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Democrat Party and opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and his colleagues leave the Constitution Court yesterday after attending the opening hearingonthe legality of two executive decrees issued by the government. The court will deliver its rulingonFeb22.
"But to avoid affecting the tourism industry, it has to be portrayed as more of an assassination plot." Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday said the government's efforts to rule out terrorism were confusing. He said the government should...
Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (2nd L) standing with Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) as they speak to reporters after their meeting at her residence in Yangon on February 18, 2012. Thailand's current premier, Yingluck... View Photo »
Abhisit Vejjajiva and Suthep Thaugsuban should be held responsible for the crackdown
He said, in essence, that the government should talk less about its still-evolving payment project. He is right that it is a bad idea for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and the governing Pheu Thai Party to raise expectations of huge payouts. But he...
The device was in a gas cylinder and was detonated on a local road when the rangers had left their base to go on patrol. The attack occurred about 1 km from the base and the explosion ripped their pickup in half. Four of the rangers were seriously...
Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva demanded on the weekend that the government be transparent about locations to be designated as water catchment areas. Abhisit accused Yingluck of being unwilling to reveal details for fear of protests by affected...
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to journalists during a press briefing after meeting with former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, unseen, at her house Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. View Photo »
No matter how the ICJ's decision turns out, Thai society should understand that this government and the past government of Abhisit Vejjajiva have tried their best to protect the country's sovereignty and interests
Mr Abhisit said yesterday that while a government-appointed committee has agreed to pay up to 7.5 million baht in compensation for each case of death in the far South during the past eight years, the cabinet has not made a resolution on the issue yet. ...
It’s unlikely that any new water management systems will be in place in time for the next monsoon. Industrial estates are busy constructing their own defences, but this isn’t a substitute for central floodways. Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva...
Abhisit Vejjajiva (Thai: อภิสิทธิ์ เวชชาชีวะ) (born August 3, 1964), a Thai politician, has been the leader of the Democrat Party since February 2005. Full Article
Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (centre L) speaks to reporters after his meeting with Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (centre R) at her residence in Yangon on February 18, 2012. Thailand's current premier, Yingluck Shinawatra, visited Suu Kyi in December and gave...
View Photo »Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) looks on as Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) speaks at her residence in Yangon on February 18, 2012 after their meeting. Thailand's current premier, Yingluck Shinawatra, visited Suu Kyi in December and gave her support in the...
View Photo »Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to journalists during a press briefing after meeting with former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, unseen, at her house Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar.
View Photo »Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva arrives at the Metropolitan Police Bureau in Bangkok December 9, 2011. Abhisit arrived at the Metropolitan Police Bureau on Friday for the first time to testify for police investigation over the political clash last year which paralyzed...
View Photo »Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, left, is surrounded by reporters as he arrives at Metropolitan Police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Abhisit was called in to give information to a police investigation team on the government's crackdown on red-shirt...
View Photo »Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, arrives at Metropolitan Police headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. Abhisit was called in to give information to a police investigation team on the government's crackdown on red-shirt demonstrators last year during...
View Photo »Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, center, gestures as he visits a flooded street at the Lod Praow district in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Thailand's record floods encroached deeper into the capital Friday, swamping a major intersection in the northern edge of...
View Photo »Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, right, looks at the map during a meeting on flood relief operations with former Prime Minister and Opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, left, in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011.
View Photo »Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (2nd R), former prime minister and current leader of opposition Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) and other officials attend an anti-corruption event in downtown Bangkok September 25, 2011.
View Photo »Thailand opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, front left, anti-corruption network Chairman Phongsak Assakul, front center, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, front right, cross their hands to form the symbol of anti-corruption during an anti-corruption campaign in Bangko,...
View Photo »Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, center, and opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, left, participate in a rally during an anti-corruption campaign in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. The event was staged by the Coalition Against Corruption, comprising the Stock Exchange...
View Photo »Thailand opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, center at the bottom, anti-corruption network chairman Phongsak Assakul, 6th right at the bottom, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, 5th right at the bottom, participate in a rally during an anti-corruption campaign in Bangkok,...
View Photo »Thai opposition party leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks during the government's annoucement of policy statements at parliament in Bangkok on August 23, 2011. A two-day government policy debate by a joint sitting of Parliament started August 23 and considered the first test of Prime...
View Photo »Thailand's opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks at the Parliament in Bangkok August 23, 2011. Newly elected Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra outlined her policies on Tuesday in a test of whether she can escape the shadow of her self-exiled brother, former premier Thaksin...
View Photo »Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, front, attends a meeting at parliament in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011.
View Photo »Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva gestures during a parliament vote to endorse the country's new prime minister in Bangkok on August 5, 2011. Yingluck Shinawatra, the sister of ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became politically turbulent Thailand's first female prime...
View Photo »Thailand's outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva arrives at the parliament before the inauguration ceremony of the National Legislative Assembly in Bangkok August 1, 2011.
View Photo »Thailand's outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva poses for his identity card picture while reporting at parliament in Bangkok July 21, 2011. Thailand's election watchdog endorsed Abhisit as a parliamentarian on Tuesday.
View Photo »A senior official hands a certificate to outgoing Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, right, after he registered as an elected member of parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Thailand's Election Commission on Tuesday endorsed Abhisit after an investigation of...
View Photo »Outgoing Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva registers as an elected member of parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Thailand's Election Commission on Tuesday endorsed Abhisit after an investigation of complaints that he violated electoral law following the July 3...
View Photo »Outgoing Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva talks to reporters during a news conference on Thailand-Cambodia ancient temple dispute at government house in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, July 19, 2011. The U.N.'s highest court on Monday ordered troops from both Thailand and Cambodia to...
View Photo »Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva smiles during a news conference at a hotel in Bangkok July 18, 2011. The highest U.N. court ordered Thailand and Cambodia on Monday to pull their soldiers out of a newly defined demilitarised zone on a disputed part of their border around an...
View Photo »Thailand's outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva attends his last meeting with his cabinet at the Government House in Bangkok July 12, 2011.
View Photo »Thailand's outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is pictured speaking on a computer screen during his last meeting with his cabinet at the Government House in Bangkok July 12, 2011.
View Photo »Thailand's outgoing Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva receives red roses from government officials as he arrives at the Government House for his last cabinet meeting, in Bangkok July 12, 2011.
View Photo »Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (centre L) speaks to reporters after his meeting with Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (centre R) at her residence in Yangon on February 18, 2012. Thailand's current premier, Yingluck Shinawatra, visited Suu Kyi in December and gave...
View Photo »Abhisit Vejjajiva and Suthep Thaugsuban should be held responsible for the crackdown
No matter how the ICJ's decision turns out, Thai society should understand that this government and the past government of Abhisit Vejjajiva have tried their best to protect the country's sovereignty and interests
