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 Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:59 am Post subject: Thai PM delivers key speech amid large protests |
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Backers of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra protest at Parliament in Bangkok on Monday.
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The protesters had kept Abhisit and his ministers out of the Parliament building and forced the delay of his speech since
Monday.Abhisit delivered the constitutionally-required speech from the foreign ministry. He focused on improving the nation's
economy, promoting tourism and dealing with Thailand's troubled southern provinces.
The Thai constitution requires an incoming prime minister to address parliament with a formal policy speech within 15 days of
taking office.
Abhisit has until January 7 to fulfill the obligation, although the government can request an extension. The constitution
does not specify where the prime minister must deliver the speech.
AbhisitWoW Power Leveling, said negotiations with the protesters were ongoing and
that he would not authorize violence or a special law to deal with the demonstrations.
"The government will not use force to disperse the demonstrators. We will continue to negotiate. What has happened today will
not affect the government's plans," he said, according to the Thai News Agency.
Abhisit'sWoW Power Leveling, supporters, also numbering in the thousands, gathered outside
his Democrat Party headquarters in Bangkok in a show of solidarity.
The WoW Gold, Parliament named the 44-year-old, Oxford-educated Abhisit as prime minister
on December 17after some members of the former ruling coalition broke ranks to support him.
But his accession was met with angry protests by supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin
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rocks and chunks of pavement at lawmakers leaving the session.
Thailand's recent woes date back to a 2006 coup that ousted Thaksin. They culminated with a December 2 court ruling that
found the ruling party -- former Thaksin backers -- guilty of electoral fraud and threw his brother-in-law out of the prime
minister's office.
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ruling came after more than two months of sit-ins by opponents of the ruling People Power Party, which regained office in
2007 elections.
Demonstrators occupied the headquarters of the government and blockaded Bangkok's major international airport, stranding
hundreds of thousands of tourists who provide much of the country's revenue.
Abhisit has pledged to work toward an economic rescue for Thailand, which teeters on the edge of recession.
Since the 2007 elections ended 16 months of military rule, the country has had three prime ministers.
Thai PM delivers key speech amid large protests
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