Thaksin has no plan to return: his advisor
12/11/2006 11:13
Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has no plan to return
to Thailand until the overall situation returns to normal, his legal advisor
said in Bangkok yesterday. Noppadol Pattama was quoted by the Thai News
Agency as saying that he had talked to Thaksin by telephone and that the
ex-premier told him he did not intend to sneak into the country, but would fly
to Bangkok and disembark at Suvarnabhumi airport in a dignified manner if he
returns. Thaksin, toppled in a bloodless coup on Sept. 19 while he was
attending a United Nations meeting in New York, had given much attention to
building the airport before its recent opening. He said he would prefer to step
down at the airport rather than sneaking into the country secretly as some
rumors said, Noppadol said. As a Thai citizen, Thaksin can return to this
country any time he likes, but he has decided not to until the situation in the
country returns to normal, Noppadol said. He asked the people who had spread
rumors to stop doing so for the sake of reconciliation among people in the
country. When asked whether there is a possibility that the former prime
minister would return after the end of martial law, Noppadol said he believed
normalcy in the situation was the key factor. He said Thaksin had told him
that it was unnecessary to create unrest by using pressure in a democratic
country and that he would quit politics as his family also wants him to spend
more time with the family.
Xinhua News
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