Yingluck says she not relying on Thaksin
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has given an interview to CNN, saying she has been in control of her government and she has not been relaying on her brother, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
She told Kristie Lu Stout of CNN News Stream that she wanted to be judged by her achievements.
PM: “A lot of key stakeholders so you may have to make sure that you keep all the stakeholders happy.”
Kristie: “How do you respond to that [Thaksin’s still calling the shots]?”
PM: “Just think that okay we have to work harder to show and to prove. But now two years, I think less criticized about this because if I'm relying on him, I don't think I can survive to handle during, especially during the floods, or during the hard time.
Kristie: you're saying you've proven yourself.
PM: “I think I proved myself but people will trust me or not.
On Democrat leader AbhisitVejjajiva’s remark about “stupid woman”.
PM: “I don't want to interpret what he means, but only thing that I would like to tell that, please give chance for all ladies or Thai people whoever give the negative. we think that this is the opportunity for us to talk the positive way.”
On what she sees as her signature style.
PM: “People don’t expect you to play the politic. People expect you to run the country with the sincerity and also doing hard effort as much as you can to deliver what we promised to the Thai people.”
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