Kaewsan Atibhoti ( th, แก้วสรร อติโพธิ born August 24, 1951) is a Thai politician, former Senator of Thailand from Bangkok, member of Inspection of Acts being Detrimental to the State Commission (State Detrimential Acts Inspection Commission)Asian Legal Information Institute
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29 December 2013 and unsuccessful nominee for Election Commissioner. Kaewsan Atibodhi has a twin brother, Kwansuang Atibodhi. His father, Siri Atibodhi, was the Minister of Justice and the Secretary of National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC)(former revision of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)NACC website
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29 December 2013). Prior to his political career, he was a law lecturer at

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. Kaewsan was a vocal critic of the former Thai

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Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...

and spoke at several anti-Thaksin rallies organized by the

People's Alliance for Democracy The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD; th, พันธมิตรประชาชนเพื่อประชาธิปไตย, Phanthamit Prachachon Pheu Prachathipatai; commonly known as "Yellow Shirts") is a Thai reactionary, m ...

. After the a military junta overthrew Thaksin's government, the junta appointed Kaewsan to a committee to investigate the deposed government.

Occupation

*Former lecturer at the Faculty of Law,

The Thaiswatch
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29 December 2013 *Former vice Chancellor of Thammasat University *Former member of Thai Constitution Drafting Committee 1997 *Former senator of Thailand (Elected from Bangkok) *Former member of Inspection of Acts being Detrimental to the State Commission (State Detrimential Acts Inspection Commission)Kaewsun Atibothi (created for 2009 Mayor of Bangkok election campaign)

29 December 2013

Criticisms of Thaksin Shinawatra

As Senator, Kaewsan repeatedly attacked Prime Minister

, comparing him to a hijacker and a rapist.The Nation
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26 March 2006 He also attacked what he called the Thaksinocracy, "Thaksin system". * Kaewsan claimed that Thaksin mismanaged the Thai economy, especially by signing several

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s with trading partners. "For instance, the FTA with China has put many Thai growers of garlic and other vegetables out of business due to the dumping of cheaper Chinese imports. Ballpoint-pen and electrical-transformer makers here are in bad shape as cheaper Chinese imports have flooded the domestic market." * Kaewsan alleged that a "Thaksin-system" abused the ability of the National Assembly to control the government. Thaksin's

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(TRT) party was the first party in Thai history to win a majority in the House of Representatives and form a government without coalition parties. Kaewsan claimed the Thaksin-system was composed of the TRT party, the mass media, the Federation of Thai Industries, and the Board of Trade.

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Kaewsan Atibodhi Kaewsan Atibhoti ( th, แก้วสรร อติโพธิ born August 24, 1951) is a Thai politician, former Senator of Thailand from Bangkok, member of Inspection of Acts being Detrimental to the State Commission (State Detrimential Act ...