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Prawit credits govt for water management

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said the government deserves credit for water resources management after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha laid claim to it.

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Gen Wit resigns as Ruam Phaen Din leader

Gen Wit Devahastin na Ayudhya has resigned as leader of the Ruam Phaen Din Party and is prepared to return to the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) as chief adviser to the party’s leader, Gen Prawit Wongsuwon.

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Fraternal ties 'under strain'

The fraternal ties between Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon will be under more intense public scrutiny following the latter's public statement last Friday.

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Clock ticks for Prayut and his new party

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha finally broke his silence over his political future when he signed up with Ruam Thai Sang Chart, known as the United Thai Nation (UTN) Party, on Monday.

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Politicians make hay while the sun shines

It was a year of tumult on the political front, with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's selection as sole prime ministerial candidate of the United Thai Nation Party, the Constitutional Court's ruling that Prime Minister Prayut's term still had time to run, and the landslide victory of independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt…

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Prawit 'sole PM choice' for PPRP

The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) looks set to seek endorsement by the party's executives on a proposal to nominate party leader Prawit Wongsuwon as the sole prime ministerial candidate of the party in the next general election, said deputy leader Paiboon Nititawan.

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Mingkwan tipped to be PPRP's prime minister pick

Mingkwan Sangsuwan, former leader of the New Economics Party (NEP), who officially joined the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) on Tuesday, is expected to be named one of its prime ministerial candidates.

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PPRP and UTN are 'like one'

Deputy Prime Minister and Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Prawit Wongsuwon has downplayed reports of party MPs seeking to defect to the United Thai Nation Party (UTN), saying the two parties are "like one".

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Pirapan says Ruam Thai Sang Chart wants to enlist PM

Ruam Thai Sang Chart (RTSC) Party leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga says he would welcome Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha into the party's fold, saying he is looking forward to discussing the matter with the premier as soon as their agendas clear.

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Prawit promises strong PPRP showing at next polls

Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Prawit Wongsuwon pledged on Friday to lead the ruling party into the next general election and emerge victorious, but he refused to divulge any clues regarding the party's prime ministerial candidate.

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Prawit, others reject House dissolution speculation

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon and other executives of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) on Tuesday rejected speculation that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will dissolve the House on Dec 24.

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Talk about forming govt 'premature'

Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, a deputy leader of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), has brushed aside talk of forming a government with the main opposition Pheu Thai Party after the next election, saying it was premature to discuss the matter.

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Coming out swinging

The emergence of the so-called "middle-path" parties in the lead-up to the next general election could play a significant role in deciding which major player can muster enough support to form the next government, critics have said.

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PPRP eyes Pridiyathorn as economic tsar

The Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) has yet to approach former deputy prime minister MR Pridiyathorn Devakula who is seen as a potential candidate to become the ruling party's new economic mastermind, party leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon said on Friday.

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Be careful, Prawit

Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon is expected to be among the prime ministerial candidates nominated by the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) in next year's general election, expected in May.

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Sam Mitr to keep faith in Gen Prayut

Sam Mitr faction leaders have confirmed they will still back Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha as the prime ministerial candidate of the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).

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Prayut set for rough ride

Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha may have cleared the tenure obstacle after winning the Constitutional Court's judgement to stay on as prime minister. However, the road ahead may be long and challenging.

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New calls for cabinet rejig

A cabinet reshuffle is expected to take place soon and may involve the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) after some party members lobbied for their leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon to take over the interior portfolio ahead of the general election.

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Outspoken for a cause

Before Tipanan Sirichana was named a deputy government spokeswoman, she was well known to political reporters as an outspoken deputy spokeswoman of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).

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'Door open' for renegades

Key figures in the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) said they would have no objection to Capt Thamanat Prompow, leader of the Setthakij Thai Party, and a group of former PPRP MPs rejoining the ruling party.

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Ruam Phaen Din 'no mere clone'

Gen Wit Devahastin na Ayudhya, the new leader of the Ruam Phaen Din Party, insists the party is not an offshoot of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP).

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Prawit expects Prayut to remain PM for 2 more years

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon expects Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to survive the eight-year term legal dispute, be the next prime ministerial candidate of his Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and remain premier for two more years.

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Prawit 'clears the air' with rebel MPs

Deputy Prime Minister and Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Prawit Wongsuwon on Monday cleared the air with six party MPs who voted against Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda and Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin.

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Minnows to aid PPRP at poll

All eyes are on two small parties which are expected to help the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) secure party-list seats and counteract a new method of calculating the seats seen to favour small parties at the expense of big ones.

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