Thai court removes PM over leaked phone call with Cambodian leader

[floridarob]

Did I miss this somewhere on here?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgeqlw05rzo

[PeterRS]

1 hour ago, floridarob said:

Did I miss this somewhere on here?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgeqlw05rzo

I dont think anyone posted it. We all prety much knew it was going to happen. Hopefully the Shinawatra influence is now at an end. Hopefully, too, a way will be found for Pita Limjaroenkul and his party to return to parliament to do the job they were elected to do two years ago before the elite found a way of getting rid of them. I suspect they could actually effect some real change in the country.

[TMax]

It looks like her daddy is still trying to pull the strings behind the scene though. 

[Keithambrose]

8 hours ago, TMax said:

It looks like her daddy is still trying to pull the strings behind the scene though. 

I think that Anutin will emerge on top, he seems already to have got into a good position.  He certainly  can't be trusted!

[TMax]

3 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

I think that Anutin will emerge on top, he seems already to have got into a good position.  He certainly  can't be trusted!

Yeah that's pretty much my thoughts too, maybe some not so fun times ahead 

[PeterRS]

5 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

I think that Anutin will emerge on top, he seems already to have got into a good position.  He certainly  can't be trusted!

I fear the same. The man is a snake. He's always been coiled and ready to pounce. This time he'll probably succeed, alas. He lives in the same expensive condo block where a friend of mine lives. When he was Minister of Health he was seen walking around the garage of his condo without a mask even though one of his entourage had caught the covid bug.

[TMax]

Not surprised in the least.

Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, list MP and leader of the People's Party (PPLE), revealed at the parliament building on Wednesday morning (September 3) that the party had decided that if a parliamentary session is held to vote for a prime minister, the PPLE would support Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, for the position. 

However, Anutin would need to agree to the party's conditions. Of course he will agree, for now, then he will turn on them 😒

And 

Pheu Thai Party secretary-general Sorawong Thienthong said on Wednesday morning that caretaker Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai had already submitted a draft royal decree for House dissolution for the King to sign.

Sorawong, who is also the caretaker tourism and sports minister, stated that Phumtham sent the draft decree for the royal command on Wednesday morning after the People’s Party declared its resolution to support Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul as the next prime minister.

[fedssocr]

If you're interested in Thai Politics this Thai academic based in the US has a good newsletter explaining what's going on from his point of view

https://www.coffeeparliament.com/p/anutin-is-almost-prime-minister-can?r=nsi9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

[PeterRS]

13 hours ago, fedssocr said:

If you're interested in Thai Politics this Thai academic based in the US has a good newsletter explaining what's going on from his point of view

https://www.coffeeparliament.com/p/anutin-is-almost-prime-minister-can?r=nsi9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

The basic premise of that article is what we all knew! 

"So these are uncharted waters . . . Unfortunately, we’re still in a position where things are changing day by day. No one knows what will happen next."

[TMax]

I got this off Khaosod English on Facebook, there seems to be no end to that clan, Pheu Thai appear to want to rule again with another member of that clan (even though it's a membership through marriage).

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BREAKING: Phumtham says he might approach Pintongta Shinawatra's husband, Natthapong Kunakornwong, to be the Pheu Thai Party's prime ministerial candidate if there's enough public support.

At 10:15 a.m. on September 18, at the Pheu Thai Party headquarters, Mr. Phumtham Wechayachai, deputy leader of the Pheu Thai Party, was asked to comment on rumours that the party would nominate Ms. Pintongta Shinawatra Kunakornwong as a prime ministerial candidate. He said that Ms. Pintongta is already doing very well in business.

When asked about the public support for approaching Mr. Natthapong Kunakornwong, Ms. Pintongta’s husband, to be a prime ministerial candidate for the Pheu Thai Party, Mr. Phumtham replied that Mr. Natthapong is smart and handsome. He said the decision would be up to Natthapong himself, but if public support for him is very strong, he might try to negotiate with his mother-in-law and his wife.