By Thai Newsroom Reporters LABOUR MINISTER TRINUCH Thienthong is contesting for prime minister under the Palang Pracharath tickets in the Feb.8 general election in lieu of party leader Prawit Wongsuwan who has stepped aside for health reasons. Deputy Palang Pracharath leader Paiboon Nititawan confirmed today (Dec.24) Trinuch who concurrently acts as the Palang Pracharath
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Prawit opts to vie for PM again in upcoming election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH leader Prawit Wongsuwan will definitely run for prime minister again in an upcoming election, no matter if he may have a couple of running mates vying alongside for head of a future government. The former deputy prime minister who was given an overwhelming support from today’s (Nov.29) general
Read morePrawit turns down defence portfolio offer
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH leader Prawit Wongsuwan will definitely not take a defence minister’s seat or any others in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul as otherwise speculated. Prawit has already decided against taking the defence portfolio for himself under the Bhumjaithai-led coalition government though he used to be an
Read morePrawit to take the floor on censure debate against Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WILL BE SEEN as a rare political phenomenon, Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan plans to take the House floor during censure debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra later this month. That will mark the first time that Prawit, a former deputy prime minister and currently the leader of
Read more20 Palang Pracharath renegade MPs formally ousted
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH today (Dec. 11) resolved to oust a clique of 20 renegade MPs, led by former Palang Pracharath secretary-general Thammanat Prompao, from the opposition party. Palang Pracharath Secretary-General Paibul Nititawan confirmed the party’s executive board has decided to formally expel the 20 renegade MPs, including former agriculture &
Read morePrawit no longer accepts salary, entitlement pay as MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan has today (Oct. 1) resolved to no longer accept the salary and entitlement pay to which he is eligible as an MP and to return all the money which he has earlier accepted. Prawit, the only party-listed MP of the second largest opposition party who
Read morePrawit targeted again over overseas trips
A FORMER Pheu Thai party spokesman is checking whether Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan’s overseas trips this year violated regulations after finding out that he had been absent from 84 out of 95 House sessions on the pretext of other commitments, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Sep. 30). Mr. Prompong Nopparit, Pheu Thai’s
Read morePrawit applied for leave in skipping House sessions
PALANG Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan did apply for leave each time he skipped a House session and in doing so is off the hook for violating the regulation on maximum absence, Naewna newspaper said today (Sep. 20). Pol. Lt. Apat Sukhanan, secretary-general of the House of Representatives, said according to the constitution an MP
Read morePrawit to be chucked out if he skipped too many House sessions
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH leader-cum-MP Prawit Wongsuwan will likely be examined to determine whether he may have failed to attend far too many floor sessions of the House of Representatives to maintain his MP status any longer. House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha will likely assign House officials to find out whether
Read moreThammanat denies being involved with leaked audio clip
AS A leaked audio clip is now making the rounds with the speaker’s voice being similar to that of Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan, Thammanat Prompao, who while remaining this party’s MP has led 20 MPs in rebelling against it, denied being involved, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Sep. 12). While Thammanat and
Read moreThammanat-led renegade MPs won’t be ousted from Palang Pracharath
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A CLIQUE OF 20 RENEGADE MPs headed by former Palang Pracharath secretary-general Thammanat Prompao will be by no means ousted as members of the second largest opposition party. Palang Pracharath secretary-general Paibul Nititawan confirmed today (Sep. 10) none of the 20 rebellious MPs under command of his predecessor will be
Read morePaetongtarn might be judged ‘evidently dishonest and unethical’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra might probably be judged by court to be “evidently dishonest and unethical” since she has failed to keep her promises pertaining to the setup of a sustained Pheu Thai-led government, said deputy Palang Pracharath leader Paiboon Nititawan today (Aug 29). Paiboon said a fresh impeachment lawsuit
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 morePalang Pracharath kicked out of Pheu Thai-led coalition, renegade MPs kept intact
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH as a whole has been finally kicked out of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government though a number of renegade MPs of the troublesome party will practically remain on the coalition side. Pheu Thai secretary-general Sorawong Thienthong confirmed today (Aug. 27) that the Palang Pracharath as a whole
Read moreThaksin to choose between Prawit and Thammanat for Paetongtarn Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra is evidently being bound to choose between two opposing sides of the Palang Pracharath and bring either one into his coalition government, partisan sources said over the weekend. The billionaire power player Thaksin, father of newly-named Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, will ultimately have
Read moreIntact Palang Pracharath remains in coalition govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra confirmed today (Aug. 23) the whole Palang Pracharath will continue to be part of the current Pheu Thai-led coalition government. The woman prime minister, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, told reporters the third largest coalition partner led by Prawit Wongsuwan will still
Read morePalang Pracharath disintegrating again with Thammanat being kept out of new Cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH is again disintegrating due to intra-partisan conflict of interest since Palang Pracharath Secretary-General Thammanat Prompao will no longer be given a ministerial seat in an imminent Cabinet lineup. The third largest coalition partner would likely be split into two sides with one loyal to Palang Pracharath leader
Read moreAnalysis: Of a slap-and-kiss relationship
By Out-Crowd A WORKING RELATIONSHIP between former prime minister/current de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra and unnamed elements of the old-time powers-that-be virtually showcases mutual slaps and kisses every once in a while as long as the strange bedfellows share the same enemy – the Move Forward. Since the polarised politics unexpectedly ground
Read moreSrettha shrugs off Thaksin’s criticism of Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (June 10) shrugged off the criticism recently made by de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra taking Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan to task. The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister sidestepped reporters’ questions about the relationship between the coalition partners following Thaksin’s criticism of Prawit pertaining
Read morePM tightlipped over Prawit-associated senators’ impeachment move
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (May 28) declined to comment on hearsay that most of the 40 senators who had filed an impeachment lawsuit against him in court were loyal to Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan. The Pheu Thai-attached prime minister only told reporters he would not mention any individuals
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