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Ex-premier Abhisit blasts Thai junta's draft charter
Published Wed, Jul 27, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Bangkok
A FORMER prime minister whose party supported Thailand's last coup lambasted the junta's new constitution on Wednesday before a referendum on it, a rare blow to the army from within its own political camp.
Abhisit Vejjajiva, who was appointed prime minister from 2008-2011, leads the Democrats, Thailand's second biggest party.
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