By Thai Newsroom Reporters GOVERNMENT MPs have categorically dismissed fresh hearsay that Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan might probably be named prime minister in place of the current one, Srettha Thavisin, given the possibility that the 2024 budget bill might be turned down today (Mar 22). Several government MPs attached to coalition partners downplayed
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Prawit pays personal visit to Lao PM in Vientiane
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan paid a personal visit to Laos’ Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane today (Mar 3). The Palang Pracharath leader said he visited the Lao prime minister entirely on a personal basis and did by no means represent the Pheu Thai-led government. Neither did he act
Read moreSuthin not worried over probable removal from defence seat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEFENCE MINISTER SUTHIN Khlangsang said today (Feb. 29) he would feel just fine if he was transferred from the military-handling position to the education portfolio in a cabinet reshuffle at any given time. The civilian member of cabinet told reporters he is definitely not worried in the wake of speculation
Read morePalang Pracharath emerges as largest recipient of cash donations
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH led by former deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwan topped the list of parties being donated the most in cash last December, says a report released today (Feb. 22) by the Election Commission. Two unknown businesswomen were the only two donors who had reportedly handed out a combined
Read morePrawit not going to quit anytime soon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan is not going to call it quits as otherwise speculated anytime soon, said his brother/Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Natural Resources & Environment Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan today (Nov.16). Patcharawat said the Palang Pracharath leader who concurrently performs as the No.1 party-listed MP is not going to resign from
Read moreThammanat dismisses hearsay of leaving Palang Pracharath again
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH secretary-general Thammanat Prompao today (Oct.3) categorically dismissed hearsay that he would sooner or later depart from the coalition partner again amidst sustained conflict with a quickly-promoted partisan member. The agriculture & cooperatives minister denied that he had developed any conflict with Natural Resources & Environment Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan,
Read morePrawit closes home to politically-minded visitors for good
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan today (Aug.31) declared his own home inside army barracks closed to politically-minded visitors for good after a decade and a half of use for power plays. Prawit told reporters his home, inaptly named “Baan Pa Roy Tor Ha Chang Wat” located in the premises of
Read moreMost senators await ‘uncles’ advice’ over PM vote
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST SENATORS ARE impatiently awaiting some “advice” from a couple of powerful “uncles” as to whether they should vote Pheu Thai candidate Srettha Thavisin for prime minister or not, partisan sources said over the weekend. Whilst most of the senior lawmakers are more or less anticipating some sort of power
Read morePrayut’s party to decide shortly whether to jump onto Pheu Thai bandwagon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RUAM THAI SANG CHART will be shortly invited for informal talk with the Pheu Thai and decide for themselves whether they may join a Pheu Thai-led coalition government, confirmed Pheu Thai wheeler-dealer Bhumtham Wechayachai today (Aug.14). Known as a right-hand man for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra,
Read moreMany senators to vote Srettha for PM first, ‘uncles’ camps’ to join Pheu Thai govt later
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER of senators will likely join Pheu Thai-led coalition MPs to vote Srettha Thavisin for prime minister first with the “uncles’ camps” likely joining a Pheu Thai-led coalition government later, partisan sources said today (Aug.3). Those senators are largely speculated to cast yea votes for the real estate
Read morePrayut quits from Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha yesterday (July 11) called it quits from the ultra-conservative party where he had been largely viewed as de facto boss, capping a nine-year-old, military-led regime which he himself has built as a coup leader-turned-prime minister. On a Facebook page of the Ruam Thai Sang Chart,
Read morePrawit tipped as Pita’s rival for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER PRAWIT Wongsuwan will likely be named prime minister in rivalry against Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, partisan sources said today (June 30). Prawit, the leader of the fourth largest elected party, will likely compete in a sustained effort to rise to power though he may have only
Read moreChonlanan concerned over rival against Pita for PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI LEADER CHONLANAN Srikaew today (June 27) expressed concern over the probability of a partisan rival who might be named prime minister in sheer competition with Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat. Chonlanan apparently referred to either Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan or de facto Ruam Thai Sang Chart boss
Read morePalang Pracharath MPs poised to ‘play by the rules’ in picking PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH MPs will definitely choose to “play by the rules” in dealing with next month’s voting for prime minister named by the Move Forward which may have mustered endorsement from a majority of elected lawmakers, according to Palang Pracharath MP Thammanat Prompao. Without naming names, the former Palang Pracharath
Read morePrawit denies involvement in anti-Pita conspiracy
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan today (June 13) categorically denied he might possibly have been connected with an alleged conspiracy against Move Forward leader/prime minister-designate Pita Limjaroenrat. Prawit confirmed that he had been by no means involved in any legal action currently taken by Ruangkrai Leekitwattana, a Palang Pracharath electoral
Read morePrawit denies involvement in Chakthip/Settha/Anutin meeting at Leicester stadium
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan today (May 30) dismissed criticism that he had sent former police chief Chakthip Chaijinda negotiating a possible Pheu Thai-led coalition government in which his own party might probably be included during a Sunday soccer match in Leicester City, England. Prawit categorically denied he had been
Read morePrawit dismisses hearsay of quitting as Palang Pracharath leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH LEADER Prawit Wongsuwan today (May 23) categorically dismissed hearsay that he will soon call it quits to prompt a possible exodus of 41 MPs from his otherwise-opposition party to the Pheu Thai camp. Prawit told reporters at Government House such a thought of resigning as the Palang Pracharath
Read morePalang Pracharath might be dissolved to make Pheu Thai new core of coalition govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN A POSSIBLE TWIST of power play, the Palang Pracharath might dissolve their military-installed party with all 41 Palang Pracharath MPs set to join the Pheu Thai to make it the largest party and core of a coalition government in place of the Move Forward, partisan sources said today (May
Read moreChuwit happy with Prawit’s stance on free cannabis
FORMER MP and graft-buster Chuwit Kamolvisit took his anti-cannabis campaign to Palang Pracharath Party’s big campaign rally at the Thai-Japanese Stadium this afternoon (May 12) and was pleased with party boss Prawit Wongsuwan’s stance that it should only be free for medical use, Matichon newspaper said. Chuwit waited to question Prawit in front of
Read moreSettha vows to quit race for PM if Pheu Thai links up with Palang Pracharath
By Thai Newsroom Reporters REAL ESTATE TYCOON Settha Taweesin has offered to give up his contest for prime minister if the Pheu Thai under whose tickets he is running joins ranks with the Palang Pracharath after Sunday’s general election. In Wednesday’s interview with Voice of America, Settha, who is running among a trio of
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