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Leaders of the “Ruam Palang Paendin” group checked the Victory Monument area today, the site of their mass protest, planned for June 28, to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and the withdrawal of all coalition parties from the government.
Both Cambodian and Thai leaders should act with maturity and return longstanding issues to the negotiating table, for the benefit of citizens on both sides, said Saratsanun Unnopporn, Chair of the Thai Foreign Affairs Committee and Pheu Thai party MP.
United Thai Nation Party Leader Pirapan Salirathavibhagawill keep his jobs as deputy prime minister and energy minister, according to Government Spokesman JirayuHuangsap, as he explained the prime minister’s order reassigning the responsibilities of the three deputy prime ministers of the Pheu Thai party.
Senate Speaker Mongkol Surasajja has formally asked the National Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, for alleged gross ethical misconduct, over the leaked conversation Paetongtarn recently had with Cambodia’s Hun Sen.
Anti-government protest groups, collectively known as the “United Force of the Land”, issued a demand today for the immediate resignation of PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra, whom they accuse of betraying the Thai people in favour of Cambodia and breaching of her oath of allegiance to the country.
The rebel faction in the United Thai Nation party, known as “Group 18”, has announced that it will support Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, in defiance of the party’s executive committee’s proposal for her replacement by Chaikasem Nitisiri, a previous Pheu Thai party prime ministerial candidate.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Political Office Holders has subpoenaed the findings of the Medical Council’s investigative subcommittee concerning three doctors responsible for the treatment of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Police General Hospital (PGH).
The executive committee of the Democrat party decided last night, by 19:7 votes, to remain with the government coalition, without negotiating for more cabinet seats in the forthcoming cabinet shakeup, following the withdrawal of the Bhumjaithai party.
Outrage appears to be growing over the contents of the prime minister’s leaked phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen, with former core leaders of the “yellow shirts” set to return and join forces to demand her resignation.
Opposition leader, Natthapong Ruengpanyawut, called today for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to take political responsibility for the controversial phone call with Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen, during which she referred to a Thai army commander as her “opponent”.
The Chart Thai Pattana party has decided remain in the government coalition, while United Thai Nation remains hesitant, pending the outcome of a discussion between its party leader and Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
Prachachart Party Leader Tawee Sodsong announced today that they will stay with the government and will continue to support Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, amidst public pressure for all coalition parties to withdraw from the coalition.
