{"id":3404,"date":"2025-06-18T21:34:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2025-06-18T20:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:35:37","slug":"major-party-quits-threatening-thailand-pms-coalition-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/18\/major-party-quits-threatening-thailand-pms-coalition-grip","title":{"rendered":"Major Party Quits, Threatening Thailand PM\u2019s Coalition Grip"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Thailand\u2019s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faces a severe political setback as the Bhumjaithai Party, the second largest in her coalition, withdrew on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Holding 69 seats in the House, Bhumjaithai\u2019s exit slashes the government\u2019s majority to a razor-thin margin, intensifying instability for the young premier.<\/p>\n

The move follows the leak of a phone call between Paetongtarn and Cambodia\u2019s former premier Hun Sen amid a tense border dispute between the two countries.<\/p>\n

Coalition Crisis Amid Border Dispute<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bhumjaithai cited national integrity and sovereignty concerns as the reason for their departure, pledging support to Thailand\u2019s army and officials safeguarding territorial interests.<\/p>\n

The leaked call revealed Paetongtarn asking Hun Sen not to heed voices within Thailand, including a senior general overseeing the border forces, which sparked outrage and accusations of compromising national honor.<\/p>\n

With troops mobilized on both sides of the border, fears of escalation are mounting, and the premier\u2019s diplomatic handling of the dispute has drawn heavy criticism compared to the military\u2019s stronger stance.<\/p>\n

Political Fragility and Economic Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paetongtarn, who became Thailand\u2019s youngest prime minister less than a year ago, now faces an uncertain future as her coalition hangs by a thread.<\/p>\n

The government must also confront a struggling economy and potential steep U.S. tariffs that threaten growth if trade negotiations fail.<\/p>\n

Questions now arise whether the remaining coalition partners will remain loyal or follow Bhumjaithai\u2019s exit, putting the premier\u2019s leadership in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

The political turmoil intensifies as the country watches closely how Paetongtarn navigates both external conflict and internal division.<\/p>\n

Her commitment to peacefully resolve the border dispute while defending Thailand\u2019s sovereignty will be tested in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Thailand\u2019s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra faces a severe political setback as the Bhumjaithai Party, the second largest in her coalition, withdrew on Wednesday. Holding 69 seats in the House, Bhumjaithai\u2019s exit slashes the government\u2019s majority to a razor-thin margin, intensifying instability for the young premier. The move follows the leak of a phone call …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1685,297,1684],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-coalition","tag-politics","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3406,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions\/3406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}