Conflict of interest emerges between Anutin and Newin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CONFLICT of interest has quietly loomed between Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob over bureaucratic transfers between Interior Ministry Undersecretary Ansit Sampantharat, known as invariably obedient to the former, and Provincial Administration Department Director-General Narucha Kosacivilize, viewed as personally staunch to the latter, according to […]
Read MoreAnutin does not dare do anything to ‘boss’s son’ over AI project?
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul was today (June 15) taken to task for not trying to put an end to controversy over the TH-AI Passport project launched by Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob only because the latter is a son of the former’s boss, namely de facto Bhumajaithai boss […]
Read MoreNewin’s protege tipped to be named Interior undersecretary despite ‘Do Help the Blue’ scandal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A HIGH-RANKING, yet scandalous official of the Ministry of Interior has been surreptitiously destined to get promoted as undersecretary of the ministry now under command of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul later this year, despite an online text which he had allegedly sent to a certain government official to “Do Help […]
Read MoreAnutin 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 […]
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TV news commentary terminated after taking Newin’s son to task over AI project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO BHUMJAITHAI boss Newin Chidchob may have been so displeased with a popular TV news commentary which had unrelentingly taken to task his son/Digital Economy & Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob over the contentious TH-AI Passport project that he allegedly managed to put an abrupt end to it, according to […]
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