Niwattumrong refuses to resign: deputy Senate speaker
Acting caretaker Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan Monday refused to resign to pave way for an interim government, Deputy Senate Speaker Phirasak Phorjit said.
Phirasak represented acting Senate speaker Surachai Liengboonlertchai to meet Niwattumrong to discuss solutions for the political impasse.
Phirasak said Niwattumrong insisted that he would go on running the country as the caretaker government until a new government is formed.
The Nation
Phirasak said Niwattumrong insisted that he would go on running the country as the caretaker government until a new government is formed.
The Nation
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