Embattled Thai PM Reshuffles Cabinet as Crisis Rages
THAILAND, JUN 22 – Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faces a fragile coalition and judicial challenges after a leaked call with Cambodia's Hun Sen escalated border tensions and political unrest, officials said.
- Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra began a cabinet reshuffle due to a political crisis from a leaked phone call, which may threaten her government.
- The Bhumjaithai party left the coalition led by Paetongtarn's Pheu Thai party, reducing its majority.
- Pheu Thai secretary general Sorawong Thienthong stated that all 10 remaining parties will support the government.
- Conservative senators filed a petition with the Constitutional Court to remove Paetongtarn from office regarding her conduct during a phone call.
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Thailand political crisis deepens
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra began a cabinet reshuffle on Monday as a political and judicial crisis sparked by a leaked phone call threatens to sink her government. The 38-year-old daughter of controversial former PM Thaksin Shinawatra began handing out ministerial posts vacated when her main coalition partner quit last week -- a move that nearly took her government down. Paetongtarn, in office for less than a year, is hanging on b…
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