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Opposition parties are challenging the qualifications of General Prayut Chan-o-cha as prime minister, citing his status as head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) which, they claim, is equivalent to “other state official”. A petition, signed by 101 MPs from the seven opposition parties, was today submitted to House Speaker Chuan Leekpai
Thailand’s Transport Ministry has placed Airports of Thailand’s (AOT) 42-billion baht second terminal project at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on hold. Transport permanent secretary Chaiwat Thongkamkoon said Tuesday that the ministry wants to review the project and take into consideration all related infrastructure projects, such as the high-speed train system linking U-tapao airport in Rayong, Don
Thanks to the NCAPS (Network Centric Anti-Poaching System) security cameras, Tap Lan national park officials arrested two suspected loggers and seized 18 precious Payoong (Siamese rosewood) planks from a car at an intersection in the Kabin Buri district of Thailand’s eastern Prachin Buri province early Monday morning. Park officials identified the two suspects as Chalerm
Pheu Thai’s MP for Lopburi, Udomsak Bualuangngam, and colleagues today (Wednesday) proposed an urgent motion for the House of Representatives to set up an extraordinary committee to consider the establishment of a ministry of rice, claiming that rice farming is still the main lifeline and occupation of more than half of the Thai population. The
Charter amendment can reopen old wounds. Or it can create new ones. The former scenario will benefit the opposition, whereas the latter can play into Prayut Chan-o-cha’s hands. Either way, Thailand’s fresh constitutional controversy should come sooner rather than later. There are a few good reasons why the opposition’s “endgame” should come early, and one
Former Future Forward party’s New Gen Network (NGN) committee members have renewed their call for the party to reconsider the firing of the entire committee, while warning that it will reveal information “which may put the party at risk of being dissolved” if its call is not heeded by June 30th. The NGN has a
Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai – “It took many years, since there were just five founding members, to become a grouping of ten countries. This is not a matter of just clicking one’s fingers. It is very complicated and sensitive…it can break apart ASEAN after we have been nursing it for more than 50 years.” June
Defiant fans are preparing to mark 10 years since Michael Jackson’s death as fascination with the King of Pop remains undimmed despite lurid claims of child sex abuse. On Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, the singer’s star continues to draw a constant scrum of selfie-snapping tourists, while nearby souvenir shops, street performers and even tattoo parlors
In what is touted as the first no-confidence debate in five years, the opposition parties will use the House sitting tomorrow (Wednesday) to grill the incumbent government and its ministers over a host of issues, ranging from the 20-year national strategic plan and reform of the justice system to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan’s wristwatch
Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit – “ASEAN in a year in which Thailand plays a leading role can prove that we can move beyond the fortress of ignorance under the name of Non-Interference Principle. We can prove that the strong ASEAN Community is a community in which members are helping and monitoring each other
The Supreme Administrative Court today (Tuesday) rejected a petition challenging the legitimacy of an order, by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), appointing a panel to select senators. The court ruled that the appointment of a selection committee was the duty of the NCPO and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his capacity as
Members of the public using postal services are warned not to mail seven prohibited items or face legal action. They are also advised not to lend their ID cards to strangers for use in the mailing of their packages. The renewed warning was issued by state-run Thailand Post Company after police recently found that drug
Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has told Future Forward party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit be quiet and not to talk about ASEAN’s principle of non-interference if he does not know anything about the matter. The minister was responding to Thanathorn’s comment, made in wake of the 34thASEAN Summit during the weekend, that ASEAN should drop its
The Meteorological Department issued its 7th weather warning for this week at 5am on Tuesday. The department is predicting increased rainfall with isolated heavy showers in parts of the Northern, Northeastern, Central, Eastern and Southern regions of Thailand until Thursday, due to a monsoon trough passing over the Northern regions of Laos and Vietnam, coupled
