BANGKOK, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Pojaman Shinawatra, the wife of Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is the front-runner to lead a new political party formed from the remnants of the Thai Rak Thai Party, should it be dissolved, local media Tuesday reported.

    Many Thai Rak Thai politicians from the North and Northeast agreed the wife of ousted prime minister Thaksin was the best choice to head a new group, Thai news group The Nation Tuesday quoted a source from Thai Rak Thai as saying.

    Promsak Sanpho, a civic group leader close to the party, said he discussed the matter with some former Thai Rak Thai members of Parliament who agreed Pojaman should be approached, The Nation said.

    Other former Thai Rak Thai members of Parliament said they wereunaware of this development. Nevertheless, they expressed support for Pojaman, saying she was an appropriate leader.

    Former Thai Rak Thai member for Chiang Rai, Samart Kaewmeechai, was quoted as saying that Pojaman had substantial support. He believed most former members of Parliament still attached to the party wanted her to lead them.

    He said Pojaman played important roles in the party when Thaksin led it. "She was behind his success in politics. So, she's the most suitable to be party leader."

    The Thai Rak Thai could be dissolved if it is found to have committed fraud in last year's elections. Its executives could be banned from politics for five years, too. The case is before the Constitution Tribunal now and the tribunal is scheduled to rule on separate electoral-fraud cases against Thai Rak Thai and the Democrat parties on May 30.