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Thaksin relative wins ruling party backing for PM
The Associated Press , Bangkok | Mon, 09/15/2008 12:09 PM | World
Thailand's ruling party has endorsed the brother-in-law of deposed leader Thaksin Shinawatra as its nominee to become the next prime minister.The spokesman for the People's Power Party, Kuthep Saikrajang, says the party picked acting Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on Monday ahead of a parliamentary vote scheduled for Wednesday.
Somchai was a deputy prime minister and education minister in the Cabinet of Samak Sundaravej, who was forced to resign last week for violating a conflict-of-interest law. Samak ally Thaksin was prime minister before being ousted in a 2006 coup by military leaders.
He is also married to the sister of Thaksin, a political liability in the eyes of anti-government protesters who accuse Thaksin and Samak of corruption.
Anti-government protesters say they will not accept any candidates allied to Thaksin or Samak.
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