Abhisit Vejjajiva
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Abhisit Vejjajiva; IPA: pronunciation ; born 3 August 1964) is a Thai politician who was the 27th prime minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011 and is the current leader of the Democrat Party. As leader of the second largest party in the House of Representatives, he was also leader of the opposition – a position he held from December 2008 until his party's en masse resignation from the House on 8 December 2013. That same month, he was formally charged...
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We want to give the prime minister ... a chance to come to a dialogue with all other political parties to set a firm commitment to political reform, and we'll await his response.
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The government actions will lead to further political crisis, so the three parties have decided to not join the meeting with the prime minister and will not join the elections.
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Three opposition parties agreed that the house dissolution ... was not the right method.
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Three opposition parties consensually agreed that the house dissolution... was not the right method.
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We do not support a coup. We have always operated within the means of the Constitution.
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We do it mainly to stop a government that betrays people, that steals from its people under the guise of democracy.
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We are protesting a new form of dictatorship and authoritarianism.
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I have talked with representatives from the two other parties who said they had no problem with the offer either.
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The current political tension is very serious. We have not yet ruled out a boycott of the election.
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We're in uncharted territory. This is the first time we've seen mass protests concerning the legitimacy of a person who's been elected.
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What we did when we took the position was to make a statement and we made a statement.
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The plan to lodge a censure motion against certain ministers will go ahead although they may have changed portfolios then. They are still obliged to clear themselves in the planned censure debate.
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We have no problem with the prime minister's offer.
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The Democrat party had asked me to consult with these two parties over the issue and this evening we decided that each party go back to consider it again before giving their answers tomorrow.