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Suchinda announces resignation
BANGKOK. May 24 : Army backed Prime Minister Suchinda Kraprayoon, reviled by Thais after troops killed pro-democracy demonstrators, announced his resignation Sunday on national television, reports AP.
The announcement came after a day of false rumors that Suchinda had fled the country under heavy pressure from leading government and military factions to resign.
While welcoming the news, many Thals were angered that the top military commanders remained In place. Mass street protests were to go on as planned Monday.
"If these people remain in their posts, 1 fear you cannot say that fundamental change
has taken place,"' said Abhisit. Vejchachiwa, an opposition member of parliament.
Suchinda, a 58-year-old former army chief, led a military coup in February 1991 that toppled an elected government. He was named prime minister April 7 by a coalition of pro-military parties that emerged with a parliamentary majority after an election a month earlier.
The move outraged civilians, particularly the country's middle class, which is fed up with military dominance of politics. They launched huge demonstrations that plunged Thailand into its worst crisis since the 1970s.
The pro-democracy forces demanded that an elected
politician replace Suchinda. who had gone back on an earlier promise not to become prime minister.
The protests turned violent last week. At least 48 people were killed and hundreds injured as troops violently suppressed pro-democracy demons trators in downtown Bangkok. The number of dead might be in the hundreds. Officials said several hundred people listed as missing likely died, their bodies cither burned on the spot or secretly trucked out of the city.
Suchinda, somber in a dark gray suit, appeared on state-controlled television at 11:18 am. (0418 GMT). Seated behind a desk, he bowed deeply. h1s hands folded prayer-Hke
before his face in the traditional Thai greeting.
Then, his face impassive, he read a 4 1/2-mfnute speech expressing regrets over the ■violent crackdown that has elicited almost universal outrage from Thais.
"I am deeply sorry about the unrest and clashes between the government officers and the people which led to a great loss of lives and physical damage, both among the officers and people," Suchinda said. Though the situation has subsided, there are traces of damage In the spirit of the people in the country and to our economy. whose restoration must take a period of time.