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Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Monday congratulated independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt for his landslide victory in the Bangkok gubernatorial election on Sunday.

Deputy PM General Prawit Wongsuwan, leader of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), is being seen as the best candidate for the prime minister’s post in case there is a “political accident”.

The Sarng Anakot Thai (SAT) Party on Wednesday elected its first executive board and picked two former co-founders of Palang Pracharath Party for top positions.

The Sarng Anakot Thai Party, which was created by two former co-founders of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), will hold its first general assembly on Wednesday.

Opposition Pheu Thai Party brought up the issue of Thailand’s acquisition of submarines from China again on Sunday by claiming it was suspicious and lacked transparency.

Palang Pracharath Party candidate Saranrat Jenjaka has acknowledged her defeat in the Bangkok constituency 9 by-election on Sunday.

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Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) remains a a strong political institution, and is not just a political vehicle for someone to be in power, the party’s spokesperson said on Tuesday.

A Palang Pracharath Party source said former party secretary-general Captain Thamanat Prompow is likely to join the New Economics Party (NEP) with 20 other MPs who were ousted.

The meeting of Palang Pracharath Party’s executive members on Wednesday agreed to oust Captain Thamanat Prompow, who is the party’s secretary-general, and 20 other members of the Parliament under his group from the ruling party.

House of Representatives said on Saturday that former Palang Pracharath Party Bangkok MP Sira Jenjaka initially must pay 8.49 million baht to the House after the Constitutional Court ruled him to lose his seat on Wednesday.

The Constitutional Court ruled that Palang Pracharath Party Bangkok MP Sira Jenjaka is disqualified to run for the House of Representatives.