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Phone-in 'doesn't have much impact'

Deputy Interior Minister Boonjong Wongtrairat said he is confident that the daily phone-in of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to his supporters will not lead to House dissolution and the change of a new government. ...full story at Bangkok Post

from Bangkok Post on Sat, Mar 28 2009

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17 Aug 09		Boonjong: No obstruction to UDD » Bangkok Post Deputy Interior Minister Boonjong Wongtrairat insisted on he did not hire people to agitate the mass rally led by the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) to submit the royal pardon petition for former prime minister Thaksin...
08 Aug 09		Two million people oppose Thaksin pardon » Bangkok Post More than two million had signed their names in opposition of the campaign to seek royal pardon for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Deputy Interior Minister Boonjong Wongtrairat claimed on Saturday.
06 Feb 09		Thaksin 'will phone-in' next week » Bangkok Post Ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra will definitely make a phone-in to explain to public about Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban's accusation that he would like to return as "the president of Thailand," Puea Thai MP Jatuporn Prompan said Friday.
31 Jan 09		'No Thaksin phone-in tonight' » Bangkok Post Ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and ex-premier Samak Sundaravej will not phone-in to speak to supporters of United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) when they join a mass rally on Saturday evening, UDD core leader Jatuporn Prompan said...
21 Jan 09		Govt 'not worried' about Thaksin phone-in » Bangkok Post The government is not worried about the planned phone-in of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to a political talkshow, Prime Minister's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey said Wednesday.

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