Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of ex-PM Thaksin and Pheu Thai Party‘s chosen candidate for her father’s old job, said her father has to find his own way home. He will not need, and not receive, any help from the Pheu Thai Party.
Paetongtarn – known by the pet name “Ung Ing” – dismissed her father’s comeback plans at a Pheu Thai campaign meeting in the northeastern province of Loei yesterday, saying that it was “not our problem.”
Thaksin has said many times that he will be returning home soon after a 15 years’ absence. Last week, the ageing plutocrat announced that only ill health had prevented him from returning last year and that he would be back soon after the election, regardless of the outcome.
Thaksin was very clear that he would allow Ung Ing to announce the great date of his return, but his daughter doesn’t seem to know what he is talking about.
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