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Thai PM faces calls to quit after leaked phone call
THAILAND, JUN 19 – The coalition government risks collapse as the Bhumjaithai party withdraws support over a leaked call revealing tensions with the military and Cambodia, with protests demanding resignation.
- Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faces calls to resign after a leaked June 15 phone call with Cambodian ex-leader Hun Sen discussing a border dispute.
- The border conflict traces back over a century and escalated in May with a deadly clash causing the death of a Cambodian soldier, worsening bilateral tensions.
- Following the leak, Paetongtarn's coalition partner Bhumjaithai quit on Wednesday, threatening her slim majority while other parties planned meetings to decide their stance.
- Opposition leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut called the leak 'the last straw' harming public trust and demanded dissolution of parliament, while Paetongtarn defended the call as a negotiation tactic.
- Paetongtarn’s government faces rising domestic anger, possible snap elections that could favor the opposition People's Party, and a potential cabinet reshuffle to maintain power.
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Paetongtarn, 38, is the youngest daughter of billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, who is the patriarch of a political dynasty that has dominated most Thai elections since 2001.
More and more voices have appeared asking Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to deport, after recording a telephone conversation between her and a very influential former leader of Cambodia was made public. In the 17-minute conversation, the head of the Thai government appears to criticise the country's army, which leads it, while discussing a border conflict that threatens to degenerate in an expansion military confrontation, acco…
The Thai government is holding only one thread after the broadcast of an embarrassing recording for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in which she criticizes the country's influential army.
After the leak of Thailand's PM Patongtarn's phone call with the Cambodian leader, the political crisis has deepened. The coalition has broken. There are protests on the streets and the possibility of a coup has increased.
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