Sanoh sure of Puea Thai victory
Pracharaj Party leader Sanoh Thienthong has predicted that the opposition Puea Thai Party will comfortably win in the general election and said his party is ready to join a new Puea Thai-led government.
Speaking at his birthday party yesterday, the 78-year-old veteran politician said he believed Puea Thai would receive overwhelming support from voters and be able to lead the formation of a new coalition government.
He based his prediction on his own assessment of Puea Thai's popularity.
Mr Sanoh declined to say if his party would merge with Puea Thai, saying it was not appropriate for him as leader of Pracharaj to talk openly about the issue for the time being.
Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra phoned in last night to address guests at the birthday party.
The Puea Thai figurehead said he would like Mr Sanoh to work with him to help "build up the nation".
Thaksin said he had also invited Pol Gen Pracha Promnok of Puea Pandin to join Puea Thai.
"Today, my beloved brother [Thaksin] and I have decided to let bygones be bygones and we will again look forward to success, as we once achieved on April 1, 2000," Mr Sanoh said in response to Thaksin's phone-in address.
Mr Sanoh previously worked for the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai Party founded by Thaksin.
He later quit the party, claiming he felt he was being sidelined.
"I will help make Puea Thai a great party and support [Puea Thai list MP] Mingkwan Saengsuwan to become the next prime minister," said Mr Sanoh.
Mr Sanoh led his Wang Nam Yen faction of 79 MPs in the New Aspiration Party to defect to Thai Rak Thai on April 1, 2000.
Thai Rak Thai won a landslide victory in the polls in 2001 and 2005.
But Mr Sanoh later came into conflict with Thaksin and broke away from the party to set up Pracharaj in 2006.
Pracharaj now has eight MPs on the opposition bench.
Mr Sanoh said he was considering seeking talks with every major party as well as all armed forces and civic groups about how together they might "salvage the nation" from social and political conflict.
Puea Thai MP for Ubon Ratchathani Chuwit Pitakpornpanlop said he believed Mr Sanoh would be a great asset to Puea Thai because he was vastly experienced in contesting general elections.
Mr Sanoh was also a highly respected political figure in the Northeast, one of the strongholds of Puea Thai, said Mr Chuwit.
Mr Chuwit said Mr Sanoh would play an important role in coordinating with political groups which are seen as prospective allies of Puea Thai, including the Ruam Chart Pattana Party led by Suwat Liptapanlop, and the "three Ps" faction of Puea Pandin consisting of Phinij Jarusombat, Pairoj Suwannachawee and Preecha Laohapongchana.
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, right, shakes hands with Pracharaj Party leader Sanoh Thienthong as the former prime minister attended Mr Sanoh’s 78th birthday party yesterday. PATIPAT JANTHONG
Speaking at his birthday party yesterday, the 78-year-old veteran politician said he believed Puea Thai would receive overwhelming support from voters and be able to lead the formation of a new coalition government.
He based his prediction on his own assessment of Puea Thai's popularity.
Mr Sanoh declined to say if his party would merge with Puea Thai, saying it was not appropriate for him as leader of Pracharaj to talk openly about the issue for the time being.
Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra phoned in last night to address guests at the birthday party.
The Puea Thai figurehead said he would like Mr Sanoh to work with him to help "build up the nation".
Thaksin said he had also invited Pol Gen Pracha Promnok of Puea Pandin to join Puea Thai.
"Today, my beloved brother [Thaksin] and I have decided to let bygones be bygones and we will again look forward to success, as we once achieved on April 1, 2000," Mr Sanoh said in response to Thaksin's phone-in address.
Mr Sanoh previously worked for the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai Party founded by Thaksin.
He later quit the party, claiming he felt he was being sidelined.
"I will help make Puea Thai a great party and support [Puea Thai list MP] Mingkwan Saengsuwan to become the next prime minister," said Mr Sanoh.
Mr Sanoh led his Wang Nam Yen faction of 79 MPs in the New Aspiration Party to defect to Thai Rak Thai on April 1, 2000.
Thai Rak Thai won a landslide victory in the polls in 2001 and 2005.
But Mr Sanoh later came into conflict with Thaksin and broke away from the party to set up Pracharaj in 2006.
Pracharaj now has eight MPs on the opposition bench.
Mr Sanoh said he was considering seeking talks with every major party as well as all armed forces and civic groups about how together they might "salvage the nation" from social and political conflict.
Puea Thai MP for Ubon Ratchathani Chuwit Pitakpornpanlop said he believed Mr Sanoh would be a great asset to Puea Thai because he was vastly experienced in contesting general elections.
Mr Sanoh was also a highly respected political figure in the Northeast, one of the strongholds of Puea Thai, said Mr Chuwit.
Mr Chuwit said Mr Sanoh would play an important role in coordinating with political groups which are seen as prospective allies of Puea Thai, including the Ruam Chart Pattana Party led by Suwat Liptapanlop, and the "three Ps" faction of Puea Pandin consisting of Phinij Jarusombat, Pairoj Suwannachawee and Preecha Laohapongchana.
Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/229917/sanoh-sure-of-puea-thai-victory
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