Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra told the BBC Thai service today (Saturday) that he will definitely return to Thailand next Tuesday and that the date has nothing to do with the parliament meeting on the same day to select Thailand’s 30th prime minister.
This morning, his youngest daughter Paetongtarn said on her Instagram and X (Twitter) accounts that she will go to Don Mueang airport to welcome her father.
“No more postponements,” Thaksin told BBC Thai before he leaves Dubai, his home for the past several years, for Singapore. He is scheduled to arrive at Don Mueang airport in his private jet at 9am.
In response to a BBC Thai question about whether former real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin, who is expected to be nominated as the next prime minister by the Pheu Thai party, will receive enough approval votes from MPs and senators, Thaksin answered…
