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Former national police chief Patcharawat Wongsuwan has been dragged from obscurity into the media spotlight with his recent appointment as chief adviser to the outgoing ruling party, Palang Pracharath. The appointment was made by his elder brother, General Prawit Wongsuwan, shortly after Prawit’s re-election as party leader late last month. Appointing Patcharawat to the post,
Pheu Thai party deputy leader Phumtham Wechayachai is confident that the selection of the prime minister, with Srettha Thavisin as the party’s candidate, will be over in just one parliamentary joint sitting. He also said that the allocation of cabinet seats among coalition parties is secondary to the selection of the prime minister, which must
The Move Forward party has agreed unanimously not to vote for Pheu Thai party’s prime ministerial candidate during the joint sitting of parliament. The party will decide later whether to vote against Pheu Thai’s candidate or to abstain. The resolution was adopted at a meeting of the party’s MPs today (Tuesday) at the party’s head
An investigating committee has recommended the Election Commission to drop the charge that Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat violated the election law for allegedly holding shares in a media firm while filing candidacy in the May-14 election. According to an informed source at the Election Commission (EC), the committee found there is no clear
A deputy House speaker, a Move Forward party MP, has landed in hot water over his online post showing him with a new craft beer, brewed in his hometown. Activist Srisuwan Janya filed a complaint on Tuesday with House speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, who is also chairman of the House ethics committee, seeking an
We have one day left to find lottery numbers similar to those of Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat. Pita showed his lottery tickets to reporters during his recent campaign stop, to support his party’s candidate Pongsatorn Sornpetchnarin in the Rayong’s Constituency 1 by-election. The ticket’s numbers are 567343, which Pita said he chose because he
Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Tuesday) that the Pheu Thai-led coalition should settle the allocation of cabinet portfolios before the selection of the prime minister by parliament. He said he believes the other parties in the coalition share his view on this matter, adding that it has been discussed between his party and
The Move Forward party has scheduled a meeting of its MPs and executive committee tomorrow (Tuesday), to discuss how the party should vote in the upcoming selection of the prime minister in parliament. Secretary-general of the party, Chaithawat Tulathon, said today that the party is ready to perform its duty in whatever capacity. The party
The current caretaker administration’s change of ministerial regulations, regarding the welfare subsidy for all Thai citizens aged 60 and over, to only people who do not have an income or who do not have sufficient income has come under fierce attack by politicians from various parties. The new regulation came into force on August 12th,
The Metropolitan Police are warning of traffic congestion on Sunday afternoon, caused by a car mob protest. The protesters will gather at Mo Chit sky train station at 2pm, before proceeding to Bhumjaithai party headquarters on Phahonyothin Road and then to Pheu Thai party headquarters on Phetchaburi Road. The routes affected by the protests are:
The Constitutional Court has agreed to give Move Forward and its leader Pita Limjaroenrat another 30 days to submit documents in defence of an allegation that their proposal to amend the lèse majesté law amounts to an attempt to overthrow the country’s democratic system with the King as head of state. Court president Worawit Kangsasitiam
Election Commission (EC) has announced that the by-election in Constituency 3 of the eastern province of Rayong will be held on September 10. Candidacies must be registered from August 15 to 19t inclusively. The by-election is to elect a new MP following the resignation of Move Forward MP Nakornchai Khunnarong on August 3, after it
