Thammanat 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 MorePaetongtarn dismisses rumours of new cabinet lineup
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Apr. 29) categorically dismissed speculation of a reshuffle of her cabinet of ministers, saying she had not even thought about it. In a press conference during a roving cabinet meeting in Nakhon Phanom, the prime minister/daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra told […]
Read MoreNew cabinet lineup tipped to take place early next month
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED CABINET under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is speculated to be reshuffled for the first time early next month with key ministerial seats to be swapped between the Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai, according to partisan sources. Paetongtarn’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra who allegedly pulls the […]
Read MoreNew lineup of Pheu Thai-led Cabinet members completed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE LATEST LINEUP OF 36 members of a new Pheu Thai-led Cabinet with the Democrats replacing the Palang Pracharath has been finished, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra confirmed today (Aug 30). Following yesterday’s historic event in which the Democrats jumped onto the Pheu Thai government bandwagon, capping 23 years of antagonism […]
Read MorePheu Thai-led govt to have more MPs including Democrats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SUSTAINED PHEU THAI-LED government will likely have more MPs under command from seven coalition partners, including the Democrats. The new government under Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, will be definitely endorsed by elected lawmakers including 141 Pheu Thai MPs, 70 Bhumjaithai […]
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 More`Paetongtarn not going to take defence minister’s seat: Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (Aug. 20) categorically denied newly-named Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will concurrently assume the post of defence minister in an imminent cabinet lineup. Thaksin said Paetongtarn, his youngest daughter who concurrently acts as Pheu Thai leader, would almost certainly prefer to not take […]
Read MoreThammanat tipped to be reshuffled out of new Cabinet due to previous personal stigma
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Secretary-General/acting agriculture & cooperatives minister Thammanat Prompao could probably be reshuffled out of an imminent cabinet lineup due to his earlier personal notoriety, a partisan source said today (Aug. 19). Thammanat might probably fail to retain his ministerial seat in the cabinet lineup under newly-named Prime Minister Paetongtarn […]
Read MoreInterior, defence ministerial seats tipped to be reshuffled
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FEW MAJOR MINISTERIAL SEATS could probably be reshuffled between coalition partners in an imminent cabinet lineup under newly-named Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a partisan source said today (Aug. 19). De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, father of the woman prime minister, was looking to reshuffle the interior and […]
Read MoreCoalition partners’ No. 2 figures to concurrently assume Cabinet seats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SECRETARIES-GENERAL of two coalition partners will likely be concurrently given ministerial seats in a new cabinet lineup under Prime Minister-designate Paetongtarn Shinawatra, partisan sources said today (Aug. 17). That refers to Pheu Thai Secretary-General Sorawong Thianthong and Ruam Thai Sang Chart Secretary-General Ekkanat Prompan, both of whom are largely […]
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