About 70 former members of Parliament (MPs) who recently joined the People Power Party (PPP) are planning to fly to London shortly to visit ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, local media reported.
The 70 PPP members, who are former MPs from Thaksin's now disbanded Thai Rak Thai Party, have reportedly bought a package tour to England on Sept. 10 in order to meet the former premier and seek funds for the general election, a PPP source was quoted by Friday's The Nation newspaper as saying.
Even though political veteran Samak Sundaravej, who announced he was a nominee of Thaksin, has taken over as PPP leader, it seems the real chief is the deposed premier, the report said.
Earlier, Thaksin was reported to have met with former MPs from the Northeast, including Newin Chidchob and anti-coup leader Veera Musigapong. Small groups of five to 10 politicians had earlier called on Thaksin, who has lived in exile since being ousted in the coup just under a year ago.
Thaksin's legal adviser Noppadol Pattama insisted on Thursday the former premier was neither involved in the PPP administration nor promoting the party's executives.
"Almost all of his assets have been frozen. The former premier refuses to give interviews to the media and is not trying to destroy the security of the government. It cannot be proven whether he is pulling the wires at (the PPP)," Noppadol said.
Source: Xinhua
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