Yawdserk ‘looking for a Yingluck’
Some Thai friends who have been informed of the Restoration Council
of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA)’s upcoming election of a new
president have commented that the incumbent leader Lt-Gen Yawdserk may
be looking for a proxy.
“Sounds like he may want his successor to continue doing what he’s
been doing,” said a long-time friend in Chiangmai, “like Thaksin
(Shinawatra, exiled former Thai Prime Minister) getting his currently
embattled sister Yingluck to become his alternate.”
A 5 men election commission led by Maj Awng Moeng, a 40 year veteran, has been formed to hold the election at a two-day meeting which will begin on Friday, 14 February.
According to Awng Moeng, the commission has selected 5 nominees:
- Maj Gen Sai Yi, incumbent Vice President #1
- Col Kherh Ngeun, incumbent Vice President #2
- Lt-Col Siri, incumbent General Secretary
- Brig Gen Pawng Kherh, incumbent chief of Civil Administration and chief of peace delegation
- Lt-Col Gawn Zeun, Commander of Military Sector #1, Shan State East
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