Democrat and Pheu Thai too far apart for any alliance : Thaksin
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Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has denied engaging in talks to invite the Democrats to join the Pheu Thai-led coalition, his legal adviser Noppadon Pattama said on Tuesday.
“Thaksin has confirmed through me that he did not talk with Democrat MP Suthep Thuagsuban," he said.
Noppadon said Thaksin was equally clear he had not dispatched any emissaries as alleged by Suthep.
He said the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties were incompatible and it would not be possible for them to team up as part of an alliance due their political differences.
Earlier Suthep said Thaksin had approached him via a well-respected man and two women, both high society figures.
The former Democrat secretary general said that he had been approached several times since January by Thaksin via two “high society” women and later by a senior figure he respects, inviting the Democrats to join the government if they stopped fighting the controversial constitutional amendment and reconciliation bills.
He turned down the offer and thanked the figures, whom he said had good intentions towards the country and sincerely believed that a union between the country’s two largest political parties would end the political conflict.
Suthep refused to name the people involved, saying he did not want them to be misunderstood.
Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva also said he had learned about Thaksin’s offer from Suthep and senior Democrats. He said he later informed key figures about the matter to clear any suspicion of foul play among them.
