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| Pheu Thai Party | |
|---|---|
| File:PheuThai Logo.png | |
| Leader | Jarupong Ruangsuwan |
| Secretary-General | Phumtham Wechayachai |
| Spokesperson | Prompong Nopparith |
| Prime minister | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Founded | 20 September 2008 |
| Preceded by | People's Power Party |
| Headquarters | 1770 OAI Bld. New Petchburi Rd. Bangkapi, Huaykwang, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Ideology | Populism |
| Colors | Red and Dark Blue |
| Slogan | ขอคิดใหม่ ทำใหม่ เพื่อไทยทุกคน... อีกครั้ง "Let us rethink and redo for all Thais...Again" |
| House of Representatives | 262 / 500 |
| Website | |
| http://www.ptp.or.th | |
The Pheu Thai Party (PTP) (Template:Lang-th; RTGS: Phak Phuea Thai; pronounced [pʰák pʰɯ̂a tʰāj]; For Thais Party) is the third incarnation of a Thai political party originally founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 September 2008, as an anticipated replacement for the People's Power Party (PPP), which Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved less than three months later after finding party members guilty of electoral fraud. The People's Power Party was itself a replacement for Thaksin's original Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party which the Constitutional Court dissolved in May 2007 for violation of electoral laws.
Foundation and Opposition years (2008-2011)
The PPP was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 2 December 2008. On 3 December 2008, the majority of the former PPP MPs defected to the Pheu Thai Party. In a PTP general assembly, the first executive commission was elected on 7 December 2008. Candidates for the party's leader were: Yongyuth Wichaidit, Apiwan Wiriyachai, former Vice President of the House of Representatives, former health minister Chalerm Yubamrung and former industry minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan. Yongyuth Wichaidit was elected as the party's leader.
In a December 2008 parliamentary session MPs of five PPP coalition parties decided to endorse Abhisit Vejjajiva as the next prime minister and themselves forming a Democrat-led coalition. The PTP campaigned for their endorsement by the PPP-coalition parties. However, Abhisit had gained their support for the premiership. After that, the party called for a national unity government in which all parties would be involved, with Sanoh Thienthong of the Royalist People's Party as the new premier. This proposal was rejected by the defecting coalition parties and the Democrat Party. On 11 December, Worrawat Eua-apinyakul, then MP for Phrae from PTP, suggested that the party should push for a house dissolution and general elections, with the hope of depriving the prospective coalition of a parliamentary majority. However, The President of the House of Representatives; Chai Chidchob spoke against the plan.
References
- "Pheu Thai Party Website Logo and Motto page in Thai". Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- "ประกาศนายทะเบียนพรรคการเมือง เรื่อง รับจดแจ้งการจัดตั้งพรรคเพื่อไทย" (pdf). Royal Thai Government Gazette (in Thai). 124 (special part 174 D): 23. 9 November 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - "Historical rulings unfold". The Nation (Thailand). Bangkok. 30 May 2007.
- "The Constitutional Tribunal disbands Thai Rak Thai". The Nation (Thailand). Bangkok. 30 May 2007.
- ^ "Puea Thai Party to elect leader on Sunday". The Nation (Thailand). Bangkok. 3 December 2008.
- "Yongyuth becomes new Pheu Thai leader". The Nation (Thailand). Bangkok. 8 December 2008.
- "Pheu Thai in desperate bid for power". The Nation (Thailand). 8 December 2008.
- "Thai opposition 'set for power'". BBC News. 10 December 2008.
- Jaikawang, Naya (10 December 2008). "Pheu Thai now calling for a national govt". The Nation (Thailand). Bangkok.
- "We may dissolve the House : Pheu Thai". The Nation (Thailand). Bangkok. 11 December 2008.
External links
- Formal Party web-site
- Thailand's July Election: Understanding the Outcome, Q&A with Catharin Dalpino (July 2011)
- The changing face of Thai populism
