Yingluck Seeks Top Military Advice

Yingluck Shinawatra has offered to hear some straight advice from top military leaders.   The Puea Thai Party's woman contender, contesting Jul 3's election with the top government post at stake, said over the weekend she had been prepared to call on the military leaders including army chief Gen Prayudh Chand-ocha to solicit their opinions pertaining to the politicians' contests as well as concerted moves to restore national reconciliation and address Thailand's economic woes, among others.   'I'd be gladdened to hear word of advice directly from the military leaders. I'd be prepared to proceed on my campaign trail inside army barracks,' said Ms Yingluck, the youngest sister of former leader Thaksin Shinawatra.   The businesswoman, vying for head of government against archrival caretaker prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, said she will be very glad if allowed to proceed with her electoral campaign inside the compound of any barracks.   Ms Yingluck who might possibly make herself Thailand's first woman prime minister said she believed the military leaders would immediately accept results of the nationwide polls, even if the pro-Thaksin party possibly grasped most MP seats.   She said she believed there would be no post-election coup only to deny the voters' decisions.   Gen Prayudh earlier said no coups will be staged following the nationwide polling early next month, no matter if the Puea Thai Party might possibly make most MPs out of it.   But the army chief commented political tugs of war and social turbulences might as well prevail only if the pro-Thaksin party eventually succeeded in setting up a post-election government.   Gen Prayudh did not elaborate but assured the military will by no means tamper with the election and will only remain 'neutral.'   He also dismissed allegations, earlier lodged by Red Shirt leader-turned-Puea Thai contender Nattawud Saikua, army soldiers attached to an army base in Sakon Nakorn had been ordered to vote for the Democrat Party's candidates in Jun 26's advance polling.   He said those soldiers had only been told to see for themselves if their names had alreaday been put on the lists of legitimate constituents of the northeastern province.   Produced by VoiceTV