US EditionThailand's People's Party Poised to Be Kingmaker as Rivals Vie for Premiership
Acting PM Phumtham Wechayachai offers to accept all proposals from the influential Peoples Party holding 143 parliamentary seats to resolve government deadlock, officials said.
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Thailand's People's Party poised to be kingmaker as rivals vie for premiership
BANGKOK: The biggest party in Thailand's parliament was due to meet on Monday (Sep 1) to decide whom it will back to form the next government, as two rival camps jostled for its votes following the sacking of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister last week. The opposition People's Party does not want to
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Impasse in Thailand as big party stalls on deciding who to back for PM
By Chayut Setboonsarng
Thailand’s People’s Party poised to be kingmaker as rivals vie for premiership
By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -The biggest party in Thailand’s parliament was due to meet on Monday to decide whom it will back to form the next government, as two rival camps jostled for its votes following the sacking of Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister last week. The opposition People’s Party does not want to join any government but with control of nearly a third of the house seats, it has emerged as a …
After Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed by the Constitutional Court in Thailand, the parties were looking for a new coalition to elect a successor. The People's Party played a central role in the negotiations, a revenge for the winner of the 2023 elections, prevented from governing despite his victory.
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