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).
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Bhumjaithai-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 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 moreDemocrats in Pheu Thai-led govt badly hurt partisan members, supporters: Abhisit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENSATIONAL PHENOMENON in which the Democrats jumped onto the Pheu Thai government bandwagon was critically hurting sentiment of members and supporters of the country’s oldest party, past and present, concluded former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva over the weekend. Abhisit, a former Democrat leader, said such power play on the
Read moreDemocrat entry into Pheu Thai-led govt ends 23 years of mutual antagonism
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRATS TODAY (Aug. 29) reached a unanimous, formal resolution to join the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, capping 23 years of mutual, polarised antagonism. The coalition-entry resolution was endorsed by 34 votes in today’s partisan meeting attended by 25 Democrat MPs and a number of Democrat executive board members without
Read moreChuan persists on anti-coalition stand
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER Chuan Leekpai said today (Aug. 28) he was undaunted by the near-certainty of his partisan colleagues eagerly jumping onto the Pheu Thai bandwagon of a coalition government whilst he himself is ultimately opposed to it. Chuan, a current Democrat MP and former Democrat leader, reconfirmed that he
Read morePalang Pracharath dumped out of Pheu Thai-led coalition in ‘double-crossing’ act
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PALANG PRACHARATH leader Chaiwut Tanakhamanusorn today (Aug. 28) lambasted the Pheu Thai, core of the current coalition, for kicking out the previously third largest coalition partner from the Pheu Thai-led government in the latest power play featuring a “double-crossing” act. The former digital economy & society minister said he
Read moreNo Democrat design to keep self-exiled Yingluck at bay: House committee chair
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POLICE Affairs Chair Chaichana Dejdecho today (Feb. 22) categorically denied that his Democrat colleagues have quietly hatched a partisan move to keep self-exiled, deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra from practically following in the footsteps of her brother/de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra. The House
Read morePM dampens speculation about Democrats joining coalition
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Dec.13) dampened speculation that the Democrats might possibly skip over from the Move Forward-led opposition bloc to the Pheu Thai-led coalition government sooner or later. The Democrats, today’s second largest opposition party, are more or less expected to take the first available opportunity to jump
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