Today, the Palang Pracharath Party dismissed widespread rumours suggesting their potential expulsion from the Pheu Thai-led coalition government. These whispers have circulated rapidly in recent days, casting shadows over the stability of Thailand’s political landscape.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Natural Resources & Environment Minister, Patcharawat Wongsuwan, firmly denied any knowledge of such plans. His remarks aimed to quash any notion that the Palang Pracharath, commanded by his brother Prawit Wongsuwan, might be forced out of the coalition abruptly.

 

Adding weight to Patcharawat's statements, Agriculture & Cooperatives Minister Thammanat Prompao, who serves as the Palang Pracharath Secretary-General, asserted that no covert manoeuvre to expel their party was in motion. He underlined that their 40 MPs remain firmly part of the Pheu Thai-led coalition, which holds a total of 314 MPs.

 

Despite these denials, speculation about Palang Pracharath's possible ousting gained traction following de facto Pheu Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra’s public accusation against an unnamed influential figure.

 

Thaksin suggested this individual orchestrated an impeachment attempt against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

 

Thaksin’s allegation alluded to “the man from a forest home,” a veiled reference believed to point to Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan, who chairs the Five Provinces Bordering Forest Preservation Foundation.

 

This accusation surfaced after a controversial impeachment bid, initiated by 40 senators loyal to Prawit, targeted Prime Minister Srettha.

 

The move followed Srettha’s contentious appointment of Pichit Chuenban, a former convict and Thaksin’s ex-lawyer, as minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office. The impeachment case has since been escalated to the Constitutional Court.

 

These political wrangles underscore the volatile nature of alliance politics in Thailand, leaving many to watch closely how these tensions will unfold. For now, Palang Pracharath stands firm, seeking to dispel any notion of its imminent exclusion from the government.

 

Picture courtesy: Thai Rath

 

-- 2024-06-19

 

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This is very interesting. At first, what in the world is a brought home and paroled, convict at large while in exile very sick person with severe health problems accused for lese majeste doing attached to a news article about Thailand´s political future? At second, how in the world can 40 senators with direct connection to Palang Pracharath and Pravit Wongsuwan go together and impeach the PM for appointing a formerly convicted person as minister in his office? Of course that is very wrong, as it is with Thaksin´s involvement in today´s politics. However, they have to clean up their own dirty rug, before complaining about others. Have about Mr. Prompao? How can he be in the government after drug related offences?

Black is black

I got my hair dye back 

4 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

How can he be in the government after drug related offences?

Apparently it was an Australian incident therefore not valid in Thailand.... lucky for Phompao Thailand is so forgiving.

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Apparently it was an Australian incident therefore not valid in Thailand.... lucky for Phompao Thailand is so forgiving.

Under that logic, no foreigner should be deported from Thailand to face charges in their home country.

Reading the OP, i went out and bought a large bag of popcorn

More destabilization going on. If one was a cynic one may think that this is being orchestrated in way of ushering in the next coup-d'état. 

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Apparently it was an Australian incident therefore not valid in Thailand.... lucky for Phompao Thailand is so forgiving.

 

That's right.  The constitution just says that convicted felons sentenced to time in prison may not be ministers but doesn't specify where those convictions may take place which gave some wiggle room.  In the end the judges in their great wisdom ruled that they were unable to say with any confidence that drug convictions in Australia adhered to the same high levels of soundness as in Thailand and that therefore they had to give the deputy minister the benefit of the doubt and deem the Australian conviction as null and void for the purposes of his qualifications for a cabinet role. Some bright sparks argued that because the offence for which the Ozzies convicted him was in fact smuggling heroin from Thailand to Australia and the Ozzie police nabbed him because they were tipped off by the Thai DEA, there must be enough evidence to try and convict him in Thailand which could surely be done without double jeopardy, if a Thai court had ruled his Ozzie conviction as null and void.