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Article: Thai Coalition Partner Votes to Merge with Ruling Thai Rak Thai
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- January 24, 2002
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The New Aspiration Party (NAP),a member of Thailand's coalition
government, Thursday voted to merge with the ruling Thai Rak Thai
(TRT) party of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the local press
reported.
The NAP held an extraordinary meeting, in which the NAP's 234
eligible voters including four cabinet ministers and 31 members ofthe
Lower House voted by 149 to 84 to dissolve the party and mergewith
Thai Rak Thai.
The party's founder and leader Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, who serves
as deputy prime minister and defense minister, told reporters after
the meeting, "We will merge with Thai Rak Thai without any
conditions."
He said his party decided to merge with Thai Rak Thai in order to
improve ...