Thaksin postpones return
published : 7 Aug 2023 at 09:43
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Reuters
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was postponing his return from self-exile.
Thaksin posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that he needed a medical check up and would delay his return, originally planned for Aug 10, by a couple of weeks.
Meanwhile, Thaksin and his younger sister Yingluck attended Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's birthday party in Cambodia on Saturday, according to Cambodian media outlets.
Fresh News and The Phnom Penh Post reported on Sunday that Thaksin and Yingluck were at the party on the occasion of Hun Sen's 71st birthday in Ta Khmao, Cambodia.
On Thursday, Pheu Thai's deputy leader insisted that Thaksin's planned return to his home country remained unchanged, denying rumours of his delayed return.
However, another Pheu Thai source said on Thursday that Thaksin's planned return will be postponed until a Pheu Thai-led government is formed.
The decision was taken to ensure his return goes smoothly. The source said Thaksin decided to delay his return upon hearing the prime ministerial vote scheduled for Friday was put off, pending a Constitutional Court decision on whether or not Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat's renomination as a prime ministerial candidate in the second parliamentary vote was constitutional.
The fugitive former prime minister has been living in self-imposed exile since being ousted by a military coup on Sept 19, 2006.
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Vocabulary
- constitutional: correct or allowed according to the constitution - ถูกต้องหรืออยู่ในขอบข่ายที่ระบุไว้ในรัฐธรรมนูญ
- exile: a situation in which you live in a foreign country because you feel you cannot live in your own country, usually for political reasons - การลี้ภัย การถูกขับออกนอกประเทศ
- fugitive (noun): someone who has been accused of doing something illegal and is trying to avoid being caught by the police - ผู้หลบหนี
- insist: to keep saying very firmly that something is true - ยืนกราน ยืนยัน
- occasion: a special event, ceremony or celebration - โอกาส, งาน
- ousted: forced out of a position of power - ขับออกจากอำนาจ
- pending: waiting to be dealt with, settled or completed - ยังค้างอยู่, ซึ่งยังไม่จบสิ้น, อยู่ในระหว่าง
- postpone: to delay; to decide that something will be done at a later time - เลื่อนออกไป
- resist: to oppose or fight against someone or something - ต่อต้าน
- smoothly: happening or continuing without any problems - โดยไม่มีปัญหา
- source: a place where information comes from; someone who gives information - แหล่ง
