Former Bangkok governor Samak Sundaravej was elected as the leader of the People's Power Party ( PPP) at a general assembly of the Party in Bangkok on Friday.
After a heated debate between Samak and Karn Tienkaew, chairman of the advisory board of the PPP, party members voted in favor of Samak.
Samak, who received 80 out of 113 votes, said after the victory that he will repair a "roof" of a party that has been under attack in the past five years.
The People's Power Party was reborn from the ashes of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party. After the Constitution Tribunal dissolved Thai Rak Thai for electoral fraud charges last May, a majority of party members moved to the PPP to contest in the upcoming election.
Samak said he decided to re-enter politics because he wanted to restore democracy after ousted prime minister Thaksin faces accusations for abuse of power.
Source: Xinhua
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