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Axe-wielding may be too late to save PM

Prime Minister Prayut Cha-o-cha enjoys a joke with fellow coalition members in 2019, in the aftermath of their election victory earlier in the year. (Photo by Government House)

The infighting in the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) that resulted in the purge of Capt Thamanat Prompow and 20 other politicians in his pocket has shaken the Prayut Chan-o-cha coalition government's stability.

The outcome of the squabble has caused, for this administration, an unprecedented gust of political turbulence that has seen rumours swirling that the embattled prime minister could dissolve the House some time before the no-confidence session in May.

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