The Campaign for Popular Democracy Sunday called the Cabinet of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, which has yet to be officially announced, a "puppet Cabinet" and warned it could soon face protests by four groups.
CPD secretarygeneral Suriyasai Katasila said most Cabinet members would be nominees of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra or leaders of factions from the dissolved Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party, who have been banned from politics for five years.
These people would "pull strings" from outside Government House, he said.
"The decision making will be mostly outside Government House - both inside and outside the country, unlike past Cabinets," Suriyasai said.
"We see several Cabinet members will have to wait for orders from those who are in power."
Suriyasai also warned that economic problems caused by populist policies of the former TRT regime as well as political woes could prompt the four groups to demonstrate against the government.
He said the CPD believed the Samak coalition's term would be shorter than the Surayud government's because problems from past policies would emerge and bring it down.
The government will definitely face strong protests if failed to find concrete measures to resolve problems within five months, he said.
The rural folk or farmers would be the first group to rally because populist policies by the Thaksin government had placed them deep in debt, Suriyasai said.
The government also faces protests from workers seeking higher pay and improved welfare to offset inflation and higher cost of living.
The middle class, who are most affected by the worsening US credit crisis and a global economic slowdown, would also protest if their situation deteriorated.
Suriyasai said members of the former People's Alliance for Democracy would also stage rallies if the government tried to interfere with the judicial process or help Thaksin enact a law that would lift the ban on exTRT executives.
Suriyasai said the Samak government should learn from past mistakes to avoid repeating them.
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CPD secretarygeneral Suriyasai Katasila said most Cabinet members would be nominees of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra or leaders of factions from the dissolved Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party, who have been banned from politics for five years.
These people would "pull strings" from outside Government House, he said.
"The decision making will be mostly outside Government House - both inside and outside the country, unlike past Cabinets," Suriyasai said.
"We see several Cabinet members will have to wait for orders from those who are in power."
Suriyasai also warned that economic problems caused by populist policies of the former TRT regime as well as political woes could prompt the four groups to demonstrate against the government.
He said the CPD believed the Samak coalition's term would be shorter than the Surayud government's because problems from past policies would emerge and bring it down.
The government will definitely face strong protests if failed to find concrete measures to resolve problems within five months, he said.
The rural folk or farmers would be the first group to rally because populist policies by the Thaksin government had placed them deep in debt, Suriyasai said.
The government also faces protests from workers seeking higher pay and improved welfare to offset inflation and higher cost of living.
The middle class, who are most affected by the worsening US credit crisis and a global economic slowdown, would also protest if their situation deteriorated.
Suriyasai said members of the former People's Alliance for Democracy would also stage rallies if the government tried to interfere with the judicial process or help Thaksin enact a law that would lift the ban on exTRT executives.
Suriyasai said the Samak government should learn from past mistakes to avoid repeating them.
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