PM to pay Songkran respects to Prem
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra |will lead her ministers on Thursday |to pay belated respects for Songkran |to elder statesman Prem Tinsulanonda.
“Yingluck has sought and received permission to pay homage to Prem on the occasion of the Thai New Year,” Admiral Pajun Tamprattep, and aide to General Prem, who is president of the Privy Council, said yesterday.
The visitors would perform the Songkran ceremony of pouring scented water over Prem’s hands.
Another aide, General Pongthep Thesprateep, said it was routine for |well wishers to pay a courtesy call |to Prem as part of the Songkran festivities and the meeting would be non-political.
