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Paetongtarn Shinawatra's administration has been thrown into a political crisis, as the Bhumjaithai party announces its decision to quit the ruling coalition, effective tomorrow.
A key member of the Progressive Movement, Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, today urged Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to dissolve the House, following the leak of her conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen and the rift between the Bhumjaithai and Pheu Thai parties, which is threatening the government’s stability.
Army Commander-in-Chief General Pana Klaewplodthuk said today that the army is committed to upholding the democratic system, with the King as the head of state, and is ready to protect the country’s sovereignty to its utmost ability.
An increasing number of people are heading towards Government House in Bangkok today, to join a Network of Students and People for the Reform of Thailand rally and to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over the leaked phone conversation between her and Hun Sen, the former prime minister of Cambodia
A Cabinet shakeup is expected this week, with the Bhumjaithai party being excluded from the new line-up, after the party rejected the Pheu Thai party’s offer to trade the Interior Ministry for the Public Health Ministry and a Prime Minister’s Office post.
Second Army Region Commander Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang said that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has called him to clarify remarks she made about him in her recorded conversation with former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen.
The cabinet today approved a proposal from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports to bid to host Formula 1 races in Thailand for five consecutive years, starting in 2028, subject to approval by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the sport’s governing body, and other F1 related entities.
Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that the interior portfolio is still with his Bhumjaithai party, as agreed during the formation of the coalition government. His confirmation comes amidst rumours that the ruling Pheu Thai party is seeking direct political control of the Interior Ministry.
The Election Commission (EC) has summoned Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul, its de facto leader Newin Chidchob and several executive committee members to acknowledge charges of attempting to upend the democratic system and alleged involvement in Senate election collusion.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said today that the government has no policy or plan to expel foreign migrant workers, after the Cambodian government called on its citizens working in Thailand to leave for home immediately, claiming that they may face expulsion otherwise.
Supreme Court decided today to summon 20 more witnesses to appear at a series of six hearings in the inquiry into the Corrections Department’s enforcement of the prison sentences imposed on former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The Medical Council of Thailand decided, by a two-thirds vote of the 68 members attending its meeting, to uphold its May 8 resolution to discipline three doctors responsible for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s questionable six-month stay at the Police General Hospital.
