Although Sompong Amornvivat, who recently resigned as party leader, is expected to be reinstated as Pheu Thai leader on the party's new executive board, it is Khunying Potjaman who will actually take the helm, the sources said. After years of keeping a low profile, Khunying Potjaman stepped into the spotlight at a royal function last Thursday, two days before Mr Sompong, Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan and a handful of other key members tendered their resignations from their positions. Her priorities will be to end rifts among party factions and bring back those who broke away from the party. A close associate told the Bangkok Post that Khunying Potjaman would work with a think tank, which will be the brains of the party. Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is consolidating her power as Pheu Thai's de facto leader.

Source: Bangkok Post September 30, 2020 22:52 UTC