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Thailand’s Pheu Thai party to decide PM candidate as parliamentary vote looms

Bangkok, Thailand Reuters The biggest party in Thailand’s caretaker government will meet on Thursday to choose a successor for dismissed former premier Srettha Thavisin, as it races to shore up its alliance a day ahead of a pivotal parliamentary vote on a new Prime Minister. Thailand is again gripped by political drama less than a […]

Thai politics braces for shakeup after court dismisses PM Srettha Thavisin

Bangkok, Thailand Reuters Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ruled he “grossly” violated ethics by appointing a minister who was once jailed, raising the spectre of political upheaval and a shakeup in the governing alliance. Real estate tycoon Srettha is the fourth premier in 16 years to be removed in […]