Matubhum Party Invites Sonthi To Become Its Leader

Matubhum Party invites Sonthi to become its leader

The Matubhum Party has extended an invitation for coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin to lead the party as part of the preparations ahead of the next general election, interim party leader Mun Phathanothai said Thursday.

"Sonthi is a senior figure, fit for the job and involved with the party affairs since the beginning," Mun said.

He voiced confident that Sonthi could lead the party to electoral victory and that he could also assisted in quelling violence in the Deep South.

Sonthi is expected to give his formal reply by this month, following the end of the Muslim fasting month.

-- The Nation 2009/09/17