IN BRIEF

Election boycott: Thai Rak Thai MP urges EC to cut funding to Democrats

Thai Rak Thai Party MP Kuthep Saikrachang yesterday called on the Election Commission to cut funds to the Democrat and Chat Thai parties on the grounds that they were undermining democracy by blocking the election.
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Thaksin urged to study democracy

Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra should study democracy and stop attacking the Democrats for boycotting the April 2 election, a Democrat Party deputy leader said yesterday.
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Democrats accuse EC of favouring TRT

The Democrat Party yesterday accused the Election Commission (EC) of making an arbitrary decision in favour of the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party.
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THAI RAK THAI

Tears mark departure of leader

He'll be back in a year, Suriya says as party members gather for sombre Songkran festivities at headquarters
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Ministers speak out

Cabinet members yesterday met for the first time without Thaksin Shinawatra as chairman.
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Don't be angry: Chidchai

A group of 20 activists yesterday appealed to the government to prosecute anti-Thaksin campaigner Sondhi Limthongkul on a charge of lese majesty.
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Be fair, says Yaowapa

Thai Rak Thai Party deputy leader Yaowapa Wongsawat yesterday urged Democrat Party deputy leader Alongkorn Polabutr not to try to discredit her or discriminate against her, after he filed a complaint with the National Counter Corruption Commission accusing her of being unusually rich.
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Charitable Banharn set to treat PM

Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra can stop worrying about not having anyone to treat him to shark-fin soup, as Chat Thai Party leader Banharn Silpa-archa has offered to take him to dinner and offer some brotherly advice.
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