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Defence portfolio eyed by Chaisit
Former Army chief General Chaisit Shinawatra yesterday said he was ready to become defence minister in the coalition government.
Published on December 29, 2007
Chaisit, who is Thaksin Shinawatra's cousin, has been mentioned as a candidate to assume the post, along with General Ruengroj Mahasaranond, a People Power Party deputy leader.
Chaisit told reporters he would welcome an invitation to take the job, saying he was ready to work for the country.
"Privately, I don't want to be involved with politics, because the military must be neutral. It is the duty of the party that will form the government to consider who will be proper for the post," he said.
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