Sunday’s election result was seen as a rejection of Thailand’s
Comments by Puea Thai’s Suchart Thadathamrongvej, a candidate to discount herve leger 2011 dress be finance minister, that Thailand should adopt a kind of managed exchange rate regime similar to that of Singapore or China could also concern investors, since they raise questions about central bank independence.
Such a move would mark a turnaround for Thailand, which abandoned a fixed exchange rate system in 1997 when it floated the baht against the U.S. dollar and other currencies.
Yingluck called a strategy meeting on Wednesday to review urgent action to revitalise the economy, but she gave no indication of what her new government would do when it finally takes office, which may not be until August.
Sunday’s election result was seen as a rejection of Thailand’s traditional establishment of generals, “old money” families white zipper and royal advisers who backed the outgoing government.
Analysts say the election should usher in a period of stability after six years of often bloody political crisis.
Thailand’s politically powerful military has said it will accept the result, adding to a sense of stability in a country plagued by unrest since the army staged a coup in 2006 to oust then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck’s brother.
Experts warn that if no reactors are turned back on, every reactor in Japan will be idle by April, possibly leading to power shortages.
However, the Fukushima accident has created a popular backlash against nuclear power. As a result, Tokyo faces an uphill battle trying to convince regional leaders to give the necessary approval to restart their local reactors.
On Wednesday, the governor of southern Saga Prefecture, who must decide whether to allow the restart of two idled reactors in his prefecture, said he will go to Tokyo to try to arrange a meeting with Prime Minister Naoto Kan.
The governor, Yasushi Furukawa, has said he wants Mr. Kan to explain the nation’s energy policy, and why the reactors must be turned back on. Mr. Furukawa has become the center of national attention as he is widely seen as the first governor who must decide whether to approve a restart.
In Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Kan refused to say whether he would meet with Mr. Furukawa.
Mr. Furukawa also said on Wednesday that he would await the results of the new stress tests before deciding whether to allow the restart of the two reactors at the Genkai nuclear plant. As the stress tests are expected to take time to arrange and conduct, local media reports said that could postpone his decision until at least August.
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