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Yellow shirts want Sondhi to lead party
3/07/2009

An opinion poll by People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) showed that 81 per cent of the respondents wanted a political party of the yellow-shirt people be set up to press ahead with new politics ideology, and 53.61 per cent of them preferred Sondhi Limthongkul as party leader.

The poll results were announced at a press conference held at Baan Phra Arthit this afternoon by a key leader of PAD, Phiphop Thongchai and PAD spokesman Panthep Puapongphan.

The PAD poll, conducted on May 24-25, involved 22,013 yellow shirts, of which 58.48 were females and 41.52 males. Of the total respondents, 44.38 per cent were people in the Central and West, 15.89 per cent in the Northeast, 15.41 per cent in the South, 13.90 per cent in the East, and 10.42 in the North.

The majority of the respondents also wanted PAD leaders to take part in the new political party and to assume political posts. The poll results relating to positions in the PAD’s political party of key leaders preferred by the respondents were as follows;

Name as party executives party advisor leader

1) Sondhi Limthongkul 15.13% 31.26% 53.61%
2) Chamlong Srimuang 26.88% 55.75% 17.37%
3) Somkiat Pongpaibul 54.07% 30.06% 15.17%
4) Somsak Kosaisuk 51.95% 42.08% 5.97%
5) Phiphop Thongchai 52.58% 42.71% 4.7%

Asked about the person the respondents wanted most to be the party leader, if the PAD leaders did not get involved in the new political party, they said Arthit Urairattana (8.54%), followed by Jermsak Pinthong (5.59%), Suriyasai Katasila (4.21%), Sqd Ldr Prasong Soonsiri (3.27%), Gen Pathompong Kesornsuk (1.99%), Anand Panyarachun (1.66%), Kasit Piromya (1.65%), Prapan Koonmee(1.40%), Abhisit Vejjajiva (0.84%), Pramote Nakornthap (0.69%), Pol Gen Seriphisut Temeeyaves (0.54%), and Pol Gen Prathin Santipraphop (0.44%).

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