US EditionThai PM faces calls to quit after leaked phone call
THAILAND, JUN 19 – Leaked call revealing conciliatory tone and border dispute talks led to the largest coalition partner quitting and growing calls for the Prime Minister's resignation, weakening her government.
- Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faced backlash on Wednesday after a 17-minute phone call with Cambodia's former leader Hun Sen was leaked publicly discussing a border dispute.
- The leak worsened tensions rooted in a century-old border dispute that led to a deadly clash in May and mutual trade bans between Thailand and Cambodia.
- Bhumjaithai, the coalition's second-largest party, quit late Wednesday citing damage to Thailand's sovereignty and trust in the military, while other coalition parties planned meetings on Thursday to decide their stance.
- Paetongtarn apologized and defended the call as a negotiation tactic, blaming an officer for unhelpful remarks, while opposition leaders called the leak the last straw and demanded parliament dissolve.
- The coalition’s future depends on remaining partners amid protests set for June 28, and if Paetongtarn resigns, parliament must elect a new prime minister, risking early elections that could benefit the opposition.
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More and more voices have appeared asking Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to deport, after recording a telephone conversation between her and a very influential former leader of Cambodia was made public. In the 17-minute conversation, the head of the Thai government appears to criticise the country's army, which leads it, while discussing a border conflict that threatens to degenerate in an expansion military confrontation, acco…
The Thai government is holding only one thread after the broadcast of an embarrassing recording for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in which she criticizes the country's influential army.
After the leak of Thailand's PM Patongtarn's phone call with the Cambodian leader, the political crisis has deepened. The coalition has broken. There are protests on the streets and the possibility of a coup has increased.
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