Tờ Asia Times online vào hôm thứ Tư (29/6) đã đăng bài viết nói rằng cựu Thủ tướng Thanksin Shinawatra đã phái ông Wattana, cựu Bộ trưởng Thương mại Thái Lan dưới thời Thaksin, tổ chức "các cuộc đàm phán bí mật" với Tướng Prawit ở Brunei vào tháng Hai năm nay.
Wattana rejects secret Pheu Thai-military deal
1/07/2011
Pheu Thai party list MP Wattana Muangsuk has dismissed a news report that he struck a deal with Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon to allow the party to form the next government without fear of opposition from the military.
The Asia Times online newspaper on Wednesday posted a news story saying former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had sent Mr Wattana, a former commerce minister in the Thaksin administration, to hold "secret talks" with Gen Prawit in Brunei in February.
Report claims party will be allowed to form govt
1/07/2011
Pheu Thai party list MP Wattana Muangsuk has dismissed a news report that he struck a deal with Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon to allow the party to form the next government without fear of opposition from the military.
The Asia Times online newspaper on Wednesday posted a news story saying former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had sent Mr Wattana, a former commerce minister in the Thaksin administration, to hold "secret talks" with Gen Prawit in Brunei in February.
See also: Rumours swirl of Thaksin compromise
The report said the talks were aimed at avoiding fresh confrontations between the red shirts and the military after Sunday's election, and seeking reconciliation after the clashes in April and May last year between the military and red shirt protesters led by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD).
Opinion polls suggest Pheu Thai has taken the lead in the election race over its main rival, the Democrat Party.
The report quoted sources at the talks as saying that Mr Wattana and Gen Prawit had reached a deal under which the military will not oppose Pheu Thai forming the next government.
In return, Thaksin and Pheu Thai have been asked not to seek revenge or legal action against military leaders involved in last year's crackdown on red shirt protesters that resulted in the death of 92 people.
Thaksin and Pheu Thai have also been asked not to interfere in military affairs, particularly the annual military reshuffle, and to rein in anti-monarchy elements in the UDD, according to the Asia Times report.
Mr Wattana said on Thursday that he did not meet Gen Prawit in Brunei and no deal had been reached with Gen Prawit as claimed.
He had no credentials to negotiate and make such a bargain. He only went to Brunei once, to visit Thaksin, Mr Wattana said.
Gen Prawit said he had never met Mr Wattana in Brunei. They talked over the phone sometimes, but never discussed politics. Gen Prawit was army chief when Thaksin was prime minister.
Yingluck Shinawatra, Pheu Thai's top party list candidate, dismissed the report as a rumour.
She said Thaksin had distanced himself from politics in Thailand and Pheu Thai was determined to press ahead with its plan to achieve national reconciliation.
However, a Pheu Thai source said Mr Wattana had been trying to hold talks with the military to discuss the formation of a new government at the behest of Thaksin.
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