By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, the second largest coalition partner, will be very unlikely to break ranks with the Bhumjaithai, currently core of the coalition government, as far as the de facto bosses of both camps, namely Thaksin Shinawatra and Newin Chidchob respectively, are concerned, albeit in behind-the-scenes fashion, according to partisan
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Seripisut snubs compromise over libel lawsuit filed by Newin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI LIBERAL leader Seripisut Temiyavej today (July 29) rejected an unsolicited advice for him to reach a compromise with de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob over a libel lawsuit filed in court against the former pertaining to the latter’s law-defiant land grabs in Buriram. The sole Thai Liberal MP posted
Read moreAnutin loses his cool over Newin-Pipat conflict
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul today (July 28) lost his cool and irritably retorted to any government critics who might probably take liberty to pry into “family-like” relationship between de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob and Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Transport Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn reportedly due to mutual conflict of interest. The prime
Read moreConflict of interest emerges between Anutin and Newin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CONFLICT of interest has quietly loomed between Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob over bureaucratic transfers between Interior Ministry Undersecretary Ansit Sampantharat, known as invariably obedient to the former, and Provincial Administration Department Director-General Narucha Kosacivilize, viewed as personally staunch to the latter, according to
Read moreTV news commentary terminated after taking Newin’s son to task over AI project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO BHUMJAITHAI boss Newin Chidchob may have been so displeased with a popular TV news commentary which had unrelentingly taken to task his son/Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob over the contentious TH-AI Passport project that he allegedly managed to put an abrupt end to it, according to
Read moreAnutin does not dare do anything to ‘boss’s son’ over AI project?
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul was today (June 15) taken to task for not trying to put an end to controversy over the TH-AI Passport project launched by Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob only because the latter is a son of the former’s boss, namely de facto Bhumajaithai boss
Read moreAd hoc panel sought to probe NACC’s failure over Saksayam’s asset concealment case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PARLIAMENT President Sopon Zaram was today (June 5) asked by the People’s-led opposition to relay a formal request for the Supreme Court to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s failure to press asset concealment charges against former transport minister/former Bhumjaithai secretary-general Saksayam Chidchob. The
Read moreNewin’s protege tipped to be named Interior undersecretary despite ‘Do Help the Blue’ scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A HIGH-RANKING, yet scandalous official of the Ministry of Interior has been surreptitiously destined to get promoted as undersecretary of the ministry now under command of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul later this year, despite an online text which he had allegedly sent to a certain government official to “Do Help
Read moreAnutin, Chaichanok face impeachment bid over alleged, illicit occupation of land
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul and Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob are facing impeachment charges in court which could possibly warrant a loss of their ministerial status amidst allegations that they have been illicitly occupying part of Khao Kradong land in their northeastern home province of Buriram. Anutin, who
Read moreAnutin rules out Saksayam joining the cabinet
PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul today (April 30) denied Mr. Saksayam Chidchob, former transport minister and Bhumjaithai secretary-general who is also de facto party boss Newin Chidchob’s brother, will be brought into the cabinet even though there is still a vacant seat, Neawna newspaper and Amarin TV said. People’s Party last week questioned whether the
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 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 moreSisaket by-election tug of war between Thaksin and Newin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEXT MONTH’S BY-ELECTION for an MP of Sisaket will likely be a relentless tug of war between a couple of major parties with an essential difference of one being in government and the other in the opposition bloc. The Pheu Thai surreptitiously directed by de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra
Read moreNewin, Anutin summoned for questioning over senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters The polling agency has called Bhumjaithai de facto boss Newin Chidchob, party leader Anutin Charnvirakul plus a few others for questioning over senatorial rigging scandals. DE FACTO BHUMJAITHAI BOSS Newin Chidchob and other big names of the second largest coalition partner have been recently summoned by the Election Commission for
Read moreNewin, not Anutin, has final say over new cabinet lineup
By Thai Newsroom Reporters WHETHER THE BHUMJAITHAI may continue to be part of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government or depart for the opposition bloc will ultimately depend on de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob and not titular party leader Anutin Charnvirakul. Though Anutin, the current deputy prime minister-cum-interior minister, has recently threatened to leave
Read moreBhumjaithai kept in govt, Ruam Thai Sang Chart kicked out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra has quietly resolved to keep the Bhumjaithai, albeit as the coalition government’s thorn in the side, whilst kicking out the Ruam Thai Sang Chart in near future, a partisan source said over the weekend. Given unconfirmed, yet welcomed news
Read moreNewin’s son, Anutin allegedly involved in senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI was today (May 20) slapped with another dissolution-seeking lawsuit accusing the second largest coalition partner under de facto party boss Newin Chidchob of preplanned involvement by prominent partisan members in vote-rigging, bloc-voting and money-laundering conspiracies over last year’s senatorial elections. Former senatorial contestant Kusumavati Sirikomut today formally lodged
Read moreHouse dissolution likely if Bhumjaithai rejected casino bill: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra would likely be told by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to dissolve the House of Representatives if the Bhumjaithai effectually turned down legislation due in early July to open casinos anywhere in Thailand, according to a noted academic. The mega-billionaire, power player would
Read moreBhumjaithai might be kicked out of govt after Budget Bill sails through
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI under influence of de facto party boss Newin Chidchob might probably be kicked out of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government after legislation on the 2026 budget has passed an initial approval at parliament whilst the former camp may continue to thwart the latter’s casino bill, partisan sources said
Read moreThaksin opts to not kick out Bhumjaithai from govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra would likely not risk losing his grip on power play and finally choose to keep the Bhumjaithai in government rather than get rid of such thorn in the side for good, partisan sources said today (April 23). The billionaire power player/father of Prime
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