Thaksin claims victory in ThailandHe offers to set up committee to judge his fitness to govern

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: April 4, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Thomas Fuller
International Herald Tribune
04-04-2006
Thaksin Shinawatra claimed victory Monday in national elections, which were boycotted by opposition groups, and said he had a mandate to return as prime minister.''I am satisfied with the result,'' Thaksin said on national television, his first substantive comments since the voting Sunday. ''Sixty percent of people trust me.''But in a concession to opposition groups that have called for his resignation, Thaksin offered to set up an independent committee to judge his fitness to rule that would be made up of former prime ministers, former ...

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