An alliance of pro-democracy parties would defeat pro-military parties in Thailand's upcoming general election if it is held freely and fairly, ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Thursday."I think the pro-democracy parties, all together, will win more than 300 (lower house) seats out of 500. It's time for (voters) to cast their ballots...to dump the dictatorship of Thailand," Thaksin said in an interview with Kyodo News amid a visit to Hong Kong.The 69-year-old policeman-turned-telecoms mogul, who was ousted as premier in a bloodless military coup in 2006, said his party, …READ FULL ARTICLE