Pheu Thai Party
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Pheu Thai Party
พรรคเพื่อไทย |
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| Chairman | Charupong Ruangsuwan |
| General Secretary | Phumtham Wechayachai |
| Spokesperson | Prompong Nopparith |
| Founded | 20 September 2008 |
| Preceded by | People's Power Party |
| Headquarters | 1770 OAI Bld. New Petchburi Rd. Bangkapi, Huaykwang, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Youth wing | Thailand Institute of Youth |
| Membership (2013) | 124,780 |
| Ideology |
Populism Pro-Thaksin Shinawatra |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Red, white, dark blue |
| Slogan |
ขอคิดใหม่ ทำใหม่ เพื่อไทยทุกคน... อีกครั้ง "Let us rethink and redo for all Thais... again" |
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The Pheu Thai Party (PTP) (Thai: พรรคเพื่อไทย; rtgs: Phak Phuea Thai; pronounced [pʰák pʰɯ̂a tʰāj]; For Thais Party) is the third incarnation of a Thai political party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 September 2008, as an anticipated replacement for the People's Power Party (PPP), which Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved less than three months later after finding party members guilty of electoral fraud. The People's Power Party was a replacement for Thaksin's original Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party which the Constitutional Court dissolved in May 2007 for violation of electoral laws.
The PPP was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 2 December 2008. On 3 December 2008, the majority of the former PPP MPs defected to the Pheu Thai Party. In a PTP general assembly, the first executive commission was elected on 7 December 2008. Candidates for the party's leader were: Yongyuth Wichaidit, Apiwan Wiriyachai, former Vice President of the House of Representatives, former health minister Chalerm Yubamrung and former industry minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan. Yongyuth Wichaidit was elected as the party's leader.
In a December 2008 parliamentary session, MPs of five PPP coalition parties decided to endorse Abhisit Vejjajiva as the next prime minister and themselves forming a Democrat-led coalition. The PTP campaigned for their endorsement by the PPP-coalition parties. However, Abhisit had gained their support for the premiership. After that, the party called for a national unity government in which all parties would be involved, with Sanoh Thienthong of the Royalist People's Party as the new premier. This proposal was rejected by the defecting coalition parties and the Democrat Party. On 11 December, Worrawat Eua-apinyakul, then MP for Phrae from PTP, suggested that the party should push for a house dissolution and general elections, with the hope of depriving the prospective coalition of a parliamentary majority. However, The President of the House of Representatives; Chai Chidchob spoke against the plan.
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