January 30, 201115 yr Not only is Thaksin financing a lot of the red shirt activities, he is now, according to The Nation, financing the construction of wats to help bring him back not just to the country but also as PM again. Fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday urged Thai voters to support the opposition Pheu Thai Party in the next general election so that he can return to the country. Speaking during a 15-minute phone-in from Africa to a religious ceremony his family carried out at a Chiang Mai temple, Thaksin expressed disbelief that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva would dissolve the House, but said if an election was held soon he hoped Pheu Thai would win by a landslide. "[if there is an election], there is only one way that the government would win the general election - electoral fraud . . . But if there is an election, I would like to ask Thais to vote for Pheu Thai Party so it wins by a landslide," he said . . . Thaksin financed construction of a main chapel at Wat Rongtham Samakki with an intention that merit from his donation would help bring him back as PM and Pheu Thai would win the next election. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/01/30/national/Thaksins-wish-30147518.html
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