March 2006 in Thailand

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[edit] Events in Thailand

This page deals with March 2006 events in or of interest to Thailand and/or involving Thais.

[edit] 25 March 2006 (Saturday)

[edit] 24 March 2006 (Friday)

  • 30,000 police officers are on standby as part of tight security measures for an anti-Thaksin rally on Saturday that organizers have billed as the last major push to oust embattled PM Thaksin Shinawatra. (The Nation)
  • One of the leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) said Chamlong Srimuang had informed a PAD meeting yesterday that Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, former PM and current adviser of Thaksin, had advised the caretaker PM to resign and postpone the election to end the current political crisis. (The Nation)
  • As the 6-year term of Thailand's first elected Senate ends. More than 200 Bangkok candidates for next month's Upper house election registered at Bangkok's Senior Citizens Club in Lumphini Park. (The Nation)

[edit] 23 March 2006 (Thursday)

[edit] 21 March 2006 (Tuesday)

  • A mentally-deranged man hammered the much-revered statue of Brahma in the Erawan Shrine at Rat Prasong junction near the Hyatt Erawan Hotel and reduced it into pieces. Thereafter, he was beaten to death by angered people. (The Nation)

[edit] 20 March 2006 (Monday)

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[edit] 17 March 2006 (Friday)

[edit] 16 March 2006 (Thursday)

[edit] 14 March 2006 (Tuesday)

  • The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) indicates that there are more than 100,000 people that come to peacefully protest against the government, forcing Thaksin to resign. (NNB)

[edit] 13 March 2006 (Monday)

  • Caretaker PM Thaksin Shinawatra has affirmed that the broadcast of HM the King's words last night, which were extracted from a royal speech during 1992's Black May, came after a request by the Bureau of the Royal Household. (NNB)

[edit] 11 March 2006 (Saturday)

[edit] 10 March 2006 (Friday)

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[edit] 7 March 2006 (Tuesday)

[edit] 3 March 2006 (Friday)

  • Caretaker PM Thaksin Shinawatra announces that he will step down if the Thai Rak Thai Party win less than 50% of the votes in the upcoming election. (NNB)

[edit] 2 March 2006 (Thursday)

  • Chuan Leekpai, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Democrat Party, confirms that the Democrat will boycott the general election on April 2 by not sending its candidates. (NNB)


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