How Thai Political Crisis May Unfold as PM Fights to Keep Job
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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