...The PAD had accused the People Power Party (PPP) of corruption and nepotism. On the 2nd of December, Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej stepped down after the PPP was found guilty by the Court of electoral fraud and the PPP was ordered to be disbanded....
...Mr Thaksin, clearly deserved the courtsâ attention. Others were trivial, such as the court-ordered sacking in September of Samak Sundaravej, the pro-Thaksin prime minister, for doing a television cookery show. In contrast, rebellion charges against the PADâs...
...disbanded party, to win a majority of seats and form a coalition Government. Subsequently, two Prime Ministers, Samak Sundaravej and now Somchai Wongsawat, Thaksin's brother-in-law, have been forced from office by court rulings. However, the ruling coalition...
...ministerial candidate, but the protesters say they will return to the streets if they dislike the choice. February 2008: Samak Sundaravej sworn in as prime minister August 2008: PAD protesters occupy government buildings, demanding the government step down September...
...Constitutionâ. This fuelled the crisis with anti-Thaksin forces baying for PPPâs blood. While the earlier PPP Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was cornered to step down because of his participation in a cooking show; his successor Somchai Wongsawat, Thaksinâs...
...is Chalerm Yubamrung, an old-fashioned rabble-rouser associated closely in the public mind with former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej -- who was forced to resign three months ago. This makes him vulnerable to the same elite discontent that has already brought...
...ample supplies of food, water, blankets and medicines for the thousands of supporters who joined the sit-in. February 2008: Samak Sundaravej sworn in as prime minister August 2008: PAD protesters occupy government buildings, demanding the government step down September...
...Love Thais party, which Thaksin founded in 1998, simply shifted to the allied People's Power Party, headed by former TV chef Samak Sundaravej. The Constitutional Court ruled in September that Samak had to resign because he violated conflict of interest laws...
...will join a shell party called Pheu Thai (For Thais), set up in anticipation of the verdict. Mr Somchai's predecessor, Samak Sundaravej, was thrown out of office in September after courts found him guilty of violating conflict of interest rules by appearing...
...linked to Thaksin. It calls such people Thaksin "proxies." After first helping to force Somchai's predecessor, Samak Sundaravej, from office in September and now effectively hounding the government from office, the group is unlikely to be in a mood TO compromise. The...