Currently: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s road map is accepted by all sides but with conditions, said Nidhi Eawsriwong, an academic writing for Matichon before the latest split opened between the red shirt protesters and the government.  Read the rest of the story from the Bangkok Post

Bio: Abhisit Vejjajiva, born 3 August 1964) is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Thailand. He has been the leader of the Democrat Party since February 2005. Abhisit successfully ran for MP in Bangkok under the Democrat Party following the 1991 NPKCmilitary coup. Abhisit quickly rose through party ranks but failed in a bid to become party leader in 2001. He was accused of covering up illegal donations by the failed petrochemical firm TPI Polene to the Party during the run-up to the 2005 elections (as of 2010, the scandal is still under investigation). Abhisit became party leader after the Party’s overwhelming defeat in the 2005 elections. Read more…

• http://www.pm.go.th – The Official Website of The Prime Minister of Thailand
• http://www.abhisit.org – The Personal Website of Abhisit Vejjajiva – (in Thai only)
• In-depth interview from the BBC
• The un-official ask question to Abhisit Vejjajiva
• “Abhisit’s Fame Taken in Vain,” The Nation (Bangkok), October 7, 2005
• Abhisit Vejjajiva short bio

Related articles by Zemanta

• Thailand protests: five die as troops clash with Red Shirts (telegraph.co.uk)
• Thai troops open fire in clash with protesters (newstatesman.com)
• Bangkok Braces for a Protest’s Bloody Denouement (time.com)
• Thailand sets new exit deadline for protesters (cnn.com)
• Thai crackdown leaves one dead (americablog.com)