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A senator issued an open letter on Saturday asking his fellow senators to vote for Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat as the next prime minister during the joint sitting on Thursday. Vudhibhandhu Vichairatana wrote, in what he called his second open letter, that he would follow the instructions of HM the King, given at the
Move Forward Secretary-General Chaithawat Tulathon is scheduled to have a meeting with House speaker, Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, today (Friday) to discuss the possibility of allowing sufficient time for the party’s leader and prime ministerial candidate to present his vision speech and to allow MPs and senators to question him about the party’s more controversial
The Democrat party, the country’s oldest, will meet this Sunday to elect new party leader, after suffering the biggest loss in its history in the May general election. The new party leader will replace Jurin Laksanawisit, who resigned shortly after the initial results of the general election showed the party’s big loss, particularly in Bangkok
A Royal Command has been issued for the appointment of the House speaker and his two deputies . Prachachat party leader Wan Muhamad Noor Matha is appointed as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Move Forward constituency MP Padipat Suntiphada as the first deputy speaker and Pheu Thai constituency MP Pichet Chuamuangphan as the second
Two senators, who had implied that they would vote for the Move Forward party leader to become prime minister, said Thursday that they have changed their minds. Senators Chalermchai Fuangkhon and Songdet Samerkum said, in separate interviews, that the change is entirely due to the party’s stance against the royal institution and its policy to
United Thai Nation party has no intention to nominate its leader to compete for the premiership, said the party’s secretary general Akanat Promphan on Thursday. He dismissed as groundless the rumours in some media that the party wishes to compete with the Move Forward party for the premiership, by nominating Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, who is the
Veteran politician Wan Muhamad Noor Matha was unanimously voted in as Thailand’s new House speaker on Tuesday in an apparent compromise between the eight-party coalition’s two largest parties. After weeks of locking horns over the speaker’s post, the Move Forward and Pheu Thai parties unexpectedly reached a last-minute deal to back the political veteran as
In the final of the three-part series, our Political Desk sheds some light on the plans of the eight-party coalition to push for institutional reform to bring permanent peace in the deep South. The peace process to end the conflict in the strife-torn predominantly Muslim deep South would be underpinned by commitments to democratization, demilitarization,
Pheu Thai MP Pichet Chuamuangphan, who became the second deputy House speaker-elect uncontested on Tuesday, is known for his “gesture” politics. When his name is mentioned, people remember his strong criticism of political opponents when he spoke during parliamentary sessions. On several occasions Pichet, 60, cursed and damned those and their families who he claimed
House speaker-elect Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said Wednesday that there is no limit to how many times parliament will meet to select the prime minister and Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat will not necessarily be the sole prime ministerial candidate. He said that one joint meeting of the House and Senate may be enough,
Move Forward party leader and prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat has assets worth about Bt85 million and about Bt20 million in debt, as declared to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on March 20 after the completion of his four-year term as a member of parliament. Pita’s declared assets include: Bt8 million in cash Bt286,045.7 in deposits
A joint sitting of the Thai parliament will convene on July 13 to vote for the next prime minister, House speaker-elect Wan Muhamad Noor Matha said today (Wednesday). Wan Muhamad was speaking one day after he was elected, uncontested, as the House speaker. He chaired a meeting today with parliament’s secretary general, in preparation for him
