Democrats dog Somsak
Amid rumours about government interference in the ongoing selection of members of two major independent bodies, Thai Rak Thai deputy leader Somsak Thepsutin yesterday met with Senate Speaker Suchon Chaleekrua for lunch at a hotel in Bangkok.
Their meeting at the Miracle Grand Hotel coincided with another gathering by Democrat Party members."Oh, s..t I'm afraid I've come to the wrong place," the Wang Nam Yom faction leader was quoted as saying to the Democrats who greeted him when he arrived at the hotel. Somsak conversed with the Democrat members for a while, saying he was expecting someone at the coffee shop. Suchon arrived shortly after. Asked whether he was going to defect to the Democrat Party or recruit Democrats to join his party, he jokingly said: "That could be. We might work together in case the parties are ordered to disband." Matters discussed by Somsak and Suchon were not revealed to the press. The Senate is involved in the selection processes for the Election and National Counter Corruption commissions.
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