De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, left, and Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, right. Photos: Thai Rath

 

A SPECULATED RESHUFFLE of the Pheu Thai-led cabinet will primarily depend on de facto party boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra and definitely not Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, partisan sources said over the weekend.

 

Though Srettha has earlier said he is “no puppet” otherwise pulled around by anyone, the real estate tycoon-turned-prime minister practically has no business to do with the cabinet reshuffle – the purely political activity being decidedly handled by the de facto Pheu Thai party boss-cum-convict on parole, according to the partisan sources who only spoke on condition of anonymity.

 

The Pheu Thai-backed Srettha, with the party being  legally empowered to run the country, will only be obliged to undersign a prime-ministerial order for the reshuffle of certain cabinet members either attached to the ruling Pheu Thai or other coalition partners, they said.

 

“It is only the (de facto) party boss who will say yes or no when it comes to power play such as the Pheu Thai-led cabinet reshuffle in which the prime minister definitely has no role to play at all.

 

“Even if Srettha might possibly prefer to kick a certain minister out of his cabinet, he just cannot do so without the green light from the (de facto) party boss,” one partisan source said.

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

TOP: De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, left, and Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, right. Photos: Thai Rath

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-03-04

 

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

A SPECULATED RESHUFFLE of the Pheu Thai-led cabinet will primarily depend on de facto party boss-cum-convict on parole Thaksin Shinawatra and definitely not Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, partisan sources said over the weekend.

So foreign powers can now plainly see that Thailand is being run by an un-elected convict.

When heads of states meet they must be confused whether they will be speaking to Srettha or his puppet master. 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Though Srettha has earlier said he is “no puppet”

 

 

When you have to say that you're not a puppet, guess what, you're a puppet.

 

Next step: lap dog.

 

 

If he had a gram of self-respect he would resign.

 

 

 

Ahh, the good old "partisan sources";

I don't suppose it is possible that they are linked with any ministers who suspect that they are vulnerable to being replaced?

3 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

 

 

When you have to say that you're not a puppet, guess what, you're a puppet.

 

Next step: lap dog.

 

 

If he had a gram of self-respect he would resign.

 

 

 

Before he is sacked?

That's Thailand just dropped another ten places down the league table of democracies... sigh

It's already below Zimbabwe, for goodness sake, next it will be lower than Russia.

 

https://www.democracymatrix.com/ranking

 

I'm leaving on a jet plane.

 

I wonder if the speculated reshuffle of the cabinet includes Khun Yingluk?

 

[Breaking] The Supreme Court has acquitted Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra of alleged negligence related to the submission of contract bids to state agencies for a roadshow campaign to publicize infrastructure development projects in 2013.

 

The arrest warrant against Yingluck in this case has also been lifted.

 

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