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Thai PBS recently reported on the jostling going on for cabinet slots after the conviction of the PDRC lot. It reports тАЬintense lobbying and deal-making.тАЭ For those old enough to remember, this sounds remarkably like the late 1980s and early 1990s as coalitions moved around and alliances formed to seek political bribes and positions from government and party bosses.
Back then, the ones manipulating the most were locally-based dark influences. Who is it now? It seems it is local dark influences:
The spotlight is now on controversial Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow, whose powerful faction in Palang Pracharath is reportedly jockeying for the vacant Cabinet posts.