Published: 6/07/2011 at 12:58 PM
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Once the red-shirts have control of more than half of the country the form of administration will be changed, outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban warned on Wednesday.
Mr Suthep made this comment when asked what the Democrat Party would do to win the hearts of the people in the Northeast, because without support from this region the party would always face a problem intryingto form a government.
He said said the party would have to look for outstanding people from a new generation, people who share the same ideology as the Democrat Party, to build up a support base in the region.
Asked how long this would likely take tobuild a support base to equal Pheu Thai's backing, Mr Suthep said it would take many years to achieve that objective.
"In fact, the work (to gain support) began when the Centre for National Security (CNS) came to power. The work was carried out with full effort, and the result we can see now.
"But if they (the red-shirts) are able to take control of more than one half of the country, the form of administration will be changed.
"Let's wait and see what the lives of our children will be like," the Democrat secretary-general said.
Asked what he meant by "a change of administration" and whether he was afraid of being sued for making a false accusation, Mr Suthep said:
"I am not afraid of that. We will eventually see what I have said. Remember what we have talked about. This is a reminder to the people who own this country, to know what will happen in the future.
"But it would be all right if the people accept it voluntarily."
On a report that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra might be made the country's special trade envoy, he said if this was true it would not look good, since Thaksin is still a fugitive on the run abroad.
He expected Thai-Cambodian relations to improve because Pheu Thai and the Hun Sen government were friends, but whether the Thai people would benefit from this remained to be seen, Mr Suthep added.
Mr Suthep declined to comment on media speculation about who might be on the next cabinet.
He said the Democrat Party would be in the opposition, but it would act within the scope of the law, unlike the Pheu Thai Party which had set up armed elements and organised people to harass the govoernment, Mr Suthep said.
Mr Suthep said Abhisit Vejjajiva is still the most suitable person to lead the Democrat Party, but he was determined not to take the post of party secretary-general again.
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