Thaksin's red passport 'must be revoked'
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THE GOVERNMENT should revoke the diplomatic passport issued to ousted and fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, says former Democrat Party MP Watchara Petthong.
Watchara cited Thaksin’s latest scheduled talk in South Korea next Monday as proof that the ex-PM is still engaging in political activities.
Watchara said Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is also head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), should exercise his power under Article 44 of the provisional charter to revoke Thaksin’s diplomatic passport.
The red diplomatic passport is normally issued to all former PMs.
In a related development, Pheu Thai Party caretaker deputy spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ad said the government should not be alarmed by Thaksin’s speaking engagement.
He said Thaksin was a former head of government who had been in power for six years and would definitely know how to conduct himself and would be responsible for his own words.
Anusorn denied that the speaking engagement was a political move, adding that the current government was free to follow Thaksin’s talk.
