[Bangkok Post] Mingkwan: Thai PM must be economic expert
[In the midst of economic crisis, Thailand will need the government leader who has expertise in economic and capability to tackle the pressing problems of the country, former deputy prime minister and commerce minister, Mingkwan Saengsuwan, said on Friday morning.
His remark was made during a seminar on “Clear the Country’s Debt, Create Income for the People” held this morning at a hotel in Chiang Mai by the opposition Puea Thai Party.]
BP: He is saying, pick me! Reports that Puea Thai will keep some figurehead until closer to the election as they are worried about another party ban/dissolution. Mingkwan seems to be putting his hand up.[Bangkok Post] Thaksin Does the South Pacific
"Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra flew to the Pacific islands this week, a Tongan government official says.
"He was here on Tuesday," the Tongan official, who did not wish to be named, said yesterday, adding he understood Thaksin left on Wednesday for Fiji.
"He talked to someone at foreign affairs, who looked after him."
The official did not give any further information on the purpose of the visit."
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