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OPINION: The Destructive Opposition

Abhisit Vejjajiva’s government and the 60 billion bath spending Thai flood victims must know the truth When the leaders of the Democrat Party and the many “invisible hands” above him kept him at the helm of the “opposition” they expected him to make troubles, and at best to sow havoc at each activity and project of the Pheu Thai Party’s government led by Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra. It was a poor decision to put Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva at the helm of the “opposition”. Not for long it turned out to be a horrible political miscalculation by irrational Democrat leaders. Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva was the head of the Thai previous government and head of the Democrat Party that lost the last national election to Pheu Thai Party. His two years on the job did not offer political strength, any at all for him to brag about. On the contrary they are riddled with social division, revenge against and accusation of a large segment of Thai society with the sole purpose of justifying the Sep...