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Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said Sondhi Limthongkul had earlier announced at the Royal Plaza during his special talk show Muang Thai Rai Sapda on January 4, 2006 that if he entered into politics or accepted a ministerial post, he would allow men to spit on his face and women to remove their shoes and slap on his face.

He said other PAD leaders such as Chamlong Srimuang and Suriyasai Katasila and Pipop Thongchai had also led political rallies against General Suchinda Kraprayoon accusing him of retracting his words to accept a prime minister post. Suchinda had said that he had “to lose his integrity for the country”.

“Today the PAD leaders are doing the same thing by entering into politics for power and self interest,’’ Prompong said.