Somsak Thepsuthin (left), leader of the Palang Pracharath Party’s Sam Mitr (Three Allies), denies defection rumours over cabinet-seat allocation involving the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry. (Bangkok Post file photo)Somsak Thepsuthin, leader of the Palang Pracharath Party’s Sam Mitr (Three Allies) group, has dismissed as untrue rumours he would take 30 MPs to defect to the Pheu Thai Party unless his group gets the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry portfolio. Thai media have reported the Sam Mitr has long had its eye on the ministry and perhaps might have been promised it by PPRP executives. When I joined the Thai Rak Thai Party, I was also with it until it was dissolved. Now that I'm with Palang Pracharath, I’ve never thought of leaving,” said the veteran politician.

Source: Bangkok Post May 31, 2019 06:11 UTC