Kasit Piromya Under Pressure

Foreign Minister of Thailand in the new pressure after members of parliament censure conjunction with the protester who stamp the airport in Bangkok some time ago.

Kasit Piromya (64), a graduate of Georgetown University, appears in the middle of the action demonstration organized by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), the Suvarnabhumi airport memblokade months ago. Closing the airport caused around 350,000 passengers stranded.

PAD, which previously demonstrate against Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup d'etat those before 2006, down to the streets in May, accused the government at that time under Somchai Wongsawat PM Thaksin is a dummy.

"I want to say to him (Thaksin) that he will not win in this fight. We will not retreat setapakpun," Kasit said in his speech in front of the demonstrators near the State Building, August.

Kasit defend themselves by arguing that he only joined to help people have a good government. "Joining with PAD is not a sin, because millions of people also join it to help eradicate corruption," he said, as quoted in the Bangkok Post newspapers on Saturday.

Kasit started his career in Deplu in 1968. He was a ambassadorial in Germany, Japan and the U.S.. Kasit criticize the previous government in handling the crisis with Cambodia, triggered a scramble ancient temple Preah Viehar, which is located at the border the two countries

Kasit told AFP before penunjukannya officially, that the first task is to host high-level conference organizers (arrived in Kuwait City) group of countries of Southeast Asia, ASEAN, in January or February next. However, he also urged Thaksin extradition.

"I will hold discussions with countries that allow Thaksin to use their land to inveigh against defamation country," he said.

Thaksin is living in exile abroad dijatuhi penalty of two years in prison on Oct. 21 because it violates the law of corruption. He was charged with helping his wife buy land owned by the state.


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Source: Ant