about […]
Seen as inexperienced, far too close to Thaksin Some Pheu Thai Party members are sceptical that Yingluck Shinawatra is the right choice as the party’s candidate for prime minister, say sources. They doubt that the youngest sister of deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is really a smart choice for an election that is crucial for […]
Abhisit dares Pheu Thai to reveal its prime ministerial candidate while opposition gives hints that it’s going to be ex-PM’s sister Yingluck Shinawatra remained an elusive woman yesterday, and it must have had something to do with fears she could become a political sitting duck. According to sources, plans were being made to help the […]
A miscalculation by former premier Thaksin Shinawatra may cause Thailand to plunge further into political turbulence following the early election. Last week the Shinawatra clan held a meeting in Dubai and Thaksin was reportedly in favour of endorsing his younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra as Pheu Thai’s prime ministerial candidate. Sources close to the family said […]
