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Pheu Thai departure from Bhumjaithai-led govt deemed unlikely

  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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Anutin 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

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Conflict 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

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Newin’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

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Anutin 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,

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Newin, 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

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Newin, 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

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Newin’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

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House 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

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Analysis: Thaksin stuck in cul-de-sac steering Pheu Thai-led govt

  DE FACTO PHEU THAI boss Thaksin Shinawatra is currently encountering dilemma and conundrum whilst steering the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, albeit literally behind the scenes, due to unresolved, inter-party conflict and sustained legal battles which might probably last until the end of their four-year term in the next couple of years, according to partisan

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Bhumjaithai could be ousted from Pheu Thai-led govt over casino bill conflict

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI could possibly be kicked out of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government due to an unsettled inter-party discrepancy over the delayed legislation to open casinos at certain tourist spots, partisan sources said today (April 16). Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra may contemplate ousting

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Revenge likely in standoff between Thaksin and Newin and their offspring : Former MP

  THE recent shelving of a legislation to open casinos within entertainment complex projects points to a standoff between de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and his daughter/Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra versus de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob and his son MP Chaichanok Chidchob which will likely lead to revenge being taken as their

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