Thaksin to attend Pheu Thai Workshop as 'Expert Guest'

[webfact]

Picture courtesy: Thai Rath

 

Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's ex-Prime Minister, will participate as an "invited expert" at a Pheu Thai Party seminar in Hua Hin next month, confirmed Pheu Thai Secretary-General Sorawong Thienthong.

 

Despite a court ban preventing him from holding office, Thaksin's business and governance expertise remains influential within his faction.

 

Reflecting his continuing sway, Thaksin recently supported Pheu Thai candidate campaigns, including in Udon Thani, fuelling ongoing allegations of his undue influence in Thai politics.

 

His daughter, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leads Pheu Thai, a party critics allege Thaksin manipulates from the sidelines.

 

Legal actions have targeted Thaksin for allegedly interfering in internal Pheu Thai affairs, with lawsuits filed by activists aiming to enforce penalties.

His clandestine political manoeuvring is notable, particularly following the ousting of former PM Srettha Thavisin last August, reportedly organising secret coalition meetings at his residence.

 

Amidst controversy, during his prior hospital stay, Thaksin purportedly impacted strategic party decisions, influencing the formation of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, cabinet assignments, and power plays against opposition parties.

 

His alleged behind-the-scenes role was facilitated by Phumtham Wechayachai, now serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister.

 

Thaksin's role as an "invited expert" at the upcoming Pheu Thai workshop underscores his enduring prominence and raises questions about his influence. Despite legal restrictions, his engagement reflects a complex legacy of control within Pheu Thai and broader Thai politics.

 

The seminar's participants and observers alike will focus on Thaksin's contributions, which could further ignite debate over his persistent political presence and sway, reported Thai Newsroom.

 

-- 2024-11-15

 

 

 

 

[Pouatchee]

Great. thanks Thaksin, we really appreciate your efforts... while you're at it why don't you just take a long walk off a short pier

 

//Edit by Maestro: Thaksin, not taxin

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Maestro
corrected a typing error

[Artisi]

Well he is the PM, maybe not in name - but is running things via his clone, therefore he needs to be there. 

[klauskunkel]

 

"Look guys, I'm only coming for the free lunch..."

[Snackbar]

How naive. 

[TheFishman1]

Everybody knows who’s running the party who’s running the government TIT

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's ex-Prime Minister, will participate as an "invited expert" at a Pheu Thai Party seminar in Hua Hin next month, confirmed Pheu Thai Secretary-General Sorawong Thienthong.

About as brazen as it gets.

[crazykopite]

The whole things a joke did he get fed up with his grandchildren after one day seems to be the case as he is always out and about 

[PETERTHEEATER]

Has his specific expertise been identified? I would like to attend his workshop and get expert tips on carpentry, joinery or machining. He seems to turn a lot so lathework perhaps?

[chickenslegs]

11 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Has his specific expertise been identified? I would like to attend his workshop and get expert tips on carpentry, joinery or machining. He seems to turn a lot so lathework perhaps?

He built a cabinet for his daughter.

[bannork]

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

About as brazen as it gets.

It's intriguing. Here we have the ardent royalists doing their best to ban Pheu Thai and throw charges at Thaksin, yet it's assumed by all that Thaksin came home with permission  from the top.

So if Pheu Thai are dissolved, its executives banned and Thaksin facing charges, where would that leave the next reincarnation of Pheu Thai? Surely in the People's Party camp, a formidable force 

But if the accusations are all dismissed and Pheu Thai walk free, where does that leave the right wing regarding faith in the institutions?

 

Edited 2 hours ago by bannork