The govt strikes back
Democrat Party deputy leader Alongkorn Pollabutr, right, hands a copy of the party’s ‘Corruption Menu of the Thaksin Regime’ to National Legislative Assembly speaker Meechai Ruchuphan at Parliament yesterday. Several copies of the ‘black paper’ were distr
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The interim government has asked diplomats to counter comments made by deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in interviews to the world media.
Thaksin has made comments critical of the junta and its government in recent broadcasts and publications.The government is asking diplomats at more than 90 embassies to correct misinterpretations, Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram said yesterday. Addressing the National Legislative Assembly, Nitya alleged that Thaksin had discredited the current government by telling foreign news media Thailand had now rejected globalisation and had lost its direction for growth. The government and Thaksin detractors interpret this comments as implicit criticism of the sufficiency-economy philosophy espoused by His Majesty the King and embraced by the Surayud Chulanont government. Nitya said the government, through its overseas missions, would disseminate "facts about policies and direction". His ministry had posted a rebuttal on its website. Nitya personally approached news media organisations, including Time and Newsweek, which had published interviews with Thaksin. He asserted that Thaksin's earlier claims to have quit politics now rang as insincere following his attacks on the government.
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