Thaksin Shinawatra appears upbeat he could play a vital role in putting politics back on course, shrugging off legal woes and pinning hope on the shifting political wind to fix his predicament as the fugitive ex-premier.
"I think there is a good chance for the resumption of political normalcy even though it is not happening at this time due to many politicians selling their democratic spirits to dictatorship with the hope of clinging to power," he said in a second part of his interview published in Friday's Thai Rath online edition.
Thaksin said he believed Thailand could become a truly democratic country under two conditions if politicians would unite in upholding democracy and if the people would consistently cast their votes to punish pseudo-democratic politicians.
The Nation
