BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ruled out a political comeback for her influential self-exiled brother yesterday and said an unpopular amnesty bill that would have allowed him to return has been scrapped, permanently.
Yingluck said neither Thaksin Shinawatra, the divisive former premier at the centre of Thailand’s eight years of on-off political turmoil, nor the billionaire Shinawatra family were power hungry and all wanted the country to be democratic and at peace.
Anti-government protesters have been on the streets for weeks, clashing with police and vowing to oust Yingluck and eradicate Thaksin’s influence in a final push on Monday.
“Right now, I don’t think he wants to continue with politics, he would like to see fairness to everyone to make sure that we can work together and find a long-term solution for Thailand,” Yingluck said of her brother in an interview with foreign reporters.
“My family doesn’t want to hold power for our family. Any option for the majority, for peace, to move Thailand forward as a democracy, we will take it. I can tell you right now, we do not want to be any obstruction to peace in this country. We want a solution for everyone.”
Reuters
