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BANGKOK, 6 July 2009 (NNT) – Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya denied the accusation of being a terrorist from his participation in the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD)’s seizure of Suvarnabhumi International Airport and vowed not to resign from his post at this time.
Mr Kasit declared through the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) tonight that he will not resign from his post at this time despite the terrorism charge stemming from his involvement in the PAD’s airport seizure. The minister insisted that he will defend himself from the accusation, which he deemed unacceptable and insubstantial. However, he indicated that if he had to make a decision on whether or not to resign, he would only listen to the opinions of his lawyers, other Democrat Party fellows and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
The Foreign Minister clarified that he had never informed Al Jazeera the he would quit the post, adding that he merely said he would resign when the right time had come. He elaborated that, when he was on the PAD stage, he only had a pen and not any kind of weapons and thus urged the police to carefully reconsider their meaning of a terrorist.
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Reporter : Meechai Wongdaeng
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