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Samak withdraws from Thai PM vote: aide

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Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:09am EDT
Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is questioned by journalists during his departure from Parliament in Bangkok, September 12, 2008. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The leader of Thailand's ruling party, Samak Sundaravej, has withdrawn from next week's parliamentary vote for a new prime minister, a close aide to the former premier said on Friday.

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"He said he did his best to protect democracy. From now on it's up to the party to decide what to do next," Thirapol Noprampa, a former official in the prime minister's office, told reporters.

(Reporting by Pracha Hariraksapitak; Editing by Darren Schuettler and Roger Crabb)
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