Thailand's new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra talks to media members after receiving a royal letter of endorsement for the post at the Pheu Thai party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. - AP
BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand's incoming coalition government will not include the military-backed Palang Pracharat Party, which is being dropped from the ruling alliance, a senior official in the Pheu Thai Party, its biggest member, said on Tuesday.
Sarawong Thianthong, Pheu Thai secretary general, told Reuters its members were all in agreement to drop Palang Pracharat, which has 40 seats.
The decision comes after multiple Pheu Thai lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction that Palang Pracharat's leader, Prawit Wongsuwon, a general who was involved in a 2014 coup against a previous Pheu Thai government, had not attended a parliamentary vote to approve new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat; Editing by Martin Petty) - Reuters
