A disgruntled former legislator also threatens to leak” secrets” about Pheu Thai father Thaksin Shinawatra.
After it consistently refused to remove him, veteran politician Chalerm Ubumrung has pledged to act freely to keep the Pheu Thai Party in search.
The Pheu Thai list-MP made the commitment after a falling-out with the group that heads the government partnership. Mr Chalerm says he’s even had enough of the Shinawatra community, especially father Thaksin.
Thaksin’s child Paetongtarn, the Pheu Thai chief, on Wednesday deleted Mr Chalerm from the Line team used by party Members for sending emails that made them feel “uncomfortable”.
The conflict started when Mr. Chalerm and his brother, past MP Wan Ubumrung, attended a meeting hosted by a rival candidate for Pheu Thai in a Pathum Thani regional election on June 30.
Despite Mr. Wan’s claims that he was just visiting with an old family friend, some Pheu Thai people accused him of “fraternising” with the army. Since then, he has resigned from Gen. Prawit Wongsuwon’s Palang Pracharath Party ( PPRP ) leadership.
Mr. Chalerm wants to do the same and has requested that Pheu Thai remove him so that he can stay in his MP chair when he relocates. Yet, Ms Paetongtarn says the group has no purpose of purging Mr Chalerm.
She defended her decision to oust the group Line team from the 77-year-old former officers commander.
The Line party chatroom is intended to primarily be used to communicate with MPs regarding work-related visits, she said.
” We thought it best to cut Mr Chalerm from the chatroom’s list of members”, she said, adding that group did not wish to see the spit dramatised.
The Pheu Thai chief said,” We are ready to explain that we really want the problem to be put to rest once and for all.”
Ms. Paetongtarn announced that she would not longer respond to questions from reporters regarding the matter.
Along with his plea for him to leave Pheu Thai, Mr. Chalerm has threatened to reveal details about the parents of Ms. Paetongtarn’s daughter, who is alleged to be the de facto leader of Pheu Thai.
Mr. Chalerm claims that he is the only person who is aware of these tricks.
Mr. Chalerm said he would have no choice but to assume a new position as an independent MP who will be essential of his own party, particularly in House disputes, if Pheu Thai continues to ignore his need to be purged.
On Wednesday, Mr Chalerm claimed he had “taken treatment of” some legal situations for Thaksin while the latter was living in a self-imposed captivity elsewhere.
In connection with the sales of primary land by a condition company to his then-wife for a low price, Thaksin fled the country in 2008, shortly before the Supreme Court found guilty of abusing his power while serving as prime minister.
” We owe each other nothing compared to me and Thaksin. However, a face-to-face discussion had been enjoyable, Mr. Chalerm said at a media conference on Wednesday at his luxurious residence in Bangkok’s Bang Bon area.
Former police captain Mr. Chalerm, who is a very powerful past policeman, has spent more than 40 years in politics and held senior positions in numerous governments, including as Yingluck Shinawatra’s deputy prime minister.
Bang Bon has long been the social subdivision of the Ubumrung family, but Move Forward stranger Rukchanok Srinork won over him by more than 20 000 seats when Mr. Wan ran for office in May of that year.
Phumtham Wechayachai, the deputy prime minister, said he wished the internet would quit making up the matter and that he wanted to stop the controversy.
Chalerm Ubumrung, not shy about showing off his success, is seen stepping out of a red Bentley in 2012. ( Photo: Apichart Jinakul )