10.10.09 Yellow shirts political party seeks one million members
The newly formed New Politics Party will strive to have one million
members within two years, party secretary-general Suriyasai Katasila
said yesterday.
"The new party has not targeted the number of House seats to win at
the next general election because party building takes time," he said. Suriyasai said his party was working to expand mass support rather than focussing on the election. The
New Politics Party is the political arm of the People's Alliance for
Democracy (PAD), many leaders of which have become executives of the
new political party. Suriyasai also stated that the yellow shirts - followers of the PAD -
have not set a timetable for street protests against the moves to amend
the Constitution since the rewriting process seems to have stalled due
to the coalition-opposition conflict. "The People's
Alliance for Democracy is ready to lead the protests once it is clear
how the charter amendments will proceed," he said in his concurrent
capacity as the PAD spokesman.In a related development, New Politics Party leader Sondhi Limthongkul
yesterday reported to police and acknowledged the charge for
trespassing at Government House related to the yellow shirts' street
protests last year. "I am ready to resign my party leadership if found guilty but the courts have not ruled on my charge yet," Sondhi said. He denied the charge and said he would file his written statement of rebuttals to police within 30 days. In a separate police investigation, Sondhi also denied defaming fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra and faction leader Newin Chidchob during last year's street protests. Source: The Nation, 10.10.09 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/10/10/politics/politics_30114175.php
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