By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI CANDIDATE FOR prime minister Settha Taweesin suggested today (July 7) Move Forward leader/prime minister-designate Pita Limjaroenrat be given just one chance of being voted head of government. Settha, known as personally close to deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, advised Pita be given just one chance of being voted
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Settha calls possibility of Pheu Thai/Palang Pracharath coalition a ‘lunatic’ idea
By Thai Newsroom Reporters REAL ESTATE TYCOON Settha Taweesin today (July 1) called the possibility of a brand new Pheu Thai-led coalition with the Palang Pracharath and without the Move Forward a “lunatic” notion. Though Settha, who contested last month’s election as one of a trio of Pheu Thai partisan candidates for prime minister,
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
Read moreSettha won’t be deciding whether Pheu Thai links up with Palang Pracharath: Thammanat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters REAL ESTATE TYCOON Settha Taweesin, one of a trio of Pheu Thai partisan candidates for prime minister, does not have a final say to decide whether the Palang Pracharath or any other party could possibly join an alliance with his own after the May 14 general election, said Thammanat Prompao
Read morePrayut, Paetongtarn, Settha blasted for not running in party-listed mode
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NOTED ACADEMICS HAVE TAKEN to task caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and a couple of top Pheu Thai candidates over their failure to run for prime minister as well as for party-listed MP in concurrent fashion toward the May 14 general election. Jade Donavanik, dean of the College of Asian
Read morePrayut, Paetongtarn, Settha skipping party-listed mode
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha will be nowhere on the Ruam Thai Sang Chart party list of electoral candidates running for MP whilst seeking to retain power under the ultra-conservative party’s banners in the May 14 general election, partisan sources confirmed today (Mar.28). Neither will Paetongtarn Shinawatra or Settha Taweesin
Read moreThaksin’s daughter, real estate tycoon ‘unacceptable’ to most senators
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and real estate tycoon Settha Taweesin, both speculated to run for prime minister under the Pheu Thai tickets, would likely be found “unacceptable” to most senators even though either one could possibly be endorsed by a majority of MPs after the next
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