A composite photo of Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan, rear, Pheu Thai candidate for prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, left, and Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, right. Credit: Matichon

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

THE PALANG PRACHARATH will be the most likely party to join a Pheu Thai-led coalition government after the May 14 general election, predicted a noted academic Wednesday (May 3).

 

Thanaporn Sriyakul, head of Kasetsart University’s Political Science Association, forecast that the Pheu Thai, of which deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is invariably viewed as de facto party boss, will likely get most MPs out of a total of 500 in the nationwide election, thus becoming core of government with the Palang Pracharath, headed by Prawit Wongsuwan, being brought into the Pheu Thai-led coalition.

 

Prawit could be very helpful with the naming of Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Pheu Thai partisan candidate for prime minister, purportedly given the Palang Pracharath leader’s personal influences over many of the 250 senators, all of whom caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and he himself had handpicked following the 2014 coup orchestrated by the then-army chief Prayut.

 

The campaign pledges repeatedly made by Pheu Thai candidates for prime minister, namely Settha Taweesin and Paetongtarn, to never hand out the premiership to Prawit is one thing, but whether the Palang Pracharath will eventually join the Pheu Thai-led coalition is entirely another, according to the Kasetsart political scientist.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/05/03/palang-pracharath-likely-joining-pheu-thai-led-coalition-academic/

 

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

THE PALANG PRACHARATH will be the most likely party to join a Pheu Thai-led coalition government after the May 14 general election,

God I hope not... Prawit and Prayut must be ousted in it's entirety from politics.

Unlikely more like.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Prawit could be very helpful with the naming of Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra as Pheu Thai partisan candidate for prime minister, purportedly given the Palang Pracharath leader’s personal influences over many of the 250 senators, all of whom caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and he himself had handpicked following the 2014 coup orchestrated by the then-army chief Prayut.

 

Interesting. If this happens then the likelihood of changing the rules governing the appointment of 250 senators is unlikely to change. Guess we'll have to wait and see what daddy says.

Edited May 3, 20233 yr by dinsdale

Prawit could be very helpful in telling the time and that's about it how is it possible this crustation is anywhere near this election ???? 

Wow!?

 

Can't see that happening but it would be game over.

 

Given the wide range of predictions, many of which include at least three potential outcomes, this election remains impossible to predict. And that's without any last week "surprises".

 

Some "expert" yesterday said Prawit (he essentially chose the 250 senators and is rumored to have extracted promises from them for being named) would form a coalition government, but cede the PM slot to Anutin, assuming BJT delivers close to 100 seats, and does well in Bangkok.

 

Prayut will lose his s**t if he's not PM.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 4, 20233 yr by bamnutsak