Nikorn tipped to replace unqualified Sudawan for Pheu Thai ministerial seat
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI MP Nikorn Somklang has been speculated to replace MP Sudawan Wangsupakitkosol for a ministerial seat in a potential Bhumjaithai-led cabinet under Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a partisan source said today (March 27). Nikorn, widely known as a protege of the Wangsupakitkosol family, a “Big House” of veteran politicians […]
Read MoreSomsak awaits ministerial seat down to the wire
SOMSAK THEPSUTHIN, co-leader of the Sam Mit faction inside the Pheu Thai, the second largest coalition partner of a potential Bhumjaithai-led government, has been quietly awaiting a last-minute change in the list of Pheu Thai ministers-designate which might probably see himself included, a partisan source said today (March 25). Though the list of eight […]
Read MoreJulapun dismisses tussle over Pheu Thai cabinet seats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI leader Julapun Amornvivat today (March 24) categorically dismissed hearsay that some constituency-based MPs of the neo-conservative party had aired frustrations for not being handed a ministerial seat in a Bhumjaithai-led cabinet and threatened to seek re-election in the future under another party’s tickets. Julapun downplayed the sustained criticism […]
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 MoreSomsak looks to take ministerial seat alongside Suriya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOMSAK THEPSUTHIN, co-leader of Sam Mit Group inside the Pheu Thai, the potential, second largest coalition partner, was quietly struggling to grab a ministerial seat after his faction had landed victories for dozens of their protege contestants in last month’s election. Somsak, known as an entrusted partner of Suriya Juangroongruangkit, […]
Read MoreRenegade Democrat MPs might vote Anutin for head of Bhumjaithai-led govt
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SOME RENEGADE Democrat MPs might probably cast a yea vote in support of Caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for re-elected head of a Bhumjaithai-led government following last month’s election despite the fact that their own party will likely wind up in an opposition bloc, partisan sources said today (March 10). […]
Read MoreBhumjaithai-led govt set up with 291 coalition MPs but without Klatham or Democrats
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A POTENTIAL Bhumjaithai-led coalition government has been quietly set up by de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob with a combined force of 291 MPs under his command and without the Klatham or the Democrats in the post-election executive branch under re-elected premiership of Anutin Charnvirakul, partisan sources confirmed today (Mar.9). […]
Read MoreYodchanan tipped to be named Pheu Thai leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters YODCHANAN Wongsawat, nephew of de facto Pheu Thai boss-turned-inmate Thaksin Shinawatra, would probably be named leader of the neo-conservative party sooner or later in place of the current, powerless one, Julapun Amornvivat, according to a partisan source. Yodchanan, son of Thaksin’s sister Yaowapa Wongsawat and former prime minister Somchai Wongsawat, […]
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 MoreBhumjaithai, Pheu Thai hold talk on coalition govt setup
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI and Pheu Thai, the largest and third largest elected parties respectively, today (Feb.13) held an initial talk without the Klatham over the setup of a coalition government following Sunday’s election. Executive members of the ultra-conservative Bhumjaithai under de facto party boss Newin Chidchob had invited those of the […]
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