Anutin II cabinet to have 28 ministers under Bhumjaithai quota, 8 under Pheu Thai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BHUMJAITHAI-LED cabinet of ministers headed by Prime Minister-Designate Anutin Charnvirakul will likely consist of 24 Bhumjaithai figures plus four “non-politician” technocrats under the quota of the largest elected party steered by de facto party boss Newin Chidchob and eight others from the Pheu Thai, the second largest coalition partner, […]
Read MoreNewin to have final say over Bhumjaithai ministerial seats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEWIN CHIDCHOB, the de facto Bhumjaithai boss, will almost certainly have the final say as to who among the party’s rank and file will be given ministerial seats in a Bhumjaithai-led government under re-elected premiership of Anutin Charnvirakul, according to partisan sources. With an army of 192 designate-MPs under the […]
Read MoreSisaket by-election tug of war between Thaksin and Newin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEXT MONTH’S BY-ELECTION for an MP of Sisaket will likely be a relentless tug of war between a couple of major parties with an essential difference of one being in government and the other in the opposition bloc. The Pheu Thai surreptitiously directed by de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra […]
Read MoreNewin, Anutin summoned for questioning over senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters The polling agency has called Bhumjaithai de facto boss Newin Chidchob, party leader Anutin Charnvirakul plus a few others for questioning over senatorial rigging scandals. DE FACTO BHUMJAITHAI BOSS Newin Chidchob and other big names of the second largest coalition partner have been recently summoned by the Election Commission for […]
Read MoreNewin, not Anutin, has final say over new cabinet lineup
By Thai Newsroom Reporters WHETHER THE BHUMJAITHAI may continue to be part of the Pheu Thai-led coalition government or depart for the opposition bloc will ultimately depend on de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob and not titular party leader Anutin Charnvirakul. Though Anutin, the current deputy prime minister-cum-interior minister, has recently threatened to leave […]
Read MoreBhumjaithai kept in govt, Ruam Thai Sang Chart kicked out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra’s father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra has quietly resolved to keep the Bhumjaithai, albeit as the coalition government’s thorn in the side, whilst kicking out the Ruam Thai Sang Chart in near future, a partisan source said over the weekend. Given unconfirmed, yet welcomed news […]
Read MoreNewin’s son, Anutin allegedly involved in senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI was today (May 20) slapped with another dissolution-seeking lawsuit accusing the second largest coalition partner under de facto party boss Newin Chidchob of preplanned involvement by prominent partisan members in vote-rigging, bloc-voting and money-laundering conspiracies over last year’s senatorial elections. Former senatorial contestant Kusumavati Sirikomut today formally lodged […]
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 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 MoreThaksin opts to not kick out Bhumjaithai from govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra would likely not risk losing his grip on power play and finally choose to keep the Bhumjaithai in government rather than get rid of such thorn in the side for good, partisan sources said today (April 23). The billionaire power player/father of Prime […]
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