^{Tussanee Buranupakorn, a former Pheu Thai MP, announced her resignation from the party after Pheu Thai declared that Phalang Pracharath and United Thai Nations, two parties led by leaders of the 2014 coup, have joined the new government coalition.}

^{Tussanee is a member of the Pheu Thai Party who has been elected as an MP twice since 2011. She was not re-elected in the 2023 general election. She posted a picture of her resignation letter on her Facebook page, today (21 August), saying that she thanks the party for giving her the opportunity to be in politics and that leaving was a difficult decision for her.}

^{“I understand that the party has very few options and has to use every resource they have. I can only encourage them to work for the people as they hope,” she wrote.}

^{Tussanee is a local politician in Chiang Mai and has held several offices. In 2016, Tassanee, then the vice president of the Chiang Mai provincial administrative organization, was among the 11 people arrested on the order of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and accused of sedition for involvement in the distribution of letters criticizing the draft Constitution. They were held at the 11 Military Circle for “attitude readjustment” for 7 days before being charged with sedition, being members of a secret society, and violation of the 2016 Referendum Act.} 

^{They were subsequently held at prisons in Chiang Mai for over 20 days before being granted bail. All charges against them were later dismissed.}

^{Pheu Thai announced this afternoon that Phalang Pracharath, the party led by coup leader General Prawit Wongsuwan, has joined its 11-party coalition, which also includes the United Thai Nations Party, formerly led by another coup leader and now acting Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.}

^{Nattawut Saikua, a former Red Shirt leader who helped support the party’s election campaign as director of “Pheu Thai family,” also announced during an interview with TV host Sorayuth Suthassanachinda that he has resigned from his position and will no longer be involved with the party because it has formed a coalition which included Phalang Pracharath and United Thai Nations.}

^{Nattawut said that, although he understand the party, he has to take responsibility for his own political stance.}

^{Others have also left Pheu Thai since it quit the Move Forward-led coalition and joined Bhumjaithai in forming a government. These include Chanan Yodhong, a former Pheu Thai party-list MP candidate who worked on the party’s gender equality policies, and Panat Tasneeyanond, former Dean of Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law.}