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Article: Thaksin's long shadow over Thai politics; Thailand's ousted prime minister resigned this week, but his populist ideals may influence his successors.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 5, 2006
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Byline: Daniel Ten Kate Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
BANGKOK -- Ousting elected prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra may have been easy for Thailand's military rulers, but erasing his legacy will prove much more difficult.
The resignation of Mr. Thaksin and more than 100 lawmakers in his ruling Thai Rak Thai party this week effectively spells the end of the populist party that dominated Thai politics for the past five years. But while the political landscape will be different for next year's promised elections, the issue of how to win the hearts of the rural poor - whose profile and clout were raised by Thaksin - will continue to ...