Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Photo: Thai Rath

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

FORMER PRIME MINISTER Abhisit Vejjajiva reconfirmed today (Mar.21) he will definitely not jump onto the Democrat bandwagon of candidates running in the May 14 general election.

 

Abhisit said he has already resolved to not join ranks with Democrat electoral contestants either in party-listed or constituency-based mode though some among the party’s rank and file may have preferred him to.

 

After the 2019 general election, the former premier staged an historic, solo protest against the Democrats for having voted in support of Prayut Chan-o-cha as unelected prime minister, regardless of his repeated vows to never endorse the army chief-turned-coup leader for head of a post-election government.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/03/21/abhisit-not-joining-democrats-in-contesting-general-election/

 

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

Abhisit said he has already resolved to not join ranks with Democrat electoral contestants either in party-listed or constituency-based mode though some among the party’s rank and file may have preferred him to.

He had his day, time to get some young blood into the top slot.

20 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

He had his day, time to get some young blood into the top slot.

Boy I can think of a few others that more than applies to.......

I loathed him when he was PM. Seeing his ugly mug on TV every single day made me want to puke. But now he seems like a decent sort of chap......but than we have as the coterie of wannabe PMs these days. 

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Boy I can think of a few others that more than applies to.......

More than a few, actually.

But we know what you mean. 

7 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

I loathed him when he was PM. Seeing his ugly mug on TV every single day made me want to puke. But now he seems like a decent sort of chap......but than we have as the coterie of wannabe PMs these days. 

A scoundrel - like all of 'em.

Mark is flotsam.

 

 

 

 

Despite western education he's no friend to us farang.

 

Government policies were tepid, unproductive, unremarkable.

 

In past decade I'm unaware of anything he's said or done that signals a need to replay this tired, old song

 

Took power post coup and he's ok with that? No thanks

Think that the qualification for running for office should be that you have not run for office in the last 20 years.

He is a career politician. Not work a day in any corporate position. What is he going to fill his time. He is only 58. 

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

He had his day, time to get some young blood into the top slot.

If Pheu Thai do well and are just a front for Thaksin then that's not going to happen unfortunately. 

It is well known in Thailand that he is a World Economic Forum member, which is not very popular at the Democracts base.

7 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Think that the qualification for running for office should be that you have not run for office in the last 20 years.

Better yet, a prospective candidate should come by way, naturally, to care about and represent the people and the commons. 

 

Silly me to think that such should be the case for any elected politician.