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Prayut to be told to dissolve House if lack of quorum repeated: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha would be told to dissolve the House of Representatives and call a general election if lack of a quorum for House meetings repeatedly occurred, according to Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan. Prawit who concurrently performs as deputy premier was quoted as saying during yesterday’s (Nov. …
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Prawit opens door to former senior official, police chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Nov. 8) confirmed a former undersecretary of interior and a former police chief will certainly be welcome to join the largest coalition partner in government. Prawit who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister referred to Chatchai Promlert who retired from the post of …
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No cabinet reshuffle arising from party conflict anytime soon: Prawit
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan said today (Oct. 29) there will be no cabinet reshuffle on the part of the largest coalition partner anytime soon following an internal conflict which he said has already come to an end. No cabinet members attached to the disintegrated Palang Pracharath Party will …
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Thammanat remains intact as Palang Pracharath Party secretary-general
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAMMANAT PROMPOW today (Oct. 28) survived an adverse plot to oust him as secretary-general of Palang Pracharath Party, given solid support from party leader Prawit Wongsuwan. During today’s meeting of Palang Pracharath executive board members, Thammanat’s position as party secretary-general was specifically strengthened with unfaltering support from the party leader …
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7 Cabinet members quit Palang Pracharath Party’s executive board
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SEVEN MEMBERS OF CABINET have resigned as members of a disintegrated Palang Pracharath Party’s executive board in a fresh bid to press for the setting up of a new one with the planned ouster of Thammanat Prompow as secretary-general of the largest coalition partner in government. But the seven Palang Pracharath …
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Prawit mum over possible shakeup in Palang Pracharath Party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Oct. 26) declined to comment whether the party’s secretary-general Thammanat Prompow might possibly be replaced in near future. Prawit, who concurrently acts as deputy prime minister, did not either confirm or deny fresh speculation that Thammanat might be deprived of the current post …
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Prawit shrugs off protests over naming ex-deputy Democrat leader as his adviser
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH PARTY leader Prawit Wongsuwan today (Oct. 11) downplayed ongoing protests within the ruling party against the naming of a former Democrat Party leader as one of his advisers. Prawit, who concurrently acts as deputy premier, commented that he could clear up any troubles among the party’s rank and file …
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Prayut bows to pressure from Democrat Party over Agriculture & Cooperatives Ministry
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Oct. 5) bowed to pressure from a coalition partner over the running of four agencies attached to the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry. Prayut today rescinded his own directive issued last week for Deputy Prime Minister/Palang Pracharath Party leader Prawit Wongsuwan to take charge of the Agricultural …
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Hearsay of ex-WTO head being named deputy PM dismissed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION director-general Supachai Panitchpakdi is not going to be named deputy prime minister in charge of economic affairs, said a deputy leader of the Democrat Party today (Oct. 2). Deputy Interior Minister Nipon Boonyamanee categorically dismissed rumours circulated in the media that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will shortly …
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Democrat Party against Prawit taking charge of Agriculture Ministry agencies
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE DEMOCRAT PARTY today (Oct. 1) expressed strong opposition to the handing over of certain agencies of the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, who concurrently performs as leader of the Palang Pracharath Party. Democrat Party spokesman Ramet Ratanachaweng commented that the coalition partner has definitely not …
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Brand-new, pro-Prayut party aiming to recruit MPs from Prawit’s camp
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FORMER ELECTORAL STRATEGIST said today (Sept. 29) he aimed at talking 13 MPs of the Palang Pracharath Party into leaving for a brand-new one with intent to help Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha prolong his rule. Suchart Jantarachotikul, the former electoral strategist for the Palang Pracharath Party in the southern …
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Govt leaders, MPs told to stop showing their faces in flood-hit areas
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ELECTION COMMISSIONER Somchai Srisuthiyakorn today (Sept. 28) suggested government leaders and lawmakers stop showing their faces simply by spending a few hours on official visits to flood-hit areas in the provinces. WIthout naming names, Somchai apparently referred to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and MPs …
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Prawit looks to keep Sam Mit faction’s powers in check
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader/Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has decided to contain Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin’s powers among the rank and file of the ruling party, sources said today (Sept. 27). Prawit will likely name Somsak who currently sits on the Palang Pracharath Party’s executive board merely as adviser to …
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Retiring undersecretary of Interior will not be welcome to Prawit’s party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RETIRING UNDERSECRETARY OF Interior Chatchai Promlert will not be welcome to the Palang Pracharath Party and might have to look for another one to join instead, sources said today (Sept. 23). Though Chatchai, scheduled to retire as undersecretary of interior at the end of this month, may have been earlier …
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Prawit denies butting heads with Prayut, pledges love ‘until death do us part’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Prawit Wongsuwan today (Sept. 22) denied he has quietly remained at odds with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and commented they have always loved each other like brothers for the last five decades. During an official visit to flood victims in Ayutthaya, Prawit, who concurrently heads the Palang Pracharath …
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Palang Pracharath Party not naming Prayut as candidate for PM in next election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PALANG PRACHARATH Party will no longer name Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as lame duck candidate for head of government in the next election because he could otherwise possibly retain his power for less than two years from now, said sources in the ruling party today (Sept. 21). Palang Pracharath …
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Analysis: Palang Pracharath Party’s new secretary general coming in from outside
By Out-Crowd THE POST OF SECRETARY GENERAL of the Palang Pracharath Party, the largest coalition partner supposedly bound to continually lend solid support for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, might probably be occupied by the likes of an outsider named Chatchai Promlert only if the current one, namely Thammanat Prompow, happened to quit or be deposed …
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Prayut, Prawit show fraternal ties following Thammanat ouster
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan today (Sept. 13) appeared in fraternal relationship with each other following last week’s event in which the latter’s right-hand man was deprived of his cabinet post by the former. Prayut told reporters at Government House he has had nothing to …
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Ex-deputy ministers Thammanat, Naruemon retain key posts in ruling party
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DESPITE OF HAVING BEEN DEPRIVED of cabinet posts, Thammanat Prompow and Naruemon Pinyosinwat will stay on as secretary general and treasurer of the Palang Pracharath Party respectively and will not be replaced by anyone else as yet, said a source in the ruling party today (Sept. 11). Former deputy agriculture …
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No cabinet reshuffle anytime soon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO CABINET RESHUFFLE will occur anytime soon after the no-confidence motion has failed to vote out Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over the weekend, according to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. Prawit today (Sept. 7) quoted Prayut as saying there will be no cabinet reshuffle as widely speculated in the media …
Anted up for last-ditch effort to help Prayut survive confidence vote
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE STAKE FOR A LAST-DITCH EFFORT to help Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha survive tomorrow’s (Sep 4) vote of confidence has been literally doubled, sources said today. A sum of 10 million baht in cash bribe was today offered to each government MP in exchange for their continued support for …
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Defence Ministry: Gen Prawit not infected with coronavirus
A DEFENCE Ministry spokesman this evening (July 20) denied that Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan had got infected with coronavirus amid viral rumours in the social media that one of three persons with “Por” as his first name initial had caught the infection, Siam Rath newspaper said. Lt. Gen. Kongcheep Tantrawanich, the ministry’s spokesman, …
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