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Bangkok Post – Knocked off their perch

Thamanat: Next PPRP leader?

The ultra-conservative camp, once an unrivalled, dominant force, may be on its way out.

The curtain looks to be coming down on the once-mighty bloc ruled by the Three Por generals — former prime minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, former deputy prime minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon and former interior minister Gen Anupong Paojinda. They belong to the Burapa Phayak (Tigers of the East) elite military clique attached to the 2nd Infantry Division, the Queen’s Guard.

For almost a decade, these generals held sway in the corridors of power before the rapid surge in popularity of the Move Forward Party…

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