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How Thai political crisis may unfold as PM fights to keep job

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Patpicha Tanakasempipat / Bloomberg • 4 min read
How Thai political crisis may unfold as PM fights to keep job
Paetongtarn Shinawatra could resign to ease political unrest and take responsibility for her leaked phone call. Her resignation would trigger a vote in the 495-member House of Representatives. Photo: Bloomberg
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Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is fighting to hold on to power less than a year since taking office, after leaked comments critical of the military triggered a political crisis.

The 38-year-old leader, the youngest prime minister in Thailand’s history and the third member of the Shinawatra family to serve as leader, lost her coalition’s second-largest party this week, leaving her coalition with a razor-thin majority in Parliament.

As allies consider their next moves, pressure is mounting on Paetongtarn to resign or dissolve the lower house and call new elections.

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