Dr. Chonlanan Srikaew, a Pheu Thai party MP for Nan province, has been picked as the new party leader, soon after Sompong Amornvivat resigned as the leader of Thailand’s biggest Opposition party, today (Thursday).

 

Chonlanan was also one of the party’s deputy leaders before being the only candidate nominated for the top job and selected. He was also already tipped as a favourite for the job.

 

While insisting that he had not been pressured to quit the post, Sompong said he is now 80 years old and would like someone from the new generation to helm the party. He assured the leadership change will not affect the party’s activities and performance in parliament or in public.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/chonlanan-srikaew-picked-as-new-pheu-thai-leader-thaksins-youngest-daughter-joins-as-advisor/

 

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Ah-hah...

And the secret plot thickens. 

Right, now the  reasons for banning him from politics for stepping on the cracks in the pavement and putting his right flip flop on first begins in earnest 

No shortage of future political nominees.

is it continuation of thaksin's pre-election stronger grip?

party reformers left in september, they wanted constitutional and monarchy reform.

So thaksin is walking towards conservative royalists 

Appointing Thaksins youngest daughter as "adviser" is a good choice ensuring  corruption and underhand dealing is maintained.

This young lady topped her final university year after daddy arranged and was given the final exam papers prior to the exam - quite a story at the time, all fully detailed in the Thai press. 

And the beat goes on. 

 

10 hours ago, internationalism said:

is it continuation of thaksin's pre-election stronger grip?

party reformers left in september, they wanted constitutional and monarchy reform.

So thaksin is walking towards conservative royalists 

Though, not terribly strange bedfellows, is it? 

 

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

While insisting that he had not been pressured to quit the post, Sompong said he is now 80 years old and would like someone from the new generation to helm the party.

Not bad considering the retiring age is 60.

Should be mandatory so the old regime cannot stay in power.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Not bad considering the retiring age is 60.

Should be mandatory so the old regime cannot stay in power.

Well he is special, so special privileges...... 

problem with thailand they gor political leadership well past retirement age.

They move from army, police to top political jobs, advisors.

Prayuth still lives in a villa within military barracks. He suppose to vacate it years ago.

All of nominated senators are retired former army, police and civil servants.

General Prem became premier and ruled politics behind curtain all through until his death at 100, including military coup in 2006 

Seems she won't have much time for shopping in Paris  !

16 hours ago, VillageIdiot said:

No shortage of future political nominees.

So true.      

The family that preys together stays together.                               

6 hours ago, internationalism said:

problem with thailand they gor political leadership well past retirement age.

They move from army, police to top political jobs, advisors.

Prayuth still lives in a villa within military barracks. He suppose to vacate it years ago.

All of nominated senators are retired former army, police and civil servants.

General Prem became premier and ruled politics behind curtain all through until his death at 100, including military coup in 2006 

....and other significant and controlling events of the last few decades. 

Sleight-of-hand and curtain politics is what it's always been about. 

57 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

....and other significant and controlling events of the last few decades. 

Sleight-of-hand and curtain politics is what it's always been about. 

"Sleight-of-hand and curtain politics is what it's always been about."

   Oh Bull's <deleted>.

Tell me again how many violent coups have taken place since 1932.

   Take a good look and you'll see that there is the Military and there are political factions including the Thaksin Clan all jockeying for power.

   That's it in a nutshell.

   The various branches of the RTA use deadly force at the slightest provocation by protesters and they do it often.

   That's not "Sleight-of-hand..." that's an iron fist that is usually kept in a velvet glove.