His return will coincide with a key parliamentary vote that could end a political deadlock. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The 74-year-old billionaire was ousted in a 2006 military coup and has spent 15 years in self-exile.
“On Tuesday, August 22, 9am I will pick up my father Thaksin at Don Muang Airport,” his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who was one of the Pheu Thai party’s candidates for prime minister, said on Instagram.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 butA bogeyman for Thailand’s pro-military and royalist establishment, Thaksin’s return has the potential to inflame an already tense political situation.
He has lived in self-exile, mostly in Dubai, since 2008 but regularly addresses supporters on the Clubhouse social media platform using the alias Tony Woodsome.
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