Abhisit Vejjajiva
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Abhisit Vejjajiva; IPA: pronunciation ; born 3 August 1964) is a Thai politician who was the 27th prime minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011 and is the current leader of the Democrat Party. As leader of the second largest party in the House of Representatives, he was also leader of the opposition – a position he held from December 2008 until his party's en masse resignation from the House on 8 December 2013. That same month, he was formally charged...
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We want to give the prime minister ... a chance to come to a dialogue with all other political parties to set a firm commitment to political reform, and we'll await his response.
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There is no way out of the crisis unless the prime minister accepts that the key part of the problem is his own legitimacy.
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The plan to lodge a censure motion against certain ministers will go ahead although they may have changed portfolios then. They are still obliged to clear themselves in the planned censure debate.
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The government actions will lead to further political crisis, so the three parties have decided to not join the meeting with the prime minister and will not join the elections.
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We are exercising our constitutional right and the prime minister must make the decision.
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We're in uncharted territory. This is the first time we've seen mass protests concerning the legitimacy of a person who's been elected.
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We have no problem with the prime minister's offer.
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We are protesting a new form of dictatorship and authoritarianism.
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What we did when we took the position was to make a statement and we made a statement.
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Our stance is still the same. We have changed nothing.
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We do it mainly to stop a government that betrays people, that steals from its people under the guise of democracy.
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We have tried to find a new and correct solution for the country.
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Three opposition parties consensually agreed that the house dissolution... was not the right method.
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Three opposition parties agreed that the house dissolution ... was not the right method.