Former and current Thai government chief Thaksin Shinawatra, officially appointed as Prime Minister on Tuesday, was eager to get back to his political activities.

He chaired a meeting of the cabinet where a high point of the agenda was seeking approval for some of the infrastructure projects, which total a staggering 43 billion dollars. These projects were suspended after the April 2nd inconclusive election results, which rendered the parliament unable to meet and discuss the mandate of the new Prime Minister.

One of the most important projects refers to new routes within an underground railway that would connect Bangkok, in order to increase economic growth which has already been slipping due to high oil prices and the indecision of the government over establishing a new round of elections.

Nevertheless, his eagerness for starting new and appealing social and economic projects has not fooled his old enemies, among which the People's Alliance for Democracy, which had organized the massive street protests after the April 2nd elections.

The PAD stated that it would resume these protests but not until after festivities next month for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th anniversary on the throne, the longest reigning monarch in the world.

The Democrats stated that Thaksin' return to power is nothing more and nothing less than a well planned strategy to increase the popularity of his party, Thais Love Thais.

A spokesman of the Democrats, Satit Wongnongtaey, stated: "When Thaksin wasn't in the driver's seat, the party's morale was low, so he has to return with more populist projects in order to boost its popularity".