BANGKOK: Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to return to the kingdom on Tuesday, the same day as a key parliamentary vote that...
Exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra gestures while being interviewed by Agence France-Presse in Hong Kong on March 25, 2019/AFPPix: Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to return to the kingdom on Tuesday, the same day as a key parliamentary vote that could end a political deadlock, his daughter said.Thaksin has long said he wished to return home, but faces multiple criminal charges that he says are politically motivated.
His return will coincide with an afternoon vote on whether to approve Srettha Thavisin -- from Thaksin's Pheu Thai Party -- as prime minister and end three months of political deadlock since a May general election. The progressive Move Forward Party won the most parliamentary seats in the election but the military-dominated senate blocked its leader from becoming prime minister.Parties linked to Thaksin have dominated Thai politics since 2001 but lost two prime ministers to military coups and another to a court ruling.
Thaksin said on social media days before the May election, that he would return to Thailand “before my birthday” in July because he was getting old and wanted to spend time with his grandchildren.
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