Thailand: Leader of Bhumjaithai Party pledges support for PPRP

• Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the coalition’s Bhumjaithai Party, has pledged the party’s continued support for the Prayut administration.
• He was responding to media reports that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on 11 Feb 22 asked him for support during an opposition-led House scrutiny debate scheduled to take place on 17/18 Feb 22.
• Mr Anutin said it was a coalition partner’s job to work in support of the government and that the party would also support the prime minister in the upcoming debate.
• Gen Prayut’s reported call for support came after a series of House sessions collapsed which he believes have been disruptive to government business.
• Mr Anutin, however, refused to offer unequivocal support for Gen Prayut until the result of the Green Line concession extension was known.
• Meanwhile, Gen Prayut on 14 Feb 22 denied singling out Mr Anutin and claimed instead that he had called on all members of the cabinet.
• “I don’t remember when I said that. I asked everyone in the coalition government to help to move the country forward. There is no political issue,” he said.
• Suchart Chomklin, the labour minister and director of the Palang Pracharath Party, expressed confidence that the coalition government would complete its term despite the expulsion of 21 PPRP MPs.

External Link : https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/2264067/anutin-remains-coy-ahead-of-final-green-line-vote