If you ask him, Sondhi Limthongkul, the leader of the newly-formed New Politics Party (NPP), there is no conflict between his role as a political party leader, icon of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and operator of ASTV.
He went on ASTV just now to make his stand clear: The party is a part of PAD which has many other tools.
Asked whether as party leader closely associated with the ownership of a television channel, there wouldn't be questions of conflic of interests, Sondhi said: "No. When Thaksin (Shinawatra) was prime minister, he also owned ITV. One of his ministers, Pracha Malinond, owns Channel 3. Channel 9 was also under his control...so, as long as ASTV and NPP continue to play their professional roles, I see no conflict."
His critics, though, would find that kind of arguments rather feeble. "I know that once I am in politics, I will come under scrutiny. I am ready for that."
Ready or not, the scrutiny will begin in earnest soon enough.
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Sondhi is always brave enough for every critic, every enemy, and every people.
One fact is his self-belief are very high. If it is without his conflict of interests and is all about our nation's interests, there would be infinitely forward development of our politics.
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