By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI MP Nikorn Somklang has been speculated to replace MP Sudawan Wangsupakitkosol for a ministerial seat in a potential Bhumjaithai-led cabinet under Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a partisan source said today (March 27). Nikorn, widely known as a protege of the Wangsupakitkosol family, a “Big House” of veteran politicians
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Somsak awaits ministerial seat down to the wire
SOMSAK THEPSUTHIN, co-leader of the Sam Mit faction inside the Pheu Thai, the second largest coalition partner of a potential Bhumjaithai-led government, has been quietly awaiting a last-minute change in the list of Pheu Thai ministers-designate which might probably see himself included, a partisan source said today (March 25). Though the list of eight
Read moreAnutin II cabinet to have 28 ministers under Bhumjaithai quota, 8 under Pheu Thai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BHUMJAITHAI-LED cabinet of ministers headed by Prime Minister-Designate Anutin Charnvirakul will likely consist of 24 Bhumjaithai figures plus four “non-politician” technocrats under the quota of the largest elected party steered by de facto party boss Newin Chidchob and eight others from the Pheu Thai, the second largest coalition partner,
Read moreRenegade Democrat MPs might vote Anutin for head of Bhumjaithai-led govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME RENEGADE Democrat MPs might probably cast a yea vote in support of Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for re-elected head of a Bhumjaithai-led government following last month’s election despite the fact that their own party will likely wind up in an opposition bloc, partisan sources said today (March 10).
Read moreBhumjaithai-led govt set up with 291 coalition MPs but without Klatham or Democrats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POTENTIAL Bhumjaithai-led coalition government has been quietly set up by de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob with a combined force of 291 MPs under his command and without the Klatham or the Democrats in the post-election executive branch under re-elected premiership of Anutin Charnvirakul, partisan sources confirmed today (Mar.9).
Read moreNewin to have final say over Bhumjaithai ministerial seats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEWIN CHIDCHOB, the de facto Bhumjaithai boss, will almost certainly have the final say as to who among the party’s rank and file will be given ministerial seats in a Bhumjaithai-led government under re-elected premiership of Anutin Charnvirakul, according to partisan sources. With an army of 192 designate-MPs under the
Read moreNo old-timer politicians welcome in Bhumjaithai-led cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO OLD-TIMER politicians will be wholeheartedly welcome in a Bhumjaithai-led cabinet of ministers so they may eventually become “more acceptable” to members of society than earlier anticipated, a partisan source confirmed over the weekend. The Bhumjaithai, core of the potential coalition government decisively conducted by de facto party boss Newin
Read moreBhumjaithai-led coalition finally opts to do without Klatham, Democrats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a last-minute twist in complicated, unpredictable political affairs, a Bhumjaithai-led coalition government will finally do without the Klatham or the Democrats but secure a majority of 300 designate-MPs primarily obliged to vote Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for head of the executive branch again, partisan
Read moreBhumjaithai-led govt backed by 340-plus coalition MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POTENTIAL Bhumjaithai-led government has so far secured an overwhelming majority of 344 designate-MPs from over a dozen coalition partners including the Pheu Thai and finally the Klatham, all of who will be primarily obliged to vote Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for head of the executive branch following the
Read moreKlatham tipped to be brought in Bhumjaithai-led govt without Thammanat in cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE KLATHAM might probably be brought in a Bhumjaithai-led coalition government on condition that de facto Klatham boss Thammanat Prompao be ultimately kept out of a future cabinet of ministers, according to a partisan source today (Feb.19). Due to sustained scandals surrounding his alleged personal association with transnational scam and
Read moreKlatham probably kept out of Bhumjaithai-led coalition
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE KLATHAM, the ultra-conservative party steered by de facto party boss Thammanat Prompao, might probably be kept out of a Bhumjaithai-led coalition government despite hush-hush lobbyism lately exercised, according to a partisan source. Thammanat has quietly orchestrated personal negotiations albeit to no avail whilst de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob
Read moreWhether Klatham joins coalition bandwagon depends on de facto Bhumjaithai boss
By Thai Newsroom Reporters WHETHER OR NOT the Klatham will be eventually brought onto the potential bandwagon of a Bhumjaithai-led government is currently hinging on a final decision to be made by Newin Chidchob, the de facto boss of the latter party, sooner than later. Under de facto party boss Thammanat Prompao, the Klatham
Read moreBhumjaithai worried over Thammanat’s allegedly unwelcome image
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MANY DESIGNATE-MPs of the Bhumjaithai, who emerged as the largest elected party in the Feb.8 election, have expressed concern over the possibility of Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul being legally impeached and deprived of power if de facto Klatham boss Thammanat Prompao was eventually named member of a Bhumjaithai-led cabinet,
Read moreBhumjaithai, Pheu Thai hold talk on coalition govt setup
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI and Pheu Thai, the largest and third largest elected parties respectively, today (Feb.13) held an initial talk without the Klatham over the setup of a coalition government following Sunday’s election. Executive members of the ultra-conservative Bhumjaithai under de facto party boss Newin Chidchob had invited those of the
Read morePheu Thai unnecessary for Bhumjaithai-led coalition govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI, the largest elected party in Sunday’s election, will likely align with the Klatham, the fourth largest elected camp, but not with the Pheu Thai who came out as third to set up a coalition government, partisan sources said today (Feb.9). Given 193 MP seats which the ultra-conservative Bhumjaithai
Read moreBhumjaithai scores landslide victory over People’s
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE Bhumjaithai, surreptitiously steered by de facto party boss Newin Chidchob, scored a landslide victory in today’s (Feb.8) election, emerging as the largest elected party overwhelmingly defeating the reformist People’, according to unofficial reports. At the time of unofficially reporting, the Bhumjaithai under whose tickets Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin
Read moreBhumjaithai ‘most prepared’ to become core of post-election govt: Thammanat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO KLATHAM BOSS Thammanat Prompao said today (Feb.4) victories in the Feb.8 election will not only decisively hinge on partisan and personal hypes but on an unidentified, “invisible power” and that he viewed the Bhumjaithai, currently core of the caretaker government, as “the most prepared” party to remain as
Read morePeople’s, Bhumjaithai, Pheu Thai tipped to sweep 400 MP seats combined
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THREE MAJOR PARTIES, namely the People’s, the Bhumjaithai and the Pheu Thai, will likely sweep an estimated 400 MP seats combined in both constituency-based and party-listed modes of the Feb.8 election, prominent academics predicted over the weekend. The trio of major parties contesting the nationwide election are more or less
Read moreAnutin promises to build a wall in Ubon to keep out Khmer intruders
By Thai Newsroom Reporters UBON RATCHATHANI – Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Jan.27) promised prospective voters in the lower northeastern province that he will literally build a wall between Thailand and Cambodia to keep out any territorial intruders in the future if he comes back as head of government after the Feb.8 election.
Read moreChaichanok’s attitude against Pheu Thai only ‘personal’ view: Anutin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul today (Jan.17) downplayed an unanticipated remark recently made by Bhumjaithai Secretary-General Chaichanok Chidchob that the current core of the caretaker government would not align with the Pheu Thai to set up a potential coalition government after the Feb.8 election due to the latter’s alleged connections
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