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Published on September 10, 2007

Veteran politician Snoh Thienthong is to form a new party by merging several groups and urging Supachai Panitchpakdi to quit as head of the UN Conference on Trade and Development to become leader of the party. "Our merger policies are based on two factors - national reconciliation and economic development. I will talk about the merger at headquarters today," Somsak said.

Matchima also announced 24 candidates for Bangkok. They include former Bangkok MPs of the defunct Thai Rak Thai Party such as Dr Lalita Rirksamran, Krissada Sajjakul, Siri Wangboonkerd, Prachuap Ungphakorn and Anusorn Panthong.