Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has urged Thais to boycott the casinos, to no avail.
"We believe in the rewards and penalties of a free-market system, " declared Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai.
For starters, incumbent PM Chuan Leekpai's party wants to put the two learning ministries under senior MPs.
The largest opposition party in Parliament, ex-PM Chuan Leekpai's Democrats, may lead a censure debate next month.
"It's true that the two have differing opinions, " Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai was forced to admit last week.
But Surayudh has a secret weapon - the country's first civilian defense minister, PM Chuan Leekpai himself ( see interview).
Through it he hopes to succeed Chuan Leekpai as Thailand's next prime minister in elections that must take place by November.
But Chuan Leekpai, the prime minister, said that only a severe bout of renewed regional or global turmoil would make this necessary.
As he took over the helm on November 9th, at least the new prime minister, Chuan Leekpai, had the support of many of the passengers.
Many Bangkok business people are placing their bets on the Democrats to win the most seats, which could mean the return of Chuan Leekpai as PM.
As Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai dissolved parliament to pave the way for a Jan. 6 election, Thailand's erstwhile "economic savior" finds himself a lone, unpopular figure.
While Thaksin regards Chuan Leekpai and some members of his cabinet as honest and well meaning, he thinks that they took the wrong approach to rebuilding the economy.
But to do so, Mr Chatichai would probably need the support of the biggest opposition party, the Democrats, whose leader, Chuan Leekpai, also wants a second prime-ministerial term.
Banharn's predecessor, Chuan Leekpai, froze formal relations with Yangon.
For Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, Thai Army chief Surayudh Chulanont and other law enforcers, the frontline of the war against amphetamines pouring into Thailand lies up in the forested hills of the Myanmar border.
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