Word: vejjajiva
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...then government to step down because they considered the ruling party to be a proxy for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 army coup. In December, the courts dissolved that ruling party for electoral fraud, and the opposition, led by current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, formed a coalition government...
...Bangkok Protests, Again After just a few months of relative calm following an extended period of political turmoil, as many as 100,000 protested on April 8 to demand that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva step down. Supporters of exiled former PM Thaksin Shinawatra rallied outside the home of the privy councilor to Thailand's revered monarch. Thaksin blames the adviser for organizing the 2006 coup that ousted...
Fears of political violence were rife in Thailand on Tuesday one day before an anti-government protest that organizers promised would be massive. The mounting tensions prompted Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to warn opposition groups during a sternly delivered televised address that his government would take "decisive action" against demonstrators if they incited rioting or broke the law, vowing that the country would not descend into civil...
...cycled through five prime ministers - some aligned with the polarizing tycoon, some vehemently opposed to him. Last September, protesters upset that elections had ushered in a pro-Thaksin government, even took over Bangkok's international airport for a week, virtually paralyzing the Thai capital. Thailand's current leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva, has vowed to use "every means we can" to extradite Thaksin; a Mar. 2 public appearance by the former Prime Minister in Hong Kong was canceled after Thai authorities announced they would attempt to have him arrested. Thaksin spoke with TIME's Southeast Asia Bureau Chief Hannah Beech by phone...
...chaos in Thailand, the civil war in Thailand. I want Thailand to be a peaceful country. If it's not necessary, then I will not run. But if it's necessary for the good of the country, then I'll do it. If [current Thai Prime Minister] Abhisit Vejjajiva can solve the problems, and the people support him, then that's fine...