By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI LEADER ANUTIN Charnvirakul today (June 7) categorically insisted that the interior minister’s seat remain with him and that there be no room for bargaining over it with the Pheu Thai, core of the coalition government, as otherwise designed by Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin
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Bhumjaithai, Ruam Thai Sang Chart urged to part company with Pheu Thai-led govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI and Ruam Thai Sang Chart could possibly part company with the Pheu Thai-led government if their titular leaders were kicked out of the cabinet at any given time, suggested a noted academic today (June 6). Given Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s evident
Read morePrasert tipped to take Anutin’s place as interior minister
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRASERT JANTARARUANGTONG is expected to be named interior minister in place of Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul in a new cabinet lineup later this month. Prasert, currently the Pheu Thai-attached deputy prime minister-cum-digital economy & society minister, is speculated to take Anutin’s place as interior minister following comments earlier made by
Read moreThaksin: Talks held with Hun Sen, both sides retreating
FORMER prime minister and de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said this afternoon (May 30) that he regularly talks to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen and the conflict that led to a clash between the troops of the two countries at Chong Bok, Ubon Ratchathani province, in which one Cambodian soldier was killed
Read moreThaksin wants Interior portfolio back from Bhumjaithai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (May 30) expressed his design to have his largest ruling party take charge of the Ministry of Interior in lieu of the Bhumjaithai so that, he said, their government policies could practically have “access” to the people nationwide. Thaksin, father of Prime
Read morePaetongtarn: Talks held with Cambodian PM to resolve border problem
FOLLOWING a brief clash between Thai and Cambodian troops at Chong Bok, Ubon Ratchathani province, early this morning (May 28) Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said this evening that she held talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on resolving the border problem quickly but she kept mum on her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss
Read moreHouse might be dissolved in face of govt budgeting irregularities scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra might probably be told by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to dissolve the House of Representatives if an unprecedented lawsuit against current and previous Pheu Thai-led cabinet members, coalition MPs and pro-government senators on charge of breaching the constitution pertaining to alleged government
Read moreThaksin shows up to dampen escapee hearsay
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (May 27) showed up in public to refute rumours of his fleeing the country ahead of next month’s court trial under which he is legally obliged to testify among others. Approached by reporters at the headquarters of the Office of the Narcotic
Read morePheu Thai MP denies Thaksin has fled overseas
A PHEU Thai party-list MP quashed rumours that de facto party boss/ father of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has fled abroad and blasted rumour-mongers for stirring trouble, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 25). The MP, Mr. Anusorn Iamsa-ard, said Thaksin returned to Thailand in August 2023 after 17 years of self exile for
Read moreThaksin to use more ‘resources’ to fight legal battles ‘until the end’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra will likely use more of his “resources” whilst striving to keep himself, his daughter-turned-prime minister and his Pheu Thai-led government affected the least possible by multiple legal battles, according to partisan sources. Though yesterday’s final verdict passed by the Supreme Administrative Court for
Read moreHouse 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
Read moreThammanat to take Interior Minister’s seat in return for raising ‘cobra’ MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE INTERIOR MINISTER’S seat would be awarded to Thammanat Prompao in a new cabinet lineup if he could talk a dozen renegade MPs into practically aligning themselves with the Pheu Thai, core of the current coalition government, a partisan source said today (May 15). Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s father/de facto
Read moreThammanat looks to fish for Bhumjaithai, People’s MPs as new cabinet lineup looms
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAMMANAT PROMPAO of the Klatham has been surreptitiously persuading certain Bhumjaithai and People’s MPs to turn coat and perform in line with the Pheu Thai-led government whereas de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra has contemplated reshuffling the current cabinet of ministers by kicking out the second largest coalition partner
Read moreGroup asks Anwar Ibrahim to end Thaksin’s Asean chair adviser role
THE Student and People Network for Reform of Thailand today (May 14) submitted a letter to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the Malaysian embassy asking him to remove de facto Pheu Thai boss and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as his adviser in his capacity as chair of Association of Southeast Asian Nation
Read morePolice Hospital’s chief doctor asks for fairness in Thaksin case
POLICE Hospital’s chief doctor sent his lawyer to the Ministry of Public Health to appeal for fairness after the Medical Council punished three doctors for admitting de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra for treatment there for around six months until his released on parole early last year, Amarin TV said yesterday (May 13).
Read moreBhumjaithai might be kicked out of govt after Budget Bill sails through
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI under influence of de facto party boss Newin Chidchob might probably be kicked out of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government after legislation on the 2026 budget has passed an initial approval at parliament whilst the former camp may continue to thwart the latter’s casino bill, partisan sources said
Read moreAuthorities urged to quiz Paetongtarn over Thaksin’s refuted ‘critical illnesses’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PEOPLE’S MP today (May 9) called on the authorities to question Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s illegal stay at Police Hospital as determined by the Medical Council. People’s MP Rangsiman Rome posted on his Facebook page to suggest the authorities in
Read moreThaksin will not be meeting Trump as court refuses to let him leave the country
THE CRIMINAL Court on Ratchadapisek road today (May 8) refused to grant permission for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to travel to Qatar where he would have an opportunity to meet US President Donald Trump, Amarin TV said. Thaksin was accompanied by Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa for the hearing on his request
Read moreMedical Council finds Thaksin’s ‘critical illnesses’ untrue
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MEDICAL COUNCIL of Thailand today (May 8) concluded that the unprecedented event in which de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatr had fallen “critically ill” was definitely untrue whilst it had been earlier claimed otherwise without factual evidence. Medical Council vice-president Prasit Watanapa announced that today’s meeting of about
Read moreThaksin tipped to be saved from jail after Supreme Court trial
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SUPER-ELITE, POWERS-that-be would invariably prefer to keep Paetongtarn Shinawatra as a “puppet” prime minister pulled around by her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, thus ultimately denying the possibility of his being returned to jail following an historic trial in the Supreme Court next month, according to partisan
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