Srettha’s Pheu Thai Party is planning to nominate its party-list MP and chief whip Sutin Klungsang for the defence portfolio, according to earlier reports.
The source said the objection from the military could force Pheu Thai to find a new candidate, this time ideally an outsider, for the Defence Minister position.
If it chooses this path, Pheu Thai will have to eliminate one minister/deputy minister position in its internal candidate list to avoid exceeding the quota of nominating ministers/deputy ministers to the Cabinet, the source said.
It is speculated that Pheu Thai deputy leader Choosak Sirinin, who is shortlisted as deputy prime minister for legal affairs, could be the target for elimination.
The source also speculated that General Natthapon Nakpanich, former Secretary-General of the National Security Council, could be selected as…
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