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Deputy finance minister looking high and low to turn bad luck around.
Byline: Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Jun. 6--Chaiyos Sasomsap can recall that day 20 years ago almost as if it were yesterday, a watershed that transformed him from a Nakhon Pathom businessman into a life of national politics.
"Uthai Pimchaichon was on the radio, campaigning for his small Progressive Party. And he asked for the people's vote, promising that if he was elected, he would push for direct elections of village headmen and provincial governors," Mr Chaiyos said.
Taken in the context of the military regimes of the 1970s and 1980s, such a platform was progressive indeed. The Progressive Party then was firmly entrenched in the opposition to the military-led Prem Tinsulanonda government.
"I thought to myself, 'That's a very interesting idea.' Authority should rest with the people. Whether used rightly or wrongly, let the people decide," Mr Chaiyos said. "So I went to volunteer. I walked right into the party's offices opposite Robinson [department store] ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Deputy finance minister looking high and low to turn bad luck around.