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Five Thai PM Candidates Vie To Fill Power Vacuum

With Thailand's prime minister sacked by court order, would-be successors are waging backroom campaigns to secure their rise to the kingdom's top office.

International Business Times

Thailand’s embattled prime minister has been dismissed. What happens now?

The court ruling opens the door to a flurry of deal-making

The Independent UK

A border conflict may cost the Thai prime minister her job

The fate of Thailand’s prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, is hanging in the balance after only ten months in office. A recent flare-up in a historical border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand could become her ultimate undoing.

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Paetongtarn proposed as PM

The parties in the coalition government have selected Pheu Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as nominee for the country’s next prime minister when the House of Representatives meets today.

Bangkok Post

‘Big shock’: Thailand faces political upheaval as PM removed from office

Thailand’s constitutional court made its second bombshell ruling in a week as it ousted Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

Al Jazeera

Pheu Thai PM candidate Chaikasem hospitalised

Chaikasem Nitisiri, a Pheu Thai candidate for the post of prime minister, became unwell and was admitted to Nan Hospital while on the campaign trail in the northern province of Nan on Saturday, according to media reports. He was later admitted to a Bangkok hospital.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai's picks for PM 'all stand chance'

Chaikasem Nitisiri, Pheu Thai Party's chief strategist, said on Thursday that any of the party's three prime ministerial candidates could be nominated for the top job.

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Pheu Thai pushes hi-tech

The Pheu Thai Party launched its campaign policies on Wednesday promising to bring a better future to Thais by lifting income, reforming the justice system and upgrading infrastructure to boost competitiveness.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai milking all campaign strategies, but online presence doesn't top MFP's

Party comms styles differ

Bangkok Post

Parties ramp up poll manoeuvres

Chaikasem Nitisiri, Pheu Thai's chief strategist, has declared his readiness to be the party's third and last prime ministerial candidate in the upcoming poll, set for May 14.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai readies PM choices

The main opposition Pheu Thai Party is planning to reveal all three of its prime ministerial candidates next month or in March, according to a party source.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai eyes Chaikasem for PM

The main opposition Pheu Thai Party will nominate Chaikasem Nitisiri for prime minister should the Constitutional Court rule at the end of the month that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's time as premier has already ended.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai to propose Chaikasem for PM if court vetoes Prayut

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