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Prayut govt faces a crisis of confidence

Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul, white shirt, is seen here attending a House session last August. Bhumjaithai skipped a recent cabinet meeting to protest against the Green Line train concession in a show of force to test the power of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. (Parliament photo)

With signs of a rift within the coalition parties, the countdown for the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has begun in advance of it completing its term by March next year.

A number of untoward incidents in the past few weeks, with each coalition partner testing the government's stability, show they are up for a snap poll. One incident was the boycott of the Bhumjaithai (BJT), a key coalition partner, over the cabinet's plan to extend the Green Line concession.

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